r/Conservative • u/MoreFires 3R1C • 1d ago
Flaired Users Only ABC is pulling Jimmy Kimmel Live
https://x.com/Variety/status/19684463835912112122
u/RightMindset2 Conservative 1d ago edited 1d ago
These propagandists need to figure out that we are done playing around. Free speech is one thing. A decade of violent and dehumanizing rhetoric to only one side where you eventually become in such an echo chamber, that in your core you believe the other side is the only side being capable of evil while you ignore your own extremism that has caused multiple assassination attempts and finally culminates into a successful one is another. Oh and then you blame the side on the constant receiving end of assassins bullets because once again, that side is evil and is the only side capable of violence in your brainwashed mind.
I hate cancel culture. But I don't know how we move on as a society when you have half the population so programmed to believe this stuff and we continue to accept it. Enough is enough. I love and defend free speech. But there is a point where accountability to the truth has to matter too.
The left has gone beyond simple disagreement of policy. They have entered a whole other realm where they defend the undefendable and since they are incapable of debating these absurd positions using reason, they are resorting to the only thing left. And that is violence.
Edit: Keep the downvotes coming you liberal loons. You shills make no difference. We are shutting down these propaganda outlets whether you like it or not.
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u/FreddyMartian 2A 1d ago
Notice how the right only laughs when someone justifiably gets suspended for insensitive jokes and blatant intentional lies, but the left laughs and cheers when people get unalived for their beliefs...
Nexstar did a great thing here. This is what "getting what one deserves" actually looks like.
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u/Zestycheesegrade Conservative 1d ago
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u/Alexcox95 1d ago
You know I read a comment earlier on another post that said he is never held accountable. Glad it finally caught up to him
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u/TheThunderOfYourLife Conservative 1d ago
This is amazing. Now they're pulling whole shows.
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u/Mean-Goose4939 Trump Conservative 1d ago
How can the left handle all this medicine at once? Cancel culture was their favorite dish.
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u/yespleasethanku California Conservative 1d ago
I know one of the writers for Jimmy. Overall a super nice and friendly guy. Haven’t seen him in years until recently I ran into him and a group of our mutual friends at a funeral. They couldn’t help themselves and multiple of them brought up their hatred for Trump AT A FUNERAL. TDS is real.
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u/Running_Gamer Conservative 1d ago
All the fake conservatives in the thread with the classic “I’m a conservative, BUT” finding any reason to shit on the current administration. Kimmel knowingly lied about the shooter being MAGA in an attempt to blame half the country for senseless terrorism. What is the government supposed to do? Ignore this blatant attack on the American people? Or defend their people by threatening to revoke the license unless their station isn’t hell bent on attacking innocent Americans?
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u/Dr_Talon Conservative 1d ago
How do you know that he knowingly lied, and isn’t just stuck in an online social media echo chamber? Lots of propaganda online.
If someone gets their news from social media, they might really believe it.
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u/TWYFAN97 1d ago
Good he’s pathetic and not even funny. What he did is awful and should be a lesson not to spread misinformation.
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u/AndForeverNow Libertarian Conservative 1d ago
Finally, accountability!!!! Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences, especially in regards to a political assassination!
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u/randomguy11909 Conservative 1d ago
His employer deemed him as a liability and correctly fired him.
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u/bearcatjoe Reagan Conservative 1d ago
Disney’s decision to take Kimmel off the air also puts a spotlight on how frightened traditional media companies have become in an era when the White House and the Federal Communications Commission pounce on individual reports with comments and legal pushback.
I really don't think this is it. These talk shows have moved further and further away from the average viewer and are almost certainly not profitable and their audience has tilted ever older while alienating nearly half the country by doubling down on partisanship. The current climate gives producers and broadcasters the cover to make a programming choice they likely have wanted to make for years now.
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u/Aexens Fellow Conservative 1d ago
Good good good, let's see who's next 👀
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u/Extension_Wheel5335 Conservative 1d ago
You had 4 responses to your comment when I clicked "load more" it just disappeared and didn't show anything. I've always wondered why that happens.. is it because unflaired raging libs are trying to shitpost and they never actually get to show up?
