Amazing how when the shoe is on the other foot, suddenly it’s government censorship. Hypocrisy indeed. And who cares about Jimmy Kimmel? He was a real douchebag.
To be clear, this was a monetary decision by ABC - same as it was by CBS when they decided to end Colbert's contract. Kimmel is at least as expensive as Colbert, and he was losing at least as much money. He just happened to hand ABC a big fat excuse to cut their losses by opening his big fat mouth for the millionth offensive time.
Kimmel's disgusting mouth led me to want him tar and feathered. He went after parents who declined vaccines for their children by exercising the medical ethical principle of informed consent. They declined and that was too much for Jimmy "the monster" Kimmel.
Key events from 2015 include:
February 2015: In response to a measles outbreak, Kimmel dedicated a monologue to criticizing anti-vaccination parents, noting that in some schools in Los Angeles, "parents here are more afraid of gluten than they are of smallpox". He also mocked celebrities like Jenny McCarthy who spread misinformation about vaccines.
February 27, 2015: His show featured a segment in which real doctors recorded a profane public service announcement urging people to vaccinate their children.
March 2015: Kimmel responded to backlash from the anti-vaccination community by airing a satirical "child's right to choose" segment, in which he and his crew pretended to survey children on whether they wanted a vaccination shot.
And I don’t believe anything Fire said. They can spin it that way to get the reaction they want. What if that’s not how it happened at all? What if the government didn’t pressure them, but the public pressured the stations? That’s free market, not censorship.
I’m tired of these made up stories where some convo took place with someone in the government and it’s twisted out of proportion or unfair assumptions are made, and reported on falsely just to get us all upset.
Jimmy Kimmel has free speech, and ABC has the freedom to terminate him. No one is "canceling" him but his employer and his fiduciaries. He is free to be hired again, he has not been de-banked, and he has not been cast out into the darkness. If his ratings were good he'd likely still be employed. He is ultimately the victim of his own lack of comedic talent, IMO
More succinctly, Jimmy Kimmel has free speech, including keeping his mouth shut, and ABC has free speech, including keeping their electronic mouth shut.
Sort of like the Biden years right? That was the MOST censorship I’ve ever witnessed in my entire 60 years. And nobody is limiting free speech today. 🙄
The good news is that Kimmel is available to help our farmers bring in the last of the fruit and vegetables. Fresh air, productive work, and a break from the poison he trafficks would do him a world of good. He can come back stronger and better than ever.
Oh, I see. You think Jimmy K. Would be good at farming because he’s Mexican. Do you really think God believes that Mexicans are only good at farming? I just wondered.
🙄What a strange thing to wonder about. I don't think any of those things that you think I think. Here's what I think: I think Kimmel would be a lousy farmer, but I think it would do him some good to work with a picking crew for a bit and take a break from his current tawdry life and experience something real. Doesn't require too much skill or knowledge to pick squash or pumpkins.
🤣 I couldn’t tell, I don’t even know if that’s true, but ol Patricia sure is trolling as hard as she can all over these comments trying to stoke discord. 🤣 so obvious
Brilliant deduction. Obama=skin color. So why not raise the racist flag? Huh? You don't even understand the comment so you regress to the old racist mantra. Nice job. BTW, I don't judge Obama on his skin color. The leftist America he's helped create is reason enough to judge him as a failed President.
Karma is sweet. Kimmel was an egotistical ignorant POS. The left set up these rules and did all they could to debunk, censor, lawfare, accuse, and destroy we the ‘deplorables.’ We finally are playing by their rules in a very limited way, as we never want to repeat every atrocious action they thought was ok.
I agree 100%, and have written such to Trump, Vance and my representatives. We must let our voices be heard, especially since right now, we should not have fear of government retribution. However, I do believe private entities should be allowed to fire people based on their public behaviors. As a previous business owner, I would have fired an employee for public immorality, be they left or right. If it did not represent what I wanted to convey to the public, I should have every right to can someone behaving badly, whether they say, "I'm happy Charlie Kirk is dead," or something homophobic. But as a private business owner, I did not have someone else's wealth bouying me up with financial support, as do the legacy media institutions. I have only the income generated directly from customers. Kimmel and others should have been gone a long time ago, but they were financially supported. It was time for him to go. No matter when that was, the left would blame the administration for suppression of free speech.
I remember when the Democrats were in power and Sen. Chuck Schumer gave a speech strongly encouraging FOX to not allow anymore Tucker segments on J6. And of course they dropped Tucker not long after, when he had high ratings, unlike Kimmel.
It used to be illegal for network news to blatantly lie. Obama repealed that law. Jimmy Kimmel saying the shooter was a MAGA Republican was straight up disinformation.
What would they have done to Jimmy if he had told his audience not to take the Covid vax? Would he have even made it on the air?
