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ABC Pulls Jimmy Kimmel Live
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What many are overlooking is that, on the same day Kirk was shot, there was yet another shooting at a school, this time at a high school in Evergreen, Colorado, just outside Denver. Two students were injured, one critically; the shooter, also a student, killed himself.
So where is the outrage over this shooting in Evergreen?
Fortunately, our local media have not yet been corrupted by events in Washington and have covered the Evergreen shooting thoroughly. One notable fact that's been covered was that the Evergreen high school did not have an "SRO" - school resource officer - assigned full-time to the school. The SRO who was assigned to the school was away at another location when the shooting happened. The question that isn't asked is why our society is at a place where SROs are even necessary.
None of this justifies what happened to Kirk. Political murder is wrong. But it does suggest misplaced priorities. The extreme-right has become hysterical about Kirk, instead of the children they claim to care so much about.
Welcome to Hungary. You can see the grip tighten on the media, following the Orban playbook, with Nexstar folding like a cheap card table just so they can buy Tegna. Tegna's 9News has had thoughtful, decent coverage of the Evergreen shooting. You can kiss that good-bye if Nexstar goes through with its plans. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that Sinclair is demanding that Kimmel "make a meaningful personal donation" to Kirk's family and Turning Point USA. "Nice network you have there; it would be a shame if someone broke it" seems to be the order of the day.
None of this is about principle. All of it is about power.
Our institutions, including the media, are only as good as the people in them.
So where is the outrage over this shooting in Evergreen?
Fortunately, our local media have not yet been corrupted by events in Washington and have covered the Evergreen shooting thoroughly. One notable fact that's been covered was that the Evergreen high school did not have an "SRO" - school resource officer - assigned full-time to the school. The SRO who was assigned to the school was away at another location when the shooting happened. The question that isn't asked is why our society is at a place where SROs are even necessary.
None of this justifies what happened to Kirk. Political murder is wrong. But it does suggest misplaced priorities. The extreme-right has become hysterical about Kirk, instead of the children they claim to care so much about.
Welcome to Hungary. You can see the grip tighten on the media, following the Orban playbook, with Nexstar folding like a cheap card table just so they can buy Tegna. Tegna's 9News has had thoughtful, decent coverage of the Evergreen shooting. You can kiss that good-bye if Nexstar goes through with its plans. Meanwhile, the New York Times reports that Sinclair is demanding that Kimmel "make a meaningful personal donation" to Kirk's family and Turning Point USA. "Nice network you have there; it would be a shame if someone broke it" seems to be the order of the day.
None of this is about principle. All of it is about power.
Our institutions, including the media, are only as good as the people in them.
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Celebrity Family Feud.
Nexstar actually sent out a press release two years ago boasting that they could buy the ABC owned-stations with "minimal friction".
(Deadline) Disney’s ABC Stations Could Be Bought By Nexstar With “Little Friction” If They Are Sold Off, Company Advisor Tom Carter Says; Hails “Progress” In Lengthy DirecTV Carriage Dispute | Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
"Tom Carter, a longtime former Nexstar exec who is now a senior advisor to the CEO and board of directors, says the company could acquire Disney’s local
www.nexstar.tv
The original Deadline story:
Disney’s ABC Stations Could Be Bought By Nexstar With “Little Friction” If They Are Sold Off, Company Advisor Tom Carter Says; Hails “Progress” In Lengthy DirecTV Carriage Dispute
Nexstar advisor Tom Carter says the company could buy Disney's local TV stations with "little friction" if they are sold off, as is widely expected.
deadline.com
Nexstar solely exists to buy up stations for the sake of buying them, so they are the prohibitive favorite.
As I type this, it's 11:39 pm Eastern time, so we ought to know pretty quickly, at least in the Eastern and Central time zones.
So on WKRN here in Nashville (a Nexstar station), we have a rerun of News Nation's (Nexstar's CNN) Elizabeth Vargas Reports. I think Celebrity Family Feud is for the non Nexstar ABC affiliates.