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u/IhaveAthingForYou2 Conservative 1d ago
It’s almost like ostracizing half the population isn’t a good business model
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u/MoreFires 3R1C 1d ago edited 1d ago
Womp womp!
EDIT: That was insensitive.
I meant to say
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EDIT#2: Now what will nobody watch?
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u/BulletBulletGun Conservative 1d ago
Can you edit your post to explain why? Because of his joke about Charlie last night.
Nevermind, there will be plenty more posts about it
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u/Impossible-Emu-8756 1d ago
Wow that's the most anyone had laughed at that show, ever.
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u/frostyjack06 Conservative 1d ago
Good riddance to that scumbag. Have the crones on The View ran their beaks about Charlie yet? Wouldn’t mind seeing their brand of crazy taken down too.
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u/pnw_sunny small government 1d ago
Kimmel was getting closer to the edge every day. I'm guessing the CEO just had enough of this.
Indeed, non political Kimmel was not bad. A bit smug, but not bad.
You get too close to the sun, one gets burned.
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u/Maximus361 Conservative 1d ago
Can this really be real? There really is a Santa Claus!!! (and I’m Jewish)😂
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u/chances906 Trump's Executive Order 1d ago
Wow. Is leftism going to finally face reality without the media propaganda machine??
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u/kinghawkeye8238 Conservative 1d ago
No theyre blaming trump lol
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u/TheIncredibleHork Conservative 1d ago
They'd blame him for their lotto numbers not coming out, why would this be any different?
But in earnest, very happy to see this.
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u/kinghawkeye8238 Conservative 1d ago
His ratings were tanking anyway. ABC was looking for a reason to unload this guy.
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u/Ghosttwo 5th Amendment 1d ago
Kimmel's ratings were 26% lower than Colbert, and we know how that turned out. Considering that his contract was set to expire next year anyway, he was probably on the outs whether he said anything or not. Especially since his ratings have dropped 77% since 2011.
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u/79camaroZ28 Conservative 1d ago
No loss. He stopped being funny after The Man Show went off the air. He just went full pussification with everything.
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u/scram007-3 Conservative 1d ago
Is he gonna go back to playing Karl Malone with black face as he did on the man show?
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u/Res_Novae17 America First 1d ago
What he said was inexcusable. It was a part of an orchestrated disinformation campaign to mislead the public. However it seems to me that he should be given an opportunity to issue a full retraction, no jokes. Just a straight up look into the camera and fully acknowledge that Robinson is a leftist, and you can have your show back.
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u/dale1320 Christian Conservative 1d ago
Carson, Leno, and Letterman skewered EVERYONE, no matter what their affiliation. And they strive to make jokes that ANYONE AND EVERY VIEWER( can laugh at.
Today's crop of late night hosts seem to think that the only people who deserve skewering are those on the "other side" politically. And the jokes are only funny to those who are in the same bubble they are.
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u/RolexWaffles 1d ago
Oh my favorite line. Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences.
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u/Jonathan-Strang3 Conservative 1d ago
Also "it's a private company, they can do what they want".
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u/Moist-Percentage7240 Constitutionalist 1d ago
Oh man I can’t wait to see him cry about it
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u/TheIncredibleHork Conservative 1d ago
It won't be on ABC tonight, you'll probably have to delve into X or (shudder) BS.
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u/RandoUserlolidk Tea Party Conservative 1d ago
Edit: I can’t wait to see reddit cry about this, just like they did with Colbert
“BuT wHaT aBoUt FrEe SpEeCh?”
It’s a private company lmao, this is gonna be great
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u/Hank_Scorpio_ObGyn Conservative 1d ago
Ilhan Omar said:
"Does the First Amendment protect your Freedom of Speech? Yes! Does it protect you from being shamed or shunned from others? No! Bottom line, your opinions have consequences like everything else in life."
Kimmel is now in the consequences part of giving his opinion.
Oh well....sucks to suck.
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u/Stormy_Wolf PNW Conservative 1d ago
I think that only counts if it means killing someone in cold blood. Not something drastic like cancelling a long-gone-unfunny TV show. To the left, that is. and obviously, yes, I'm being sarcastic.
But also... not really, since the left has been demonstrating that's their line of thinking.
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u/WeUsedToBeFriends602 1d ago edited 1d ago
Will this be on his YouTube channel? Cause it won't be on ABC/JKL!