While the market is an efficient way to make decisions about what should live or die, it is not necessarily moral. If this country ever becomes more than 50% "immoral" as at least 25% are today (justifying assassination to get rid of political opponents) then I am not sure "free speech" will matter any longer. It is difficult to apply tests of morality to speech, so let's hope we never need to do so. The FCC has long had a role in pushing the public interest, which includes public decency
Your point about the FCC is spot on. The FCC grants a license to broadcast over the airwaves to ABC and it's granting of that license does have some limitations.
The First Amendment talks about "Congress" making no law abridging the freedom of speech. That does not mean that the consequences of shooting one's mouth off in the private sector are protected. If you have legitimate citations and proof of the Trump administration coercing ABC (or others) to can employees (like a written EO sent along to the FCC), you might want to post the URL. Otherwise it is just talk.
Given the wholesale media-led assault on American citizens' and President Trump's constitutional rights both before and during the FJB interregnum, I think it is convenient for the self-same to now cast themselves as the aggrieved and the defenders of 1A. To hell with that. Both the MSM and the American Left writ large have permanently lost any claim to being anyone's moral betters.
Amazing how when the shoe is on the other foot, suddenly it’s government censorship. Hypocrisy indeed. And who cares about Jimmy Kimmel? He was a real douchebag.
This!! The networks have been a propaganda machine for the dems for years and now it’s a problem?!?
To be clear, this was a monetary decision by ABC - same as it was by CBS when they decided to end Colbert's contract. Kimmel is at least as expensive as Colbert, and he was losing at least as much money. He just happened to hand ABC a big fat excuse to cut their losses by opening his big fat mouth for the millionth offensive time.
boofreakinhoo, Jimmy.
Exactly! And loved your “boofreakinhoo, Jimmy.”🎯💥💪🏼
Thank goodness his “big fat mouth” is now silent!
Kimmel's disgusting mouth led me to want him tar and feathered. He went after parents who declined vaccines for their children by exercising the medical ethical principle of informed consent. They declined and that was too much for Jimmy "the monster" Kimmel.
Key events from 2015 include:
February 2015: In response to a measles outbreak, Kimmel dedicated a monologue to criticizing anti-vaccination parents, noting that in some schools in Los Angeles, "parents here are more afraid of gluten than they are of smallpox". He also mocked celebrities like Jenny McCarthy who spread misinformation about vaccines.
February 27, 2015: His show featured a segment in which real doctors recorded a profane public service announcement urging people to vaccinate their children.
March 2015: Kimmel responded to backlash from the anti-vaccination community by airing a satirical "child's right to choose" segment, in which he and his crew pretended to survey children on whether they wanted a vaccination shot.
And I don’t believe anything Fire said. They can spin it that way to get the reaction they want. What if that’s not how it happened at all? What if the government didn’t pressure them, but the public pressured the stations? That’s free market, not censorship.
I’m tired of these made up stories where some convo took place with someone in the government and it’s twisted out of proportion or unfair assumptions are made, and reported on falsely just to get us all upset.
Jimmy Kimmel has free speech, and ABC has the freedom to terminate him. No one is "canceling" him but his employer and his fiduciaries. He is free to be hired again, he has not been de-banked, and he has not been cast out into the darkness. If his ratings were good he'd likely still be employed. He is ultimately the victim of his own lack of comedic talent, IMO
More succinctly, Jimmy Kimmel has free speech, including keeping his mouth shut, and ABC has free speech, including keeping their electronic mouth shut.
Freedom of contract FTW!
I hope you are ready, emotionally, to have the government take away your free speech. Because, once they start taking it, they don’t stop.
Sort of like the Biden years right? That was the MOST censorship I’ve ever witnessed in my entire 60 years. And nobody is limiting free speech today. 🙄
Free speech is never absolute. We try to find the line. As much freedom as possible. As much order as necessary. It’s always contingent.
Celebrating murder is not OK. I’ll live with pressure to do better.
Celebrating a death by assassination broke a basic moral code. I hope TPUSA and Erika Kirk still sue these evil liars like a Democrat.
I am surprised by how much anger and mean words that Christians use against Democrats.
Are all Democrats sociopaths, or are all sociopaths Democrats?
Celebrating murder is OK from a 1A standpoint, but not a personal decency standpoint.
The 1A recognizes the right of everyone to be an asshole (or a sicko) by what they say.
I don't think the Mouse likes assholes working for them.
https://www.amazon.com/Asshole-Rule-Civilized-Workplace-Surviving/dp/1600245854
The good news is that Kimmel is available to help our farmers bring in the last of the fruit and vegetables. Fresh air, productive work, and a break from the poison he trafficks would do him a world of good. He can come back stronger and better than ever.
