TomTV wrote:

Can Kimmel sue?  This literally is a supreme court ruling from LAST YEAR.

 

He certainly can, but with a tRump-stacked SCOTUS, we know what his chances are.

Freedom of thought, speech and deeds are now dead in Amerikkka, murdered by a two-bit conman from Queens. I hope the American populace is proud of itself for choosing authoritarianism over all those grandiose phrases adorning their monuments and buildings. Pffffft.

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cash wrote:

The View was quiet on this issue. Not a word. 

Perhaps an edit from their network, ABC? 

RadioActive wrote:

cash wrote:

The View was quiet on this issue. Not a word. 

Perhaps an edit from their network, ABC? 

It was never a topic of discussion. I assume they were told not to mention it. 

mace wrote:

Celebrity Family Feud will air at 11:30pm tonight on ABC and yes CITY will simsub it locally.

Last night for me I did not get simsub. CityTV was airing something else last night instead of Kimmel.

I'm breaking my own rule about politics, because this is just so alarming and I have no doubt he's been emboldened enough to do it. And you likely knew this was coming.

They had better act fast to head this off or we're one step away from Pravda and only one source for news.

Trump floats stripping networks critical of him of their broadcast licenses 

“They’re giving me all this bad press, and they’re getting a license,” Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One when asked if Federal Communications Commissioner Brendan Carr should go after other talk show hosts after Jimmy Kimmel was suspended from the air. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away.” 

He added: “When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump, that’s all they do — that license, they’re not allowed to do that. They’re an arm of the Democrat Party.”

It's a world where Fox News may be the only thing you'll be allowed to watch. Kim Jung Un would be proud.

Sorry Forward Power, but that last post of yours had to be deleted. I'm sure you worked hard writing it, but it was so far over the top, I just could not allow it to stand here.

When the President of the United States threatens to censor or pull the licence of any TV news organization or station that has the temerity to disagree with him, that's not only a huge headline, it's downright frightening. And I have no doubt he hopes to do just that. 

This is the most serious challenge to free speech in our lifetime in this part of the world. Those opposed must act now to stop it before they're muzzled forever.

And yes, as much as I will inevitably live to regret it, I'm breaking my own rule about politics here. That's how serious I think this is. 

It starts with Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert. It may well end in the Sounds of Silence. Hello Darkness my old friend, indeed.

I've already said in the big thread that we cannot even trust what is coming out of the FBI any longer, because it is now controlled by a Trump loyalist. And I agree with RA, we are only a mere step away now from a state-controlled single channel news network (or maybe they'll just take over FOX News) telling us what to think without any other competing voice to offer a critical view. This IS Big Brother, happening in real-time.
 

He's 79, living in a country with a life expectancy of 74, god willing.

I don't think it's hysteria to be worried about the leader of a country - any country - seeking to punish those who dare to criticize him. Look at every Communist regime that's ever existed. Those who oppose either wind up in jail or dead. Ask Mr. Putin why so many people seem to fall out of windows in his country. 

Indeed, it's common sense to try and prevent the loss of free speech because once you lose it, it's awfully hard to get it back.

I thought it was interesting, by the way, that NBC News led with the Kimmel fallout. ABC's World News Tonight didn't.

I'm not sure who can get this in Canada, but in the absence of Kimmel, Jon Stewart is returning for the night on Thursday for a special appearance as host of the Daily Show. He usually only appears on Mondays. I'm quite sure he'll have a lot to say about what happened to his talk show host colleague. 

It's bad enough we have to deal with Trump. Can we leave Canadian politics out of this before it starts all over again? And I'm not taking sides. I can't stand any of them. 

Just bring back Late Great Movies already, I'll watch them out of nostalgia's sake.

You may soon be hearing from the man himself - on the Colbert Show.

Jimmy Kimmel 'Absolutely F---ing Livid' Over ABC Decision to Suspend Him — Declares He Won't Apologize and Wants To 'Break His Relationship' With Network 'Forever'

A good summary of the situation by Chris Murphy:

https://x.com/ChrisMurphyCT/status/1969024042926547421
@ChrisMurphyCT

The Kimmel suspension is a much bigger deal than you know.

It's really about a growing alliance between Trump and the companies that own America's local TV stations - like Nexstar - to turn local TV into Trump propaganda.

Let me tell you the short story.  It's chilling.

In August, Nexstar announced they wanted to buy another TV station company, Tegna.

But that's illegal - because it would give Nexstar control of stations in nearly half the country. FCC rules prohibit ONE company from having THAT much control over local TV content.

Why? Because one company shouldn't control local speech in half the country.

Also, we want our local TV stations to be run by local actors to preserve local identity and prevent our culture from becoming soullessly flattened - which Nexstar was already doing!

But good news for Nexstar! Brendan Carr, Trump's FCC Chair, said he's open to an unprecedented change in the rules to allow the Nexstar-Tegna merger to go through - which would be good ONLY for the filthy rich owners of both companies.

Which means Nexstar has to play ball.

So when Carr threatened to revoke the licenses of local stations that continued to air Kimmel - at the same time he was whispering to Nexstar that he might bend the rules to approve their billion dollar merger - Nexstar knew what to do: BEND THE KNEE.

Perry Sook, the Nexstar CEO, is already worth over $500 million. This deal could make him a billionaire.

If Nexstar controls local TV news content in half the country - and Sook owes his fortune to Trump - then Trump effectively controls content in half the nation.

And it’s not just Nexstar! Sinclair, another right-leaning media group that owns local TV stations, demanded Kimmel apologize and make a donation to Charlie Kirk’s organization.

Guess what? Sinclair also wants the FCC to increase the ownership cap for TV stations.

So here's how it would work.

Nexstar/Sinclair pledge loyalty to Trump. He gives them control over America's local TV. And they act as his political enforcers, silencing his critics.

But if we see the scheme, we can stop it. By mobilizing and speaking out.

It was the Reagan Administration that got rid of the Fairness Doctrine- an action that made Rush Limbaugh and Fox News possible.