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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live

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Weiserguy said:
No, the way to handle this is for Disney to declare Nexstar, Tegna, Sinclair in breach of contract, and turn off their network affiliation instantly, across the board. Disable their satellite downlink converters. No GMA, no ABC news, no Bachelor/Bachelorette, no Abbot Elementary, no any ABC Primetime, no ABC/ESPN sports, no newscast actualities, zilch. Leave them 100% in the lurch.
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I asked earlier why they couldn’t/didn’t/wouldn’t do that, and @Nathan Obral suggested they may be waiting til next year when their affiliation contracts with Sinclair or Nexstar (I don’t remember which company) are up.
 
Fighting the station groups is an economic issue. Fight over whether they’re in breach, whatever. Though the immediate loss of revenue from diminished national reach is going to be monumental.

The bigger issue is the FCC. The government is threatening licenses of their assets. To bring the full weight of the government apparatus to bury them in costly litigation that will ultimately reach a 6-3 SCOTUS.

The law is dead. The Constitution is irrelevant. The sooner we grasp the reality the better. There is no one to stop this administration.
 
AbrahamJSimpson said:
Fighting the station groups is an economic issue. Fight over whether they’re in breach, whatever. Though the immediate loss of revenue from diminished national reach is going to be monumental.

The bigger issue is the FCC. The government is threatening licenses of their assets. To bring the full weight of the government apparatus to bury them in costly litigation that will ultimately reach a 6-3 SCOTUS.

The law is dead. The Constitution is irrelevant. The sooner we grasp the reality the better. There is no one to stop this administration.
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Just us. My dad fought to defend America and defeat fascism from age 24 to 28 and damn near died twice in the process.

If I have to do it from age 69 to 73 or beyond, fine.

Nicholas Grossman is a professor of International Relations at the University of Illinois:

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So let’s say Trump gets his way and pulls the broadcast licenses. Doesn’t that hurt Nexstar and Sinclair more than ABC NBC CBS.
 
Weiserguy said:
Chairman Carr can't dictate what Wall Street does with its money. You've got to fight fire with fire.
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You are forgetting the fact that the network reacted to a false statement about the Charlie Kirk shooting and suspended their host because he said something that was not correct.
 
Don CT said:
So let’s say Trump gets his way and pulls the broadcast licenses. Doesn’t that hurt Nexstar and Sinclair more than ABC NBC CBS.
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What @AbrahamJSimpson says. The network stands...the move is to revoke the licenses for the network-owned stations (WABC, KABC, WLS, KGO, WPVI, KTRK, WTVD and KFSN. Most likely a hearing into Disney's "fitness as a broadcast licensee".
 
michael hagerty said:
What @AbrahamJSimpson says. The network stands...the move is to revoke the licenses for the network-owned stations (WABC, KABC, WLS, KGO, WPVI, KTRK, WTVD and KFSN. Most likely a hearing into Disney's "fitness as a broadcast licensee".
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So why would ABC not pull all the their licenses at that point. Shut off the OTA feeds and all of the affiliates.
 
Those stations will remain on the air and have 24x7 inventory for the most part. They’re seeking this deal approval for a reason; they understand that currying favor with the FCC will help. This is to extort Disney, and it worked
 
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