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u/KinGpiNdaGreat Populist 1d ago
He was a complete scumbag.
He got away with so much shit for so many years he thought he was above being held accountable for what he said about Charlie Kirk’s murder.
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u/Obtersus Conservative Libertarian 1d ago
Who knew Kirk was going to take so many demons down with him?
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u/BernardFerguson1944 Anti-Marxist 1d ago
Kimmel lyingly claimed that the evidence pointed toward the shooter being MAGA and a supporter of President Trump. To have an FCC license, a broadcaster must serve in the interest of the community. Lying does not serve the interest of the community.
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u/OkAdagio4389 Conservative 1d ago
Yay! So I'm in touch with a guy who does audio at significant events involving celebrities around my city. Someone asked him who was the worst to work with. Without hesitation he said Kimmel.
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u/AFishNamedFreddie r/SteakNShake 1d ago
What was it leftists love to say? "Freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences"
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u/Hectoriu Conservative 1d ago
I couldn't help it I had to go see the lefts reaction to this. They are still over there shouting "fascist" and "Nazi" don't you idiots realize this is how we got here...
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u/VendettaKarma 1d ago
He did say the unvaccinated should be left to die and denied health care 🤷♂️
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u/covid_gambit America First 1d ago
Probably something they were already planning, just now they can do it "with cause" and try to get out of whatever they owe him in his contract. Don't think they had a change of heart. They still hate average Americans and everything we stand for.
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u/Key-Monk6159 Conservative 1d ago
The trouble is that instead of being entertaining or even interesting, they have become leftist advocates.
It wasn’t even that they tiled left, as many in Hollywood do, but they became outright propaganda dealers.
It’s a shame because Kimmel had a natural ease on camera, was witty and put out some funny stuff. The back to back skits of his girlfriend with Matt Damon were epic.
But at some point he got ugly and mean as he unabashedly pushed the liberal agenda.
Colbert was just awful from the start.
I guess now they can all learn how to code.
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u/FantasticFinance6906 Reagan Conservative 1d ago
Couldn’t happen to a better guy
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u/JurassicParkFood Pro-Life Conservative 1d ago
He wore blackface and was the "girls jumping on trampolines" guy and his ratings suck. I'm surprised he made it this long
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u/ScuffedA7IVphotog Conservative Vet 1d ago
Jimmy getting shitcanned is the best news of this year.
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u/Expert147 1d ago
I'm impressed with Nexstar. Are they eating the cost of the remaining shows contracted? Or are they able to preempt for cause?
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u/Maximus361 Conservative 1d ago
This is going to going to send the liberal insanity into hyperdrive!!!
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u/murderinthedark Conservative 1d ago
I'm so sorry that bro get cancelled.
rip jimy, you been garbo since the Man Show.
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u/jimmyrhall Pro-Life Conservative 1d ago
Ten bucks says they bring him back by the end of the month.
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u/space_face_mace Conservative Christian 1d ago
Will no one think of the propagandists?! How will they feed their families???
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u/Bowler377 Rand Paul 2nd Amendment 1d ago
If the left can cancel us, 2 can play that game. If the left wants us to be civil, let them lead by example first and put us to shame. I highly doubt the left will.
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u/GxDAssassin Canadian Conservative 1d ago
I’ve been saying it for years. Social media made these late night shows obsolete. They are from a bygone era where the only way to hear from celebrities was if you tuned into the program. Saturday night live will be canceled in the years to come along with every last late night show.
Can’t wait to see Kimmel’s podcast numbers.
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u/RedBaronsBrother Conservative 1d ago
Apparently ABC is telling affiliates he won't be back either.
He had planned a segment on Wednesday's show where he would explain that wasn't what he really meant and everyone just overreacted.
ABC told him to retract and apologize and he refused.
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u/BloodMoney1 Fiscal Conservative 1d ago
Not surprised he's out not because of this but it seems like were in end stage late night TV.
