Kimmel Pulled Off Air Indefinitely

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captkirk said:

TCTTS said:

We already covered this earlier in the thread.

So *some* government censorship is okay as long it's not *full* government censorship. Got it. You're essentially arguing that it's okay for the government to threaten free speech in certain instances, as long as they're not threatening all instances.

Please tell me you understand how stupid this sounds.

There was no government censorship. How thick is your skull?


Publicly threatening broadcasters/affiliates to bend to your will *is* a form of attempted censorship. If you disagree with this, I would recommend you measure the thickness of your own skull.
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captkirk said:

TCTTS said:

Ag87H2O said:

TCTTS said:

We already covered this earlier in the thread.

So *some* government censorship is okay as long it's not *full* government censorship. Got it. You're essentially arguing that it's okay for the government to threaten free speech in certain instances, as long as they're not threatening all instances.

Please tell me you understand how stupid this sounds.

I'll say this and then I'm done here. The FCC didn't fire Kimmel. They didn't censor Kimmel. ABC wasn't coerced by the FCC. ABC chose to cancel his show after the local affiliate chains told them they were choosing to stop broadcasting his vitriol based on the public's response to Kimmel's own free speech from his program.

Freedom of speech doesn't mean you can say anything you want without consequence. Kimmel can still go say whatever he wants, just not on that particular platform. He 100% brought it on himself.


Tell me you haven't read the full thread without telling me you haven't read the full thread.

Because we've been over this a thousand times already.

The FCC/Carr absolutely threatened the affiliates. That objectively happened, proof of which has been posted here ad nauseam.

To say that they weren't coerced by that threat is a blind hope at best, especially considering THEY NEED THE FCC'S APPROVAL TO PERFORM AN UNPRECEDENTED MERGER.

Of course the FCC didn't fire Kimmel, and of course free speech isn't free of employer consequences. Again, we've all said as much over and over and over in this thread.

But you are being willfully ignorant to the chain of events that happened in this particular instance.

Sinclair needed nothing. Quit repeating this lie


Read the words I wrote. I didn't say "needed" past tense. I said "need" future tense.

And not Sinclair, but Nexstar absolutely does need FCC approval for this unprecedented merger…

https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-media-group-inc-enters-into-definitive-agreement-to-acquire-tegna-inc-for-6-2-billion-in-accretive-transaction/
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captkirk said:

TCTTS said:



They didn't get involved. HTH


The FCC started this whole mess by publicly threatening ABC/the affiliates. That absolutely, 100% happened.
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TCTTS said:

captkirk said:

TCTTS said:

We already covered this earlier in the thread.

So *some* government censorship is okay as long it's not *full* government censorship. Got it. You're essentially arguing that it's okay for the government to threaten free speech in certain instances, as long as they're not threatening all instances.

Please tell me you understand how stupid this sounds.

There was no government censorship. How thick is your skull?


Publicly threatening broadcasters/affiliates to bend to your will *is* a form of attempted censorship. If you disagree with this, I would recommend you measure the thickness of your own skull.

An interview on a podcast not many watch is hardly a meaningful threat. Please show me the official FCC correspondence to the affiliates or the network. You're ridiculous.

If there is one thing government agencies do well, its sending threatening letters. Please show me these.
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So many hacks in this thread. Let me tell you why my side is righteous, and yours sucks. It is mind numbing but entertaining. There is zero high ground here.
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Sapper Redux said:





Just a reminder that Rosanne compared a black woman to "Planet of the Apes," causing multiple producers to leave and the network on their own to decide to cancel the show. And it wasn't like this was a one-off bad tweet. She had been posting insane **** for awhile before that.

Half black. Born in Iran. Just a reminder.
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And now add Ben Shapiro to the list...

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My mistake.

You don't need therapy. 100 posts alone on this thread by you shows you are completely stable.
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Yet you're the one counting/obsessively responding to way too many of them. Again, the ways in which some of you are triggered by me will never not be hilarious. Talk about unstable...
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This thread is the epitome of every thread on the Ent board where people have differing opinions. It's insufferable bc 1-2 posters never just walk away and MUST have a hot take or last word on everything. JFC.
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Jimmy Kimmel should have been fired after gleefully fantasizing about the unvaccinated being denied medical treatment at hospitals and dying horrific deaths.

