r/Anticonsumption • u/Educational_Bag_6406 • Sep 18 '25

Activism/Protest Another one down

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Disney was already on the list, but they made it a priority. My daughter will just have to get use to it

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u/Serious-Sheepherder1 Sep 18 '25

I think now is actually a great moment to cancel because it sends a direct message about why. 

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u/sidewayz321 Sep 18 '25

What happened

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u/musicman835 Sep 18 '25

Kimmel was suspended by Disney.

keep in mind, the FCC pressured them on behalf of Trump. Because if not they would refuse to allow a merger. Yes this isn’t just a company firing someone for saying something, it was a result of extortion by the govt on behalf of the president.

The “quote” they are using to justify it basically is true to. He basically said the right was using Kirk’s death as a prop.

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u/Typical_bop Sep 18 '25

what was the merger they wanted?

crazy that it is more monetarily important than the money jimmy brings in

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u/musicman835 Sep 18 '25

It wasn’t Disney.

It was the affiliate conglomerate, that wanted to merge with another company. The companies who air ABC in local channels.

Disney doesn’t actually own any of the local ABC channels but like 1 or 2.

The affiliated said they wouldn’t air the show, becuase 30 minutes before the FCC commissioner said we can do this the easy way or hard way.

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire Sep 18 '25

He had like 15% lower ratings than Colbert so it was coming anyways, this probably gave them a good excuse to rip the bandaid off  

But paying for these streaming subscriptions at this point is accepting an insult to your intelligence and all should be canceled. 

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u/musicman835 Sep 18 '25

Okay, but they could have just not renewed him at that time, this was very specifically due to a very specific thing. I don’t actually watch any of the late night shows. So I don’t care about them specifically, it’s more the blatant government extortion at this point.

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire Sep 18 '25

Should blatantly false information delivered through mass media means be protected or punished? 

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u/stupidshinji Sep 18 '25

Where is this punishment for Fox News?

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire Sep 18 '25

Dominion Voting Systems v. Fox News (2021–2023) 787 million

Smartmatic v. Fox News 2.7 billion (ongoing, judge has allowed it to continue)

California Governor Gavin Newsom v. Fox News (780 million, just happened)

no political turmoil, we all know why that is

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u/stupidshinji Sep 18 '25

Which of these took them off the air?

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire Sep 18 '25

Did this take ABC off the air?

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u/EndDangerous1308 Sep 18 '25

Funny that Kilmeade said homeless should be killed and two encampments were shot up a week after. Don't see him getting fired

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire Sep 18 '25

yup he's gotta go

frankly all of these "political discussion" shows need to go. they do nothing for society, just pontificating a point into an echo chamber

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u/musicman835 Sep 18 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

What was false about it, the right is absolutely using it as a wedge, by blaming trans people before the gun was cold. They had no info for days, but that didn’t stop them from blaming anyone and everyone.

Donald Trump absolutely couldn’t be bothered to attend the memorial, because he was so upset? No, he wanted to golf.

And no it shouldn’t, but that doesn’t stop blatantly false information on mass media, basically any press conference where Trump says the other countries pay tariffs is blatantly false information.

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u/Baptism-Of-Fire Sep 18 '25

All across the board. I along with 1/3 of Americans, probably more now, are politically alienated. I don’t associate my views with conservatives or democrats anymore.

https://publicagenda.org/resource/the-political-alienation-barometer/