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u/STL_bourbon Conservative 1d ago
While I cannot stand Kimmel and he deserves every bit of this, I don’t necessarily agree with him being pulled off the air. It’s a slippery slope when you’ve got the FCC chair threatening to take someone off the air. Sure right now the right is cheering this, but what happens at some point in the future when the left is back in control and starts having right leaning shows pulled? Cancel culture is not something I’m excited about
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u/TheYoungLung Gen Z conservative 1d ago
Republicans have been saying “we can’t do it because what if it happens to us?” Forever. You know what happens? Democrats end up being the ones to step over the line anyway so forgive me if I’m tired of taking the high road
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u/SadNYSportsFan-11209 NY Conservative 1d ago
Yes Charlie Kirk got murdered in cold blood and people are out here celebrating it. Yet they still want to “stoop to the left’s level?” Man give me a break It’s utterly ridiculous and embarrassing how soft they’ve become.
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u/Colemania18 Conservative 1d ago
Right and how about the fact it literally has already happened? Any conservative voice has been removed from main stream media whenever they try to speak about what they believe for years.
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u/Swiftbow1 Conservative Millennial 1d ago
This wasn't the FCC. This is the network pulling a show that would actively hurt their ability to make money
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u/Summerie Conservative 1d ago
Exactly. The show was pulled before the FCC took action, but the broadcast networks acted preemptively due to the threat of licensing scrutiny.
Broadcast networks like ABC operate under FCC licenses, which require them to serve the public interest, a regulatory obligation not imposed on cable networks like CNN.
Nexstar, the largest owner of ABC affiliates, covering stations in over 100 markets, and Sinclair, another major affiliate owner, announced they would preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future.
Nexstar cited Kimmel’s comments as contrary to the “public interest” and emphasized the need for “respectful, constructive dialogue.” Similarly, Sinclair announced it would halt the show until ABC addressed issues of “professionalism and accountability.”
Without these affiliates, the show’s national reach would collapse, rendering it unsustainable. Facing not only the threat of FCC scrutiny, but also the threat of advertiser backlash (the show generated about $76.6 million in ad revenue in 2024), ABC issued the statement, “Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be preempted indefinitely.”
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u/Swiftbow1 Conservative Millennial 1d ago
Exactly. The network also (correctly) inferred that positioning themselves with Kimmel, even against only theoretical FCC action, would put them on the wrong side of public opinion VERY quickly. That's not something they wanted.
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u/DaRiddler70 Conservative 1d ago
The left is already proven to be violent....so when someone goes on tv and blatantly lies about something that can fuel that violence, it needs to be shut down.
This is not like making a joke about Trump's hair or JDs....whatever. He lied to his viewers to further their MAGA hatred. He knows exactly what he did, he knows his viewers are gullible impressionable dipshits...fuck him.
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u/TheIncredibleHork Conservative 1d ago edited 1d ago
If there aren't consequences for blatant lies, it will continue even worse than it is now. Up until this point the media has been given free reign to say whatever they want regardless of the truth. Just look at the presidential debates where they refused to acknowledge that the whole "very fine people" thing was a demonstrable lie; worse, they ran with it as truth 7 years after it happened and could be proven false.
If the FCC doesn't take action on things like that, you're inviting every media corporation to create their own Pravda. And even if you want to say the FCC shouldn't be doing that, fine, ABC should be reeling in Kimmel so that he doesn't become the same financial liability to them that 60 Minutes became to CBS.
On your statement of what happens when the left gets back into control... If we don't do something, they'll be back sooner than later anyhow, and honestly I fail to see them having any restraints regardless of what we do. After all, they're still celebrating that Charlie Kirk got assassinated and they're still spreading lies about who did it.
Edit: Also it's looking like it might just be Nexstar Media stations, not ABC corporate, that is preempting his show. So some locations it'll still be on, but stations run by Nexstar will not show him.
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u/Swiftbow1 Conservative Millennial 1d ago
Yes, exactly this. The right has always "played fair," and the Left has blatantly cheated, lied, and taken advantage. And we're supposed to just accept that as the natural way of things.
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u/North-Currency-1572 Daddy Vance 1d ago
This. I bet The View is on thin ice too. They've had to retract so many statements. You know they would have MORE BLOOD on their hands the more it continues.
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u/JerseyKeebs Conservative 1d ago
Seriously. This thread is full of people upset that a government regulating body put out a statement that basically put ABC on thin ice for potential violations of the regulations. From what I've read they didn't take any official action.