Especially considering the sh** that can get you fired in corporate America or the service industry.
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So is it true that the people that sign his checks told him to go on and smooth things over and he refused and instead was going to throw a tantrum and double down?

Hard to feel bad for him if that's the case, but who knows if that's how it went down.
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TCTTS said:

Yet you're the one counting/obsessively responding to way too many of them. Again, the ways in which some of you are triggered by me will never not be hilarious. Talk about unstable...


So you're admitting that you're a troll?

Well after all these years of you trolling, I guess that makes sense...

You're just damn good at it. Bravo good sir. Bravo.
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****'s got TC buddying up with Tucker and me with Dave.

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There will never be another almost universally admired and respected comedic late show host again. Leftists just can't help but ruin their own comedy by letting raw hate just ooze through. And die hard leftists are so off their rockers now that they would view an impartial or apolitical host as being their enemy. Jimmy Fallon had to officially apologize for having a presidential candidate in his show and actually humanizing him and treating him ok and that was years ago. The left has gone crazier since then.

Most of America doesn't see Trump and his voters as the spawn of Hitler and Satan that these hosts and their dwindling followers do.
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He's right you know.gif.
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Rogan is the closest we've got. Leftists pretend to hate him but a lot of them listen anyway because he has good guests on and he's good at driving long-form conversations. With Boomers in their twilight years, the need for a late night TV talk show on major networks is almost over. No one cares anymore, especially when the hosts are mostly unlikable ****s who go out of their way to condescend to half the country. Rogan is a fun listen.
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El Gallo Blanco said:

There will never be another almost universally admired and respected comedic late show host again. Leftists just can't help but ruin their own comedy by letting raw hate just ooze through. And die hard leftists are so off their rockers now that they would view an impartial or apolitical host as being their enemy. Jimmy Fallon had to officially apologize for having a presidential candidate in his show and actually humanizing him and treating him ok and that was years ago. The left has gone crazier since then.

Most of America doesn't see Trump and his voters as the spawn of Hitler and Satan that these hosts and their dwindling followers do.



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Did the government throw kimmel in jail for his blatantly false comments? If they did then that is a violation of his first amendment rights.

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The decision not to hear Murphy vs Missouri made it clear that the government coercing 3rd parties to act on their behalf to censor people is not an issue. Shame that the precedent that was set by scotus and the Biden admin is claiming more casualties.
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M.C. Swag said:

El Gallo Blanco said:

There will never be another almost universally admired and respected comedic late show host again. Leftists just can't help but ruin their own comedy by letting raw hate just ooze through. And die hard leftists are so off their rockers now that they would view an impartial or apolitical host as being their enemy. Jimmy Fallon had to officially apologize for having a presidential candidate in his show and actually humanizing him and treating him ok and that was years ago. The left has gone crazier since then.

Most of America doesn't see Trump and his voters as the spawn of Hitler and Satan that these hosts and their dwindling followers do.





So cute I just can't stand it.

Now let's talk reality. You are not the majority.

The boomers you are mocking are mostly on your side and were the biggest component of Kimmel's viewership.

The RGV went red for the first time ever. So did every border county in Texas except one. Florida, with a huge hispanic population, like Texas, got even redder.

Your product is not selling. Open borders, trans, unlimited migration, and ridiculously soft on crime policy is killing the country. And yet your sides triples down on it.

Take a deep breath, relax, chill out. The pendulum swung back. Both sides are now playing for keeps.

Deal with it.
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How can you type something like this and then, in the exact same post, tell someone else to chill? When this reads like a drunk uncle rant from someone so tightly wound, who can't remotely take a joke, and lives their life obsessively viewing the world through nothing other than a partisan political lens? And people tell me I take things too seriously. I'm not even saying you're wrong, but good lord.
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M.C. Swag said:

El Gallo Blanco said:

There will never be another almost universally admired and respected comedic late show host again. Leftists just can't help but ruin their own comedy by letting raw hate just ooze through. And die hard leftists are so off their rockers now that they would view an impartial or apolitical host as being their enemy. Jimmy Fallon had to officially apologize for having a presidential candidate in his show and actually humanizing him and treating him ok and that was years ago. The left has gone crazier since then.

