Social Jimmy Kimmel gets Canceled

[HereticBD]

I don't get why these assholes with multimillions are worried about a paycheck. Sure, they have people that depend on them but I never take the "i have people relying on me" line seriously.

Some of them are absolutely addicted to fame. Which is fair enough, I guess. They feel it's their purpose in life, like others can feel about their career. The money hasn't mattered for a long time, so staying relevant keeps them going. Some stars have slipped into a deep depression and have even killed themselves over not hearing the crowd anymore. Something only famous people can relate to.

 

[Andy Capp]

Let's see how long they can keep that brave face on.

The reality is that, by refusing to put Kimmel on, they are losing money they would otherwise get from ABC. They have contracts which require them to run ABC programming.

Refusing to air the show will cost Sinclair/Nextstar combined in the millions of dollars over a year. I predict they virtue signal for a week or two, and then quietly resume broadcasting it.

They both want mergers that require the FCC to change its rules first so they'll do exactly whatever Carr (and Trump) want.

 

[Andy Capp]

So many peoples misdeeds are undone by the need to get that hot dogging and grand standin in. Got the fool that shot Charlie, gets rappers and politicians on the regular. I swear you would think people would know better than the boast and broadcast about committing crimes.

@nhbbear you ever get guys you otherwise wouldn't have been able to touch cuz they just couldn't shut the fuck up ? If yes did you let them know that they woulda been home free if they just kept it quiet

That sounds like the kind of thing you'd want to keep quiet about too, doesn't it?

It will be interesting to see what NHBB has to say if he responds.

 

[SurferH2O]

They should not have done that. It was the wrong thing to do.

That's what we thought. The irony of this post is the post below it, where, combined, you just made an ass of yourself. You care not for a worse transgression, because of the party. You suck.

 

[mozfonky]

Some of them are absolutely addicted to fame. Which is fair enough, I guess. They feel it's their purpose in life, like others can feel about their career. The money hasn't mattered for a long time, so staying relevant keeps them going. Some stars have slipped into a deep depression and have even killed themselves over not hearing the crowd anymore. Something only famous people can relate to.

i could believe that, sure.

As a musician, my ego was never big enough to control me thank god, and I really thank god that my ego never got me involved deeply in the mma world. Ego just gets used against lots of those poor guys.

 

[mozfonky]

Re: the bold, if you're talking about the comment that sparked this shitshow, no. That is false. It doesn't stop people from repeating that lie over and over though, sadly.

He didn't say anything whatsoever about the killer. He spoke only about the actions/reactions of MAGA people to the news during the period between time of the shooting and the arrest of the alleged perpetrator.

Re: your first paragraph, do you think all the other people working on the show would still get paid if the show were cancelled?

Re: the last paragraph, is that supposed to make it ok? Are they even comparable situations? Did the head of the FCC publicly declare that Maher had to go or else? This is the part some people still seem to be glossing over or just plain don't understand. If ABC had issued a press release saying something to the effect of "Fuck you, Kimmel; what you said was shitty and you're fired," in isolation that's a business decision and they'd have every right to do it. People might complain but there wouldn't be this degree of backlash.

What actually happened is ABC had no intention of taking action against Kimmel until the chairman of the FCC threatened ABC's parent company, Disney, and 2 companies needing FCC rule changes and approval for mergers (which shouldn't be allowed to proceed) jumped on board to help apply pressure by not airing Kimmel's show on their stations. That is why it's deemed an unconstitutional violation of the 1st amendment, and illegal according to the FCC's own rules.

I hope that clears some things up for you.

I'd have to watch what he said again, I only gave it a cursory look. It sounded like he was blaming things on the right. Either way, he's a talk show host no one needs his opinion. Does anyone ever recall Johnny Carson getting embroiled into this type of shit? Some people are just not important enough to even voice their opinion.

no, i don't think the staff will get paid if the show's off, as far as them being in position to fire him, I suppose they could, he who has the gold makes the rules, the greatest rule of all though is profit and that'll make any of these entities reconsider.

I've never seen anything in my lifetime quite this weird. I never even heard of Kirk before this and it's odd to me how so many people are clutching to the story out of some craven lust for coverage. Candace Owens apparently wasn't happy that she wasn't invited to speak for someone she falsely claimed she was close to, Van Jones claims he got a text from Kirk requesting to talk. I think it's sick to use this tragedy for those sorts of things really.

 

[Alpha_T83]

They both want mergers that require the FCC to change its rules first so they'll do exactly whatever Carr (and Trump) want.

If it's true that NextStar wants to buy Tegna for $6.2B then you're probably right in the end. No way that Trump allows that merger to proceed without Kimmel being fired.