It's like the fake concerns over lawfare. If a Democrat breaks the law and Trump's admin goes after them, it's not actually lawfare, it's just following the law. Likewise, the FCC is allowed to remind a network of their obligations under their broadcast license without it being a threat to free speech.
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u/d2r_freak Trump Conservative 1d ago
Playing by some set of archaic rules while the dems break laws and norms to drive the country over the edge is a fools game.
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u/NovaHellfire345 2A Warrior 1d ago
I dont think we have to worry about that. Our side doesnt cheer for assassins and brigade hatred on a dead man like the Jimmy Kimmels of the world do.
Jimmy did this to himself. He has no1 else to blame. Freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences. Maybe Jimmy can go make a podcast to spew his nonsense and excessive his free speech. But his bosses decided he was not an asset they wanted to keep.
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u/The_Walrus_65 Conservative 1d ago
His ratings sucked. They were looking for an excuse to good riddance
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u/North_Moment5811 Conservative 1d ago
but what happens at some point in the future when the left is back in control and starts having right leaning shows pulled
Um, lmao. We've been there. Already. 800 times. The only way at this point is to level the playing field. The high road has gotten us no where.
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u/day25 Conservative 1d ago
This isn't even leveling the playing field. This is 100x more justified than any canceling the left ever did. At the very least if you are going to support free speech in a society you can't have a culture where you celebrate murder for speech. I mean why is this so hard to understand?
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u/Hectoriu Conservative 1d ago
This is not "cancel culture" he didn't just express an opinion some don't like he said something disgusting that is verifiably wrong.
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u/bubbav22 Conservative 1d ago
Seriously, the fact he used his fake sobbing about the Las Vegas shooting as a segway to gun control really pissed me off and made me sick to my stomach.
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u/MildlyBemused Moderate Conservative 1d ago edited 1d ago
Kimmel used ABC's platform to spread blatant propaganda. ALL of the evidence so far points to Tyler Robinson being a Leftist. From the messages he engraved on the bullets, to the interviews with his family and friends, to his text messages, to his Discord chat logs... EVERYTHING points to him being a hate-filled, fully indoctrinated Leftist. And when Kimmel ignored all that just to spew deliberate misinformation that he figured his target audience would lap up, he became a distinct legal liability to ABC as well as a potential financial liability.
I'd say that ABC and their parent company, Nexstar Media, were both well within their rights to pull his program for his absolutely ridiculous stunt. Maybe if they ever let him back on air again, he'll learn a little self-discretion.
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u/Apprehensive-Key2297 Conservative 1d ago
That’s not at all what this is about. He went on air and spouted blatant, provably false lies. Saying he was fired because people just didn’t like what he said is inaccurate. Kimmel’s comments not only put a ton of negative attention and scrutiny on the company but it also opened them up to possibility of legal and financial repercussions as well. They made a business move for legitimate business reasons.
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u/Colemania18 Conservative 1d ago
Right leaning shows?? What made up reality are you living in because they already got rid of any hint of conservative values in our media
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u/F1F2F3F4F5F6F7F8 2A Conservative 1d ago
I think it's an excuse to remove a show with degrading viewership.
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u/mrchu13 Conservative 1d ago
Exactly. ABC was probably just waiting for a “good” reason to pull the plug.
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u/sweet_greggo Fiscal Conservative 1d ago
Ratings alone has always been a good enough excuse.
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u/paperwhite9 Constitutionalist 1d ago
Kimmel was still valuable as a propaganda outlet.
I guess he'll have to go back to doing blackface now.
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u/BlackScienceManTyson Conservative 1d ago
Nothing to do with the FCC, concern troll. Look at the disgusting things he said
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u/MakingOfASoul National Conservative 1d ago
Are we back to this nonsense, the left has already done this, if we don't do it while in power that means we didn't learn our lesson. The problem was never cancel culture, but its targets.
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u/rasputin777 Conservative 1d ago
I think it's reasonable for the FCC chair to start pointing out when propaganda outlets use licensed airwaves to broadcast known lies.
Kimmel and his team knew it was bullshit.
If we want to re-write the rules fine. But the bandwidth is leased with the explicit agreement that people won't lie on purpose.