Most of America doesn't see Trump and his voters as the spawn of Hitler and Satan that these hosts and their dwindling followers do.





You're meme debunks itself. Fallon is the last man standing
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Here you go TCTTS

You posted a quote from Ben, meaning you have to watch him now.

And if you had any real courage, you would go post on the Kimmel thread in the politics board but we both know you do not.


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BadMoonRisin said:

So is it true that the people that sign his checks told him to go on and smooth things over and he refused and instead was going to throw a tantrum and double down?

Hard to feel bad for him if that's the case, but who knows if that's how it went down.


Yes.

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So I actually read all the posts…

Arguing amongst left/right is exactly what those in power want. Billionaires and huge corporations run this country. That's all this is. Disney/ABC/Nexstar appease Trump and then he gives his blessing on the merger.

Making fun of the current president is what comedians do. Biden sucked. Trump sucks. Most presidents suck. If you can't handle being made fun of… don't be president.
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M.C. Swag said:

El Gallo Blanco said:

There will never be another almost universally admired and respected comedic late show host again. Leftists just can't help but ruin their own comedy by letting raw hate just ooze through. And die hard leftists are so off their rockers now that they would view an impartial or apolitical host as being their enemy. Jimmy Fallon had to officially apologize for having a presidential candidate in his show and actually humanizing him and treating him ok and that was years ago. The left has gone crazier since then.

Most of America doesn't see Trump and his voters as the spawn of Hitler and Satan that these hosts and their dwindling followers do.






Huh? Putting words into my mouth. Never blamed it exclusively on that, although it certainly doesn't help to routinely bash half of the country and remind them how much you hate them.

Class of 04 btw, so not THAT old. Sorry to have upset you and any other liberal male feminists.
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TCTTS said:

How can you type something like this and then, in the exact same post, tell someone else to chill? When this reads like a drunk uncle rant from someone so tightly wound, who can't remotely take a joke, and lives their life obsessively viewing the world through nothing other than a partisan political lens? And people tell me I take things too seriously. I'm not even saying you're wrong, but good lord.


Urban Ag is always calm as a cucumber. But you routinely come across as legitimately rattled over other people's opinions. Maybe you are projecting a bit?

Just curious as to which specific points of his post you disagree with tho? I see a lot of name calling and finger pointing from the left but they rarely actually attempt to debate or rebut arguments. Like the guy who posted a meme calling me a geriatric over something I didn't even say.
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jah003 said:

So I actually read all the posts…

Arguing amongst left/right is exactly what those in power want. Billionaires and huge corporations run this country. That's all this is. Disney/ABC/Nexstar appease Trump and then he gives his blessing on the merger.

Making fun of the current president is what comedians do. Biden sucked. Trump sucks. Most presidents suck. If you can't handle being made fun of… don't be president.


Oh yeah they really made fun of that Biden guy! Really let the dementia riddled clown who once said he "didn't want his kids growing up in a racial jungle" have it. Lol
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LB12Diamond said:


And if you had any real courage, you would go post on the Kimmel thread in the politics board but we both know you do not.



You need to turn that "needs therapy" lens around and look in the mirror, dude. stop obsessing about TC already.

It's Satuday morning, go outside and talk a walk or spend some time with actual humans who don't give a flip bout Jimmy Kimmell.
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"Babe, we can head to Living Spaces soon but give me a few minutes, some guy on here just called me a clown."

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jah003 said:

So I actually read all the posts…

Arguing amongst left/right is exactly what those in power want. Billionaires and huge corporations run this country. That's all this is. Disney/ABC/Nexstar appease Trump and then he gives his blessing on the merger.

Making fun of the current president is what comedians do. Biden sucked. Trump sucks. Most presidents suck. If you can't handle being made fun of… don't be president.

Most of what you just said here is not true
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LB12Diamond said:

And if you had any real courage, you would go post on the Kimmel thread in the politics board



I'm not sure that takes courage
 
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