However, this is where I think Trump will over-reach: NextStar+Tegna doesn't just hold leverage with ABC, they hold leverage with NBC and CBS. This merger is worth so much money that I doubt Trump will allow it to proceed JUST for firing Kimmel. My guess is that Trump would tell NextStar he wants Jimmy Fallon, Seth Myers, and Stephen Colbert all fired along with Jimmy Kimmel. And only then will he approve the merger.

Once Trump approves the merger, his leverage over Late Night is gone (without the FCC taking direct action, making those actions vulnerable to courts overruling them). I'll be surprised if he approves it just for Kimmel being fired.

 

[Confucamus]

This. And they were ok with it.

Also, good for Jimmy Kimmel for getting his show back. Erika Kirk won't get her husband back. His kids won't get their dad back.

Of course they were. You don't have to look back that far to see they all justified that censorship because it was against the other side. That's why nobody is trying to hear their complaints now that Kimmel got suspended for brazenly lying about Charlie Kirk's murderer.

 

[markg171]

If it's true that NextStar wants to buy Tegna for $6.2B then you're probably right in the end. No way that Trump allows that merger to proceed without Kimmel being fired.

However, this is where I think Trump will over-reach: NextStar+Tegna doesn't just hold leverage with ABC, they hold leverage with NBC and CBS. This merger is worth so much money that I doubt Trump will allow it to proceed JUST for firing Kimmel. My guess is that Trump would tell NextStar he wants Jimmy Fallon, Seth Myers, and Stephen Colbert all fired along with Jimmy Kimmel. And only then will he approve the merger.

Once Trump approves the merger, his leverage over Late Night is gone (without the FCC taking direct action, making those actions vulnerable to courts overruling them). I'll be surprised if he approves it just for Kimmel being fired.

Stephen Colbert's already been fired for his poor ratings you wild conspiracy nut.

Same reason they're all eventually getting dropped.

 

[Rational Poster]

Stephen Colbert's already been fired for his poor ratings you wild conspiracy nut.

Same reason they're all eventually getting dropped.

No, it's pretty clear based on Trump's own words he has a vendetta against these talk show hosts for months because they say mean things about him and has made it clear he wants to see them fired. He's been whining about fairness doctrines at the FCC when the GOP already got rid of it in the 1980s. lmao

The irony is, his attempt to force the issue are what's going to keep them on air, no matter how poor you think their ratings are.

 

[SurferH2O]

No, it's pretty clear based on Trump's own words he has a vendetta against these talk show hosts for months because they say mean things about him and has made it clear he wants to see them fired. He's been whining about fairness doctrines at the FCC when the GOP already got rid of it in the 1980s. lmao

The irony is, his attempt to force the issue are what's going to keep them on air, no matter how poor you think their ratings are.

You've missed the big picture.

95% of the guests that are political hold one view... the Democratic Party view. That is not how our PUBLIC broadcast networks are supposed to work. The problem is that this goes for virtually ALL of their shows that cover or are about politics. When the Democrats always receive 90%+ favorable coverage and the Republicans always receive 90%+ negative coverage, we have a national problem.

We should all not be alright with it. But, here you Left Cult types are thinking it's a good thing.

 

[Alpha_T83]

Stephen Colbert's already been fired for his poor ratings you wild conspiracy nut.

Same reason they're all eventually getting dropped.

There's a difference between not renewing their contracts and firing + removing them immediately. I'm talking about the latter.

From what I understand, Colbert will be allowed to finish out his show until his contract ends, no?

And if you think Trump is going to be able to get away with silencing all of his critics, you're a naive idiot and a degenerate piece of filth for supporting it.

 

[Rational Poster]

You've missed the big picture.

95% of the guests that are political hold one view... the Democratic Party view. That is not how our PUBLIC broadcast networks are supposed to work. The problem is that this goes for virtually ALL of their shows that cover or are about politics. When the Democrats always receive 90%+ favorable coverage and the Republicans always receive 90%+ negative coverage, we have a national problem.

We should all not be alright with it. But, here you Left Cult types are thinking it's a good thing.

I didn't miss any picture. The fairness doctrine is no longer a thing. The networks are not required to provide balanced coverage.

It is a good thing, Trump is uniquely awful for the country.

 

[markg171]

There's a difference between not renewing their contracts and firing + removing them immediately. I'm talking about the latter.

From what I understand, Colbert will be allowed to finish out his show until his contract ends, no?

And if you think Trump is going to be able to get away with silencing all of his critics, you're a naive idiot and a degenerate piece of filth for supporting it.

I think networks deciding they'd rather get rid of failing late night shows with something that could do better for their businesses to have nothing to do with Trump.

Kimmel, Colbert, etc., are all free to still do their shows on Youtube and other platforms as their own businesses.

 

[nhbbear]

So many peoples misdeeds are undone by the need to get that hot dogging and grand standin in. Got the fool that shot Charlie, gets rappers and politicians on the regular. I swear you would think people would know better than the boast and broadcast about committing crimes.

