> - What Kimmel said was wrong (assuming you believe Utah state investigators) and deeply irresponsible and irresponsible.
Exactly which words were wrong/irresponsible/irresponsible? Do you have a video clip and timestamp of the specific statements?
> - Clearly the market was already deciding that Kimmel's show is irrelevant (Nielsen ratings quite clear on that).
Quite the coïncidence that this is the second comedian that has been canceled, the first being Colbert. As Timothy Snyder, a historian on Central/Eastern Europe, the Holocaust, and totalitarians regimes, commented: General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
> - ABC's distributors threatened to stop airing the network, which is what actually caused Disney/ABC to act, it's hard to say what impact the FCC Chairs comments actually had.
The owner of many ABC stations is looking to fulfill a $6.2B merger/acquisition:
Instead of deciding the deal on its merits, the Trump administration has made it known if you rub its tummy you will get what you want (export policy isn't decided on (say) national security evaluations, but if you give money: Nvidia 15% export tariff, UAE buying $2B of Trump-family crypto).
Instead of procedural government decisions (i.e., rule of law), you get government decisions based on the temperament of the boss.
Exactly which words were wrong/irresponsible/irresponsible? Do you have a video clip and timestamp of the specific statements?
> - Clearly the market was already deciding that Kimmel's show is irrelevant (Nielsen ratings quite clear on that).
Quite the coïncidence that this is the second comedian that has been canceled, the first being Colbert. As Timothy Snyder, a historian on Central/Eastern Europe, the Holocaust, and totalitarians regimes, commented: General pattern in regime change: the comedy gets better and then it gets banned.
* https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/196846639438465036...
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Snyder
> - ABC's distributors threatened to stop airing the network, which is what actually caused Disney/ABC to act, it's hard to say what impact the FCC Chairs comments actually had.
The owner of many ABC stations is looking to fulfill a $6.2B merger/acquisition:
* https://www.nexstar.tv/nexstar-media-group-inc-enters-into-d...
* https://deadline.com/2025/08/nexstar-acquires-tegna-local-tv...
They need to get FCC approval.
Instead of deciding the deal on its merits, the Trump administration has made it known if you rub its tummy you will get what you want (export policy isn't decided on (say) national security evaluations, but if you give money: Nvidia 15% export tariff, UAE buying $2B of Trump-family crypto).
Instead of procedural government decisions (i.e., rule of law), you get government decisions based on the temperament of the boss.