Can Nexstar afford the American Broadcasting Company.Nexstar actually sent out a press release two years ago boasting that they could buy the ABC owned-stations with "minimal friction".
(Deadline) Disney’s ABC Stations Could Be Bought By Nexstar With “Little Friction” If They Are Sold Off, Company Advisor Tom Carter Says; Hails “Progress” In Lengthy DirecTV Carriage Dispute | Nexstar Media Group, Inc.
"Tom Carter, a longtime former Nexstar exec who is now a senior advisor to the CEO and board of directors, says the company could acquire Disney’s local
The original Deadline story:
Disney’s ABC Stations Could Be Bought By Nexstar With “Little Friction” If They Are Sold Off, Company Advisor Tom Carter Says; Hails “Progress” In Lengthy DirecTV Carriage Dispute
Nexstar advisor Tom Carter says the company could buy Disney's local TV stations with "little friction" if they are sold off, as is widely expected.
Nexstar solely exists to buy up stations for the sake of buying them, so they are the prohibitive favorite.
It's celebrity family feud.
So Sinclair is after more than Kimmel head on a plate...
I honestly thought you were joking, but clearly you weren’t. Apologies for the misinterpretation.
KMBC is airing Family Feud
Nobody knows the motive. He wasn't charged with any political crime. Just murder and obstruction. It's not a crime to be gay or to have a trans lover. That isn't a crime, and it's not really a motive. There are lots of trans people who don't commit murder.
What network management considered was the threat from the FCC. If the network was concerned about what he said, they would have acted on Tuesday. They didn't. They acted after Carr spoke on Wednesday. Two days later. The first amendment says the government can't abridge freedom of speech. There are no exceptions.
You keep bringing up what Kimmel said. Read what the Utah governor said on Thursday when they caught him:
The killer came from among them. That's what the Republican governor of Utah said. That's what Kimmel was saying. He's not an illegal immigrant. He's not a member of the Black Panther party or antifa. He's just some confused and lost 22 year old kid. A college dropout. He's not part of some vast left wing conspiracy. He's just a lost kid who is now in a lot of trouble.
I have a feeling that what Kimmel said wasn't adlibbed. I have a feeling it was cleared by lawyers before he said it. These monologues aren't just made up on the spot. They're read off a teleprompter. At some point, the rest of this will come out, because I agree that there's a lot more to this than what we know now.
The crazy part in all of this is that when I first read that Nexstar was pulling Jimmy Kimmel’s show I thought wait one second KTLA, KRON, KSWB, WPIX are not being hit by the FCC until I realized that the ABC affiliates owned by Nexstar are WTNH Hartford, WTEN Albany New York, WRIC Richmond Virginia, WHTM Harrisburg Pennsylvania are some of the ones affected in pre-empting the Jimmy Kimmel Show.The Hollywood Reporter has more thorough coverage, but people on this board can connect the dots better than the general public:
ABC Suspends ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ “Indefinitely” Over Charlie Kirk Shooting Comments
The network’s decision comes after affiliate group Nexstar said it would pull the late night show, and the chairman of the FCC suggested he might take action against ABC.www.hollywoodreporter.com
ABC only pulled Jimmy after Nexstar, which owns 28 ABC affiliates, said it was pulling the show.
Nexstar is trying not only to get FCC approval for its acquisition of Tegna, but a lifting of an ownership cap to do it.
And Brendan Carr, FCC commissioner, who should be bending over backwards to appear impartial, went on a podcast today, applauded Nexstar and encouraged other affiliate groups to file suit.
I was completely thinking Disney owned ABC affiliates especially KABC-TV given that Disney’s main office is in Burbank and the Jimmy Kimmels show was filmed in the LA area.
Ok, NOW late night tv is dead.
Someone at Nexstar finally figured it out, and are being keyboard warriors because they really want their deal with Tegna to go through. It sounds like Nexstar poked the bear, not the FCC
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