afransen
Senior Member
Jimmy Kimmel has had his show cancelled after Trump and his FCC chair threatened ABC over what could be described as a joke Kimmel made about how the right is more focused on pointing fingers than mourning Kirk.
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UtakataNoAnnex
Superstar
Worried means capitulation here. I don’t think these guys do capitulation. Can’t say the same thing for their hosts though…
Full Metal Junkie
Active Member
Seth Meyers
Jon Stewart
John Oliver
Personally, I think John Oliver will actually be deported back to Britain.
Yes. And given their viewership and the type of content, I would argue that late night shows have done a hell of a lot more to stand up to MAGA and erosion of democracy than the so-called mainstream "news" outlets. These comedy shows actually call out trump administration for all the horrible things they are doing, while the so-called mainstream "journalists" play patty-cakes and pretend that false equivalency neutral reporting constitutes good journalistic practices.
evandyk
Senior Member
Republicans have never been against cancel culture. They love it as much as anybody, as long as it's people they don't like being canceled. Remember the Dixie Chicks?
Northern Light
Superstar
John Oliver got his U.S. citizenship in 2019. So that seems improbable. But ya never know.
Northern Light
Superstar
In real time? The audience has declined considerably. But a lot of it does get viewed on Youtube or other social media the next day or within a week.
The shows are definitely less profitable than they were a few years ago, but most still make money.
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zang
Senior Member
Oliver has US citizenship. The deportation (and thus revocation of citizenship) of someone of that level of prominence could cause an international incident and go a long way to destabilizing Hollywood more than this administration already has. Not that I wouldn't put it past them, but they've yet to have that level of brazenness.
Even then, they could just likely strong-arm Discovery CEO David Zaslav into dropping Oliver's show lest they investigate Warner Brothers for tax fraud (some of the stuff Warner has done has been suspect, to say the least).
AlvinofDiaspar
Moderator
Actually there is a significant difference - by using the apparatus of the state (e.g. FTC) to compel networks to do so under implicit threat. I don't think cancel culture ever went that far.
It meant something these days?
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Richard White
Senior Member
I joked with my father this morning about how Jimmy Carr may yet be banned from entering the US. He is known for his offensive jokes.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
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www.cnbc.com
Trump floats pulling licenses if networks are ‘against’ him after Jimmy Kimmel suspended
- President Donald Trump suggested that the federal government might revoke the licenses of broadcast television networks that are “against me.”
Trump’s comment came a day after ABC suspended airing the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show because of comments its host made linking the alleged killer of conservative activist Charlie Kirk to Trump’s MAGA movement. “There is a license. I’ll give you an example,” Trump told reporters. “I have read someplace that the networks were 97% against me, again, 97% negative, and yet I won and easily, all 7 swing states,” the president said, referring to his 2024 election win. “They’re 97% against, they give me only bad press. They’re getting a license,” Trump said. “I would think maybe their license should be taken away,” Trump said.
Richard White
Senior Member
He can try but that would likely be considered a violation of the 1st amendment.
Full Metal Junkie
Active Member
This is exactly how things went down in Putin's Russia 25 years ago. We know what that was a prelude to.
*quietly looks for tickets off this planet*
With all branches of government including the supreme court stuffed with yes-man loyalists, you really think anyone gives a damn about the constitution anymore?
picard102
Senior Member
The constitution means nothing.
thettctransitfanatic
Senior Member
'Deserve to die': Texas man indicted over series of violent threats to Zohran Mamdani
The man allegedly made phone and written threats to the New York mayoral candidate, warning the democratic socialist should “go back to Uganda” before someone shoots him in the head.
www.nbcnews.com
Just one in a string of violations, and no one has stopped him so far