Or perhaps both are wrong… that’s a possibility.

Prove that Trump ordered Carr to threaten ABC with the intent of pulling billions in funding for this specific comment. Much more likely that ABC is using a controversy to sack a financial liability.



A little too late to claim that for a bunch of people who demanded blood any time some random dude’s tweets were dug up. Maybe it’s hypocritical to hold people to their own standards, I don’t know.

This post was edited by Chainsaw47 on Sep 18 2025 12:49pm

I mean its legitimately everywhere in the news that Carr put out the idea of regulatory action against ABC. What do you think that would result in? A financial gain for ABC?

What more do you actually want.

Would this have made it easier for ABC to cut Jimmy, sure, does that mean pressure from regulatory is okay as long as the thing in question is not performing as it once was, fuck no man, obviously not.

You don't need whataboutisms , it is an overreach, the entire thing is an overreach and poor for any free society i'd think.

This post was edited by SBD on Sep 18 2025 12:50pm

Maybe ABC should follow FCC regulations or maybe they shouldn’t fold to pressure if it was undue 🙃

Lmao, yes well we know positions of regulatory authority or authority in general could never make life difficult for anything despite following regulations , durr.

Obviously its a threat because someone looked stupid, anyone and their dog can see that. That is a very slippery slope once you start to push that boundary line and its accepted over and over again.

Also in this instance, its not even related to following regulations when you have those media companies seeking approval from that FCC for a merger.

So its a threat to say, well we might not let you merge because we are upset at that jab so you have to fire that guy and maybe we will consider this merger a bit more seriously. How fucked is that?

This post was edited by SBD on Sep 18 2025 12:57pm

That’s a cool theory mate.

I am not looking forward to where all of this is heading.
As far as I can tell, the tragedy of what happened to Charlie ought to have brought both sides together to address hate and to work on building connective bridges to the different communities that call the US home. Instead, both sides appear to be weaponizing the tragedy. I loathe what Charlie stood for and what, now, his wife Erika stands for as she, too, will walk the same path Charlie was on. Yet, I identify anyone who kills another for the thoughts they spew as a terrorist. Does not matter how you identify, if you end the life of someone due to feeling offended by the words they spew or due to who they love or identify as, then you are a problem. I hope that Republicans and Democrats can turn this ship around and use this tragedy to focus on dismantling the hate that we are prone to being infected with.

This post was edited by UAPtictac on Sep 18 2025 01:01pm

Oh I am quite sure you can see its much more than a "theory".

Major media companies looking to merge, need approval from the FCC, the Chair of the FCC threatens them to make life difficult if they don't fire Kimmel. Right after Kimmel is fired.

Not sure what one would need to understand the series of events here. I know we don't have an image of the FCC Chairmen with a gun in his hand. Not sure if that's what's needed to understand this.

This post was edited by SBD on Sep 18 2025 01:03pm

There are plenty of people who opposed the cancel culture when the left and right has done it (I’m one of them). Having said that, I recognize the numbering is dwindling since we’re just too partisan anymore to care about anything beyond “our team”. But they exist and we shouldn’t paint with too broad of a brush.

Happened to Gina Carano a few years back but nobody cared cause she was a trump supporter. Or they celebrated lol...

Both her and Pedro Pascal posted social media comparing different groups to jews in the holocaust, only she was fired.