He wouldn't be reinstated if it was censorship. The government didn't back down, just Disney did. This just shows Disney wasn't forced to remove him as some thought, they cancelled his show willingly so could take it back.
The reasoning for why they canned him is a total facade. Nothing he said was really that inflammatory. They canned him because they were afraid the FCC would screw them, then they saw their viewers were angry so they re-negged. Run of the mill spineless bean counters. They kind of won it both ways though, because they were able to feign loyalty and show gov't they only re-instated "because they had to for the money", which Trump will empathize with.
Disney was really in a pickle here, because the "right" already hates them for having a few gay characters and characters of disfavored races, so capitulating to Trump's illegal and immoral censorship would leave them with no political allies.
Business consolidation is a civil rights issue. Now every industry is led by giant monopolies that owe the administration favors. The appeasement of autocrats by capitalists for more market control is so inextricable from capitalism itself that any "capitalism" without it is a pure fantasy.
> Disney reinstating Kimmel doesn't necessarily mean his show will immediately appear on all ABC-affiliated networks. Conservative broadcaster Sinclair said last week that "regardless of ABC's plans for the future of the program, Sinclair intends not to return Jimmy Kimmel Live! to our air until we are confident that appropriate steps have been taken to uphold the standards expected of a national broadcast platform."
> Station owner Nexstar helped pressure Disney into suspending Kimmel's show last week when it announced its ABC-affiliated stations would not air the show "for the foreseeable future."
This is Disney doing damage control for their streaming platforms and other properties while Kimmel is still censored from a large % of audience he used to reach.
I hope he comes back with a show that burns Trump and Carr to the ground and dares them to try something like that again.
Brendan Carr is overwhelmingly partisan and suprisingly unqualified for the role he occupies as the Chair of the FCC.
Anyone paying attention to his actions over his time in office is not surprised by this outcome.
Carr has been regularly going on podcasts and threatening that the FCC will be "going after" anyone unfavorable to the Trump administration, this is just the first time a company flinched in response.
Im happy to hear Disney is rethinking their reflexive reaction.
Its deeply troubling to see the priorities of the FCC shift from expanding things like access to broadband to instead prioritize podcast appearances and fascistic threats.
Expect more of this, as Carr seems to only be emboldened by the outcome.
So now we know the reality. An employer, Disney, felt an employee, Kimmel, was damaging their business, let's not forget the point of an employee is to make money for their employer, and as a result took corrective action with the employee. Who was not fired. If a waiter at a restaurant was offending the customers, he would have been fired. Kimmel was treated very kindly and will continue to receive his paycheck. Looks like the wailing about free speech missed the mark
It's seriously embarrassing a bunch of conservatives are demanding Kimmel to be cancelled over his frankly tame comments when they were all most likely the exact same people screaming about the "cancel culture liberals" for years. Truly pathetic how they're flip flopping on this.
How does the FCC even matter anymore when people are increasingly getting their content via streaming? The only reason they have any leverage over Kimmel at all (and not, for example, South Park) is because ABC still broadcasts it.
Meh. Kimmel has a history of racist and sexist comedy, to include blackface performances. For me, that’s a big turn off.
I think Ted Cruz had the right attitude for this one. It’s unwise to hammer unfairly on the opposition when you’re in power, because the pendulum inevitably swings back.
Disney was getting some pretty funny international ridicule over canceling Kimmel. The best I've seen was this video [1] produced by a late-night show in the Netherlands of Disney announcing a new direction to better serve today's audiences.
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But if he were solid he'd do a Johnny Depp and be like "never working with you fuckers again".
Granted, he has a lot more support staff whose jobs he needs to worry about, too.
> Station owner Nexstar helped pressure Disney into suspending Kimmel's show last week when it announced its ABC-affiliated stations would not air the show "for the foreseeable future."
This is Disney doing damage control for their streaming platforms and other properties while Kimmel is still censored from a large % of audience he used to reach.
I hope he comes back with a show that burns Trump and Carr to the ground and dares them to try something like that again.
Its deeply troubling to see the priorities of the FCC shift from expanding things like access to broadband to instead prioritize podcast appearances and fascistic threats. Expect more of this, as Carr seems to only be emboldened by the outcome.
I think Ted Cruz had the right attitude for this one. It’s unwise to hammer unfairly on the opposition when you’re in power, because the pendulum inevitably swings back.
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O_hQ1plKmCM