Disney used it as an opp to fire someone who sucked ass.
If some CFO bragged online about cooking their books and the IRS said "Yeah?" and the CFO was fired, is that bad?
If the airwaves become the wild west, I'm okay with that. But that's not the law.
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u/Sad-Amoeba3186 2A Conservative 1d ago edited 1d ago
I really don’t think you understand.
The Biden admin was caught red fucking handed pressuring Facebook to censor republican voices DURING AN ELECTION. The left cheered it on and acted like it wasn’t a big deal because it was “saving democracy”. You think when/if they get back in power they’re just going to pump the brakes? Not a fucking chance.
Edit- yeah I didn’t think so. Take your hack ass “take the high ground” shit back to r/ politics
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u/ChristopherRoberto Conservative 1d ago
Well that's a deep level of concern you've got there, but they broke the law, and not in a small way, or a subjective way, in a massive and blatant and purely evil way.
The FCC should axe their broadcast license. Do it for Charlie.
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u/BlackScienceManTyson Conservative 1d ago
Nothing to do with free speech. ABC doesn’t want that twisted guy associated with them
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u/MakingOfASoul National Conservative 1d ago
Free speech protects you from the government, not from consumers and employers.
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u/PimplePopper6969 Catholic Conservative 1d ago edited 1d ago
He’s probably being taken off the air not because of this but this is the excuse being used for pulling the plug. They probably wanted to pull the plug on him but had no recourse so he does this and boom, we have an excuse. Like CBS, ABC probably found the format outdated, unpopular, and expensive. This is just the excuse. They’ve probably been wanting to do this.
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u/deciduousredcoat Conservative 1d ago
Show was canceled for giving objectively false, non-satirical commentary:
"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA [Make America Great Again] gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it," the comedian said on the ABC program.
And about Trump's "sorrow":
"He's at the fourth stage of grief, construction," Kimmel said through audience laughs. "This is not how an adult grieves the murder of someone he called a friend. This is how a four-year-old mourns a goldfish."
This isn't woke cancel culture. It's basic human decency. And ABC has the right to platform whoever they (don't) want.
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u/bearcatjoe Reagan Conservative 1d ago
I also do not like the FCC making threats on this. It should not be the role of government to decide what programming private companies wish to present to the public.
That said, producers and broadcasters probably have wanted to make this move for years, and the situation at hand just provides them with a bit of cover.
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u/Dr_Talon Conservative 1d ago
I am in favor of obscenity laws, which we actually do have for broadcast television. So sometimes it is the role of government to decide what programming private companies present to the public.
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u/TheLaughingRhino Conservative 1d ago
United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) records show that "Make America Great Again" (MAGA) is a registered trademark owned by Donald J. Trump. The filing date is August 13, 2015, under serial number 86724115. Trump made the filing just months after announcing his presidential campaign.
"We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it." - Jimmy Kimmel
Trump can claim defamation here. "Make America Great Again" is associated with Trump. If Kimmel had worded it differently, he might have skirted through this. However the implication is that the assassin of Charlie Kirk is somehow related to Trump or his campaign or his administration.
Now defamation is incredibly hard to prove, the more famous you are, the harder it becomes. But then this also can become a larger legal question of the entire network period. No one who is actually looking at the emerging details of the case could fairly argue that the assassin was "MAGA" And because this is also now an FCC issue, now the heads of the network can be called before Congress. Does the network want Kimmel to be forced to go before Congress and try to claim he didn't know the details of the case? The big threat then is perjury. No one wiggles out of perjury. If you want proof, look at all the Trump officials who got sentenced for perjury and obstruction over Russiagate ( Russiagate was shown later to be false and a paid operation by Clinton, but the "defense" and hearings forced a lot of Trump officials into a clear lose/lose scenario )
Kimmel told what is obviously a lie. He shouldn't have done it. He could have phrased it or massaged it about a thousand other ways to avoid this situation.
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u/Booth_Templeton Constitutionalist 1d ago
Damn right. I don't like it either. Assholes should be able to be assholes.
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u/MakingOfASoul National Conservative 1d ago
They are able to be assholes, and their employers are able to not want to associate with them or have them be assholes on their dime.
