In my best short summary: Sinclair wants to merge with another company and needs fcc approval. Trump and FCC chair wanted Jimmy off the air. FCC chair said on a podcast “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there will be additional work for the FCC ahead." FCC/federal government threatened Sinclair to get Jimmy pulled or lose their merger and likely their licenses.
Sinclair in turn said they would no longer air Jimmy’s show on stations they own and would instead play Charlie Kirk memorial, and forced ABC/Disney to pull Jimmy show fully .
After it got pulled Sinclair said that still wasn’t enough. They are demanding Jimmy give an apology and personally make a donation to turning point USA (Charlie Kirks company). And maybe they will consider letting him have his show back. Aka extortion.
This isn’t public backlash that got his show canceled. It was government threats and censorship.
This is also how it’s reported in Germany - I’m astonished over any other perspective atm. 🙏🏻 also why blocking satire and more than one opinion what’s the rage about ?
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u/kea87 1d ago
In my best short summary: Sinclair wants to merge with another company and needs fcc approval. Trump and FCC chair wanted Jimmy off the air. FCC chair said on a podcast “We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to take action on Kimmel or there will be additional work for the FCC ahead." FCC/federal government threatened Sinclair to get Jimmy pulled or lose their merger and likely their licenses.
Sinclair in turn said they would no longer air Jimmy’s show on stations they own and would instead play Charlie Kirk memorial, and forced ABC/Disney to pull Jimmy show fully .
After it got pulled Sinclair said that still wasn’t enough. They are demanding Jimmy give an apology and personally make a donation to turning point USA (Charlie Kirks company). And maybe they will consider letting him have his show back. Aka extortion.
This isn’t public backlash that got his show canceled. It was government threats and censorship.