@nhbbear you ever get guys you otherwise wouldn't have been able to touch cuz they just couldn't shut the fuck up ? If yes did you let them know that they woulda been home free if they just kept it quiet

Hell yes. I used Facebook to track down a number of people and have seen it used often. I was assigned to keep track of some criminals via Facebook that we were hunting for and they would post their location or what they were planning and we would find them. There was one guy when I was working as a security supervisor at the hospital that posted a picture of himself in one of the rooms and we tracked him down to visiting his father. I called police, we set up a perimeter and I approached him and asked him his name. He gave his brother’s name and I was able to check mugshots to definitively determine that he was not his brother based on facial tattoos. My former police colleagues commented that it was shit like that which made me a legend.

 

[El Panteron]

this cast of fuckups? We're going downhill fast but these guys won't be running what's left over.

Eh, still they are the ones doing the coup.
Prepare your asshole for King Tucker I

 

[Andy Capp]

That's what we thought. The irony of this post is the post below it, where, combined, you just made an ass of yourself. You care not for a worse transgression, because of the party. You suck.

Of course they were. You don't have to look back that far to see they all justified that censorship because it was against the other side. That's why nobody is trying to hear their complaints now that Kimmel got suspended for brazenly lying about Charlie Kirk's murderer.

LOL @ the bold text; you love to keep spewing that garbage. I wonder why? See what I mean, @mozfonky? He's seen the full text of Kimmel's comment lots of times and he still won't stop lying about it, and misleading people like you who are only peripherally paying attention to the situation.

Can you two clowns find any post I made at the time that says I was "ok" with it? I hardly knew anything about it and I don't recall seeing any documentary evidence of inappropriate 1st amendment infringement and that pretty much sums up all my comments on the matter as far as I can recall.

Did the FCC chairman publicly declare to Youtube that "we can do this the hard way or the easy way"? Was there any indication the Biden admin were illegally using financial interests to ally other private companies against Youtube to pressure them to comply?

 

[SurferH2O]

Was there any indication the Biden admin were illegally using financial interests to ally other private companies against Youtube to pressure them to comply?

The Democrats who controlled Biden used Elvis Chan at the FBI, they had many others threaten the Social Media companies directly. What Democrats did was magnitudes worse than what happened to Jimmy Kimmel.

Law Thread 'Social Media Companies Admit Biden Admin Forced Them to Ban Political Speech'

Sep 23, 2025

Google to reinstate banned YouTube accounts censored for political speech

YouTube will provide opportunities for creators banned over COVID-19 and election content to rejoin the platform as Google shifts toward supporting free expression.

www.foxnews.com

Google vowed on Tuesday to offer YouTube accounts that were permanently banned for political speech the ability to be reinstated, and the big tech giant admitted that it once faced pressure from the Biden administration to remove content...
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This effected thousands of Americans who were banned and censored as a direct result of Biden/Democrats intervention.


It happened in large numbers on Facebook too...

• SurferH2O
• Replies: 115
• Forum: The War Room

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^^^ That's undeniable proof. How do you not know any of this? Did your sources not share this massive attack on the First Amendment?

 

[Andy Capp]

The Democrats who controlled Biden used Elvis Chan at the FBI, they had many others threaten the Social Media companies directly. What Democrats did was magnitudes worse than what happened to Jimmy Kimmel.

Law Thread 'Social Media Companies Admit Biden Admin Forced Them to Ban Political Speech'

Sep 23, 2025

Google to reinstate banned YouTube accounts censored for political speech

YouTube will provide opportunities for creators banned over COVID-19 and election content to rejoin the platform as Google shifts toward supporting free expression.

www.foxnews.com

Google vowed on Tuesday to offer YouTube accounts that were permanently banned for political speech the ability to be reinstated, and the big tech giant admitted that it once faced pressure from the Biden administration to remove content...
----------------------------------
This effected thousands of Americans who were banned and censored as a direct result of Biden/Democrats intervention.


It happened in large numbers on Facebook too...

• SurferH2O
• Replies: 115
• Forum: The War Room

• 

^^^ That's undeniable proof. How do you not know any of this? Did your sources not share this massive attack on the First Amendment?

People saying stuff, particularly Fox News, is not proof of anything, nor was it at the time of the incident. Further, in the preview, it says "political speech" but the link text says "banned over COVID-19 and political speech". To me, it lacks credibility. And it's a hedge to get around the legality of actions taken by the federal government that are "in the public interest".

If there is actual documentary proof that the Biden admin ordered these bans, where is it? If there was any in that old thread I never saw it. I'm not clicking on that shit so if those articles contain proof, you'll need to post it. Go fetch.

Incidentally, why is Google only taking this action now? Hmmmm I wonder. Do the CEO's lips have orange makeup on them? This couldn't have anything to do with a quid pro quo arrangement with Orange Peephole T, could it? Nahhhhhhh

 

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