Oh, I see. You think Jimmy K. Would be good at farming because he’s Mexican. Do you really think God believes that Mexicans are only good at farming? I just wondered.
Wikipedia says he’s German and Italian.
🙄What a strange thing to wonder about. I don't think any of those things that you think I think. Here's what I think: I think Kimmel would be a lousy farmer, but I think it would do him some good to work with a picking crew for a bit and take a break from his current tawdry life and experience something real. Doesn't require too much skill or knowledge to pick squash or pumpkins.
Jimmy Kimmel is Mexican? Who cares.
🤣 I couldn’t tell, I don’t even know if that’s true, but ol Patricia sure is trolling as hard as she can all over these comments trying to stoke discord. 🤣 so obvious
Don’t forget what happened to Roseanne Barr
Yes, and she was fired, not because of Obama, but because of Obama's dumb ass girlfriend.
It still surprises me how people can always find a way to blame Obama for anything they disapprove of.
~~Do Christians really think Jesus would be ok with people judging others cause of their skin color?
Brilliant deduction. Obama=skin color. So why not raise the racist flag? Huh? You don't even understand the comment so you regress to the old racist mantra. Nice job. BTW, I don't judge Obama on his skin color. The leftist America he's helped create is reason enough to judge him as a failed President.
Antifa designated a terrorist organization.
Now we’re talking !!!!
We’ll end up like Nazi Germany. Is that ok with Christians?
What a stupid thing to say . America defeated Nazi Germany, dimwit .
They have a hyper-fixation with “Christians” in almost every reply they post. LOL truest sign of a propaganda troll. Wonder if she has hairy feet too
Karma is sweet. Kimmel was an egotistical ignorant POS. The left set up these rules and did all they could to debunk, censor, lawfare, accuse, and destroy we the ‘deplorables.’ We finally are playing by their rules in a very limited way, as we never want to repeat every atrocious action they thought was ok.
Another Trump masterful play--put Disney in the position of defending a money-losing clown who is not funny.
This is not a free speech issue. There are plenty more democrat jackels in the media.
I agree 100%, and have written such to Trump, Vance and my representatives. We must let our voices be heard, especially since right now, we should not have fear of government retribution. However, I do believe private entities should be allowed to fire people based on their public behaviors. As a previous business owner, I would have fired an employee for public immorality, be they left or right. If it did not represent what I wanted to convey to the public, I should have every right to can someone behaving badly, whether they say, "I'm happy Charlie Kirk is dead," or something homophobic. But as a private business owner, I did not have someone else's wealth bouying me up with financial support, as do the legacy media institutions. I have only the income generated directly from customers. Kimmel and others should have been gone a long time ago, but they were financially supported. It was time for him to go. No matter when that was, the left would blame the administration for suppression of free speech.
But what if GOP loses elections in 2028? What if new Leftie leaders want to fire people for being Christians?
I remember when the Democrats were in power and Sen. Chuck Schumer gave a speech strongly encouraging FOX to not allow anymore Tucker segments on J6. And of course they dropped Tucker not long after, when he had high ratings, unlike Kimmel.
Same happened to Glen Beck after Soros met with Murdoch. Bye-bye!
It’s a business, with his terrible ratings they were probably looking for a reason to get rid of him. He provided them an easy out.
Late night killed funny…which jimmy Kimmel helped happen!
It’s a good outcome. No more Mr. Nice Guy. F em.
Do you think Jesus is ok with the “F em” treatment of our fellow humans?
It used to be illegal for network news to blatantly lie. Obama repealed that law. Jimmy Kimmel saying the shooter was a MAGA Republican was straight up disinformation.
What would they have done to Jimmy if he had told his audience not to take the Covid vax? Would he have even made it on the air?
While the market is an efficient way to make decisions about what should live or die, it is not necessarily moral. If this country ever becomes more than 50% "immoral" as at least 25% are today (justifying assassination to get rid of political opponents) then I am not sure "free speech" will matter any longer. It is difficult to apply tests of morality to speech, so let's hope we never need to do so. The FCC has long had a role in pushing the public interest, which includes public decency
Your point about the FCC is spot on. The FCC grants a license to broadcast over the airwaves to ABC and it's granting of that license does have some limitations.
The First Amendment talks about "Congress" making no law abridging the freedom of speech. That does not mean that the consequences of shooting one's mouth off in the private sector are protected. If you have legitimate citations and proof of the Trump administration coercing ABC (or others) to can employees (like a written EO sent along to the FCC), you might want to post the URL. Otherwise it is just talk.
Given the wholesale media-led assault on American citizens' and President Trump's constitutional rights both before and during the FJB interregnum, I think it is convenient for the self-same to now cast themselves as the aggrieved and the defenders of 1A. To hell with that. Both the MSM and the American Left writ large have permanently lost any claim to being anyone's moral betters.
THIS!