Spewing poison?
It's perfectly fine for Sissy Boy Jesse Watters to repeatedly call for Civil War.
It's perfectly fine for Sissy Boy Jesse Watters to repeatedly call for Civil War.
Jimmy Kimmel Show is back! Sinclair & Nexstar backs down TACO style
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Cancelling Trump's cancelling of JK is still cancel culture!!!!!!!
You are defending state censorship.
It wasn't business, trump admitted it was political in that post.
You lose all cred in criticism with China if you continue this position.
Awwww, how do sour grapes taste Ory??
Are you sure he's losing money with 20M subscribers?
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Thankfully, his health and age will not allow that.
In my opinion, he's never had any credibility from post 1.
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trump just gave Kimmel a ratings boost you couldn't buy.
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Yes, I do. Kimmel successfully returned to the airwaves and DID NOT apologies for anything. He then made fun of Trump again. And, Trump showed what a whiney bitch he was, and how free speech is not a thing for the a big chunk of the right when they hear something they do not like. Threatening ABC with another lawsuit, saying Kimmel was an undisclosed campaign contribution....It just makes Mango Mussolini look even weaker and pathetic then he usually does....Well, at least to the majority of the world and those who are not cultists...After reading this you still think its a L for Trump??
Here's the thing...I suspect that there will be viewers in those markets who will let their feelings be known. And there will be advertisers who will be pissed, because the "special news" program they aired instead of Kimmel was dryer than toast. I am willing to bet both Sinclair and Newstar will re-air Kimmel in the near future. Mind you, both are looking for the FCC to approve mergers and other deals, so it might take until those things are finalized...
LOLI could care less if he's back or not but there really was no violation of his freedom of speech like the left were whining about...they're just a bunch of drama queens...
You think the chair of the FCC threatening broadcasters licenses is not a violation of free speech??? You really are clueless. Shockingly clueless. And, maybe also shocking, noted "woke" politicians like Ted Cruz and Rand Paul both called it an attack on free speech.
He's such a baby! What a fucking
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To quote Phil from innumerable previous posts... where he was confidently wrong on his "rumour has it..." nonsense
Phil C. McNasty said:
It wasn't a business decision.
The definition of free speech, is that you are able to criticize the government, without being persecuted by the government.
In this case Kimmel criticized the President, and was threatened by the head of the regulatory agency who was appointed by the President, and subsequently suspended.
This qualifies as state censorship and if allowed to stand would have been a breach of the 1st amendment.
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America has more than a dozen stations and nearly 100% internet coverage.
Those stations are owned by two multi-billion dollar corporations in an attempted $6.5 billion takeover that violates laws relating to media ownership monopolies, that would require the FCC and President Trump to over-rule those FCC regulations.
Just like the CBS deal that Trump used to extort the parties into cancelling another late night comedian who mocks Trump.
Not one single other of the 250 ABC affiliate stations have breathed a word of support for the cancellation, nor cancelled, the show. ONLY the ones owned by the two owners trying to get an illegal merger approved by the President.
Follow the money.
Last night was the first time I've ever watched Kimmel since the Man Show. That's what Trump did here, gigantic backfire. - I'm also glad Kimmel didn't apologize either. because he said nothing that warranted an apology.
A whiny comedian getting suspended for a few days for making off colour remarks and telling an outright lie even though he claims he has "fact checkers" on staff that go through his jokes to make sure they are accurate is not state level censorship is not even close to the levels of censorship thst exist in communist china.
Bannning the numbers 6 and 4 together is state level censorship.
Having to flee the country or going to jail for selling books is state level censorship.
Being disappeared and having your family on day and night surveillance for unveiling a banner is state level censorship.
You guys whine so much.
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Like all execs and the investment bankers who get rich off mergers and acquisitions, Sinclair, Newstar's and Tegna's principals, execs and investors have huge short term personal financial motivations far more important than a blip in viewership or advertising. They, like all people involved in M&A's, make big bonus', commissions and fees when the deals close.
And it often incurs big fees and costs if the deal falls apart. Tegna probably insisted and got a "Breakup Fee" included in the contract when Nexstar came a courtin'. That is common when a company approaches another with a buyout or merger that the target company believes is not going to be successful because of regulatory hurdles.
Among other things, this is but one of the many behind the scenes factors that play a FAR bigger factor than the general public even knows how these things work. It's not just about short term advertising.
Example: Attempted BCE Privatization
Remember when a group including a bunch of US private equity firms and Ontario Teachers Pension Fund tried to take Bell Canada Enterprises private for $30 billion?
Bell initially said no thanks. They knew the deal wouldn't be approved by the Competition Bureau among other things. The private equity firms said not to worry, that they could make it work and were willing to take their chances. Bell said, 'fine... knock your socks off... but if this turns out to be a waste of our time, you will have to pay a $1.2 billion dollar breakup fee'.
Sure enough, the deal fell through. Bell asked for their breakup fee and the private equity weasels tried to get out of it. The matter was eventually settled out of court.
"A legal fight looms between BCE Inc. and its would-be purchasers over the issue of a $1.2 billion breakup fee after the $52-billion proposed privatization of Canada's largest telecommunications company was officially declared dead on Thursday."
Actually It was a business decision. A business decision forced by the Trump Administration's threat to derail a proposed merger if those ABC affiliates would not shut Kimmel up.
So therefore it was also a governmental violation of the First Amendment as it was the government's direct and implied threats that led to the very specific pre-empting of the show by ONLY those ABC affiliates who were seeking the government's approval to override their own rules to facilitate an otherwise illegal deal.