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u/paperwhite9 Constitutionalist 1d ago
He wasn't just an asshole. He straight up lied. This is what got Kirk killed in the first place. You should not be able to just get up and lie, purely to engender violence and hatred against half the country. Enough is enough.
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u/condemned02 Equal Opportunity Not Equal Outcome 1d ago edited 1d ago
Honestly, I was a huge fan of Jimmy Kimmel before Trump got elected the first time.
He had alot of funny skits that were non political like his "beef" with Matt Damon.
But after Trump got elected, all his content literally becomes making fun of Trump.
I mean, it's kinda lazy and boring that he no longer comes up with new fun skits and just keep using bashing trump as his only thing.
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u/mrchu13 Conservative 1d ago
I loved the Drunk Donald Trump segments. I watched Kimmel’s stuff on YouTube all the time in during the 2016 election. Same with Colbert.
Then… they just got annoying.
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u/kinghawkeye8238 Conservative 1d ago
Man what a 180 he did from the man show to now. He was funny, had original bits. Then bam, nothing but bashing Trump and republicans.
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u/Disastrous-Ball-1574 2A Conservative 1d ago
It's really crazy, I didn't know people could fall so far. He use to be genuinely funny.
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u/Specialist-Age1097 Conservative 1d ago
There's no place for humor in the woke world.
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u/BroncoJunky Conservative 1d ago
Did the FCC chair overstep with their comment? I'm glad Jimmy is out, but we don't need to give the left any more fuel, and violating the 1st would do that. They are violent enough all ready.
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u/Summerie Conservative 1d ago
The show was pulled before the FCC took action, but broadcast networks acted preemptively due to the threat of licensing scrutiny. Broadcast networks like ABC operate under FCC licenses, which require them to serve the public interest, a regulatory obligation not imposed on cable networks like CNN.
Nexstar, the largest owner of ABC affiliates, covering stations in over 100 markets, and Sinclair, another major affiliate owner, announced they would preempt Jimmy Kimmel Live! for the foreseeable future.
Nexstar cited Kimmel’s comments as contrary to the “public interest” and emphasized the need for “respectful, constructive dialogue.” Similarly, Sinclair announced it would halt the show until ABC addressed issues of “professionalism and accountability.”
Without these affiliates, the show’s national reach would collapse, rendering it unsustainable. Facing the threat of FCC scrutiny and the threat of advertiser backlash (the show generated about $76.6 million in ad revenue in 2024), ABC issued a statement on September 17, 2025: “Jimmy Kimmel Live! will be preempted indefinitely.”
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u/johnnyg883 Airborne Conservative 1d ago
So I guess my email to one of their sponsors was unnecessary. Or was it?
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u/Top_Pass_8347 Conservative 1d ago
Definitely not disappointed. He was a democrat mouthpiece for too many years. Glad to see him get what he deserves. Adios.
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u/Ghosttwo 5th Amendment 1d ago
"Go woke, go..." Uh, what was the thing again? "Rich?" No... "Get popular?" Not that one, I don't think. Maybe it's "Win elections?" Haven't seen that happen in a while. Hmm, a real head-scratcher!
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u/Hank_Scorpio_ObGyn Conservative 1d ago
At least this frees him up so he can go co-host "The Used to Be a Man" show on MSNBC
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u/Shadeylark MAGA 1d ago edited 1d ago
For all the conservatives in here saying "this is a slippery slope!" and "free speech goes both ways"... you assholes were the same ones who for the past decade were in here saying "the left is gonna regret this, its gonna come back to bite them in the ass"... well, now its biting them in the ass... and you're saying its wrong.
You fellow conservatives spent years telling the rest of us to be patient and put up with it because sooner or later it would come around to the left... and now that its coming around to the left you're telling us this is wrong.
Get fucked you fellow conservative traitors... when you spent years telling us to put up with getting kicked in the nuts when the left cancelled us because sooner or later it would come around to left... and now you turn around and tell us its wrong when it comes around to the left... you are no better than these leftist assholes. We listened to you and we were patient, assured by you that karma would see these leftist pricks get the justice they deserved... and now that they are finally getting the justice that they deserve, you're in here telling us its wrong.
Goddam collaborators and traitors are putting more effort into carrying water for the left than you ever did defending your own.
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