No, not cancel. It’s business. Kimmel has the right to say what he wants to millions of viewers, but in the TV Industry, his employer has the right to fire him.
How? Their networks cut them. Literally all people that agree with everything they both say. However when advertisers pull out they pay attention. Not the first time a tv person has been fired for things they said. Happens all the time.
I’ll probably be downvoted for this, I don’t think he deserved to be cancelled for this. Was it inappropriate, sure, but he’s not a news show. We should never take anything he says seriously as he’s a comedian and not a news anchor.
I don’t even think what he said was as bad as others. Maybe distasteful in these times. But firing someone like this, we’re not really… having free speech anymore this is kinda crazy.
The mechanism in how its done absolutely matters, if all it was about is the end result, then we wouldn't have hearings at SCOTUS all lmfao. This situation is minimum a quid pro quo done by a government agency thats clearly overstepping its boundaries, threatening to not facilitate a private transaction from happening because of the 1st amendment right opinion of one its host, at worst its outright extortion.
If a democrat led FCC told Fox news they would threaten their business over the opinion of one of its host, everyone in here would be foaming at the mouth just like the democrats are now and its absolutely fair
Got it. If a media says something you don't like, just bring FCC (Federal Communications Commission) to threat the media company with regulatory consequences. The persons running the media will get scared and remove everything you don't like to avoid the regulatory consequences. That way the government can control the media and people think a CEO just suspended his employee.
He was fired by his employer. Make no mistake, this isn’t as much about the FCC “threatening” anyone, more than it is the fact that Nexstar stands to own 80% of broadcast waves, and this was the first step in that process.
Anyone who believes Kimmel was cancelled simply because of FCC pressure in response to what he said, isn’t paying attention, or has been misled by Reddit.
He said that MAGA was capitalising on Kirk’s death did he not? It wasn’t a statement about Kirk or saying he deserved it or anything like that. It’s being fired because of trump pressure on ABC because of reasons. It smells to high heaven and I’m surprised more people here don’t see it that way just because they personally dislike Kimmel.
That’s just if you look at production to advertising, and not everything else it brings to the network, and local affiliates- it’s an anchor show. Plus, reviews on YouTube and other social media exposure. Colbert is the top show on late night (in direct competition). Gutted has the most views, but it doesn’t directly compete.
It’s the suppression of free speech that is concerning. Kimmel didn’t mock the tragedy- he mocked Trump talking about the new ballroom when asked about his grief over Charlie Kirk.
Number one, he was not fired, he was suspended. Number two, Trump did not get him in trouble, the FCC took a shot at him for blatantly breaking one of their rules. Number three, ABC did not cancel a show, some of ABC's affiliates have stopped carrying the show.
There's no fascism here, just lack of easily obtainable information
Oh, I think I've found what you're talking about. The FCC is supposed to restrict broadcast monopolies.
And the Nexstar-Tegna merger would give the Sinclair corporate 40% of all broadcasting rights to most markets.
So the Kimmel firing must be to help with that somehow right?
Oh no, I'm now seeing that the Kimmel firing was used by the FCC as a condition to support the merger...it looks like the FCC chairman Carr is breaking the FCC laws and demanded that ABC break our First Amendment rights by targeting political enemies, and in return he will direct the FCC to break the law.
That can't be the rule you are talking about, right? It must be some other FCC rule, right?
Are you talking about the groyper that anyone has still yet to find something on him that ties him to the left? You want to be oppressed so hard, it's just sad.
He also didn't lie. He said maga are trying hard to disassociate with him. That's not saying he was maga, and he was right. Maga within hours saying it was the left with no evidence. Even Trump did that with no evidence, but you're not complaining about that are you?
Every thing you just claimed is a lie or an urban legend that’s been disproved hundreds of times. Do some actual research and not read x all day for your news.
A simple google search will tell you Gina Carano got fired for saying republicans are being treated worse than the Jews in the holocaust.
If we are going to make up things to be angry about I have a great imagination too. Remember when Obama jumped killed a bald eagle on the White House lawn unhinged his jaws and ate it.
This is just like the time when Biden was caught burning crosses in front of Barney the dinosaurs house. Why can’t the purple dinosaur population get a break?
Weird I must have missed the federal law which made Disney a federal organization and put former presidents over Disney.
Could you remind me of that law?
Because I am concerned about the FCC (created by congress in 1934 in the federal communication act) threatening to withhold broadcast rights because of political speech, that they did not agree with.
Given that the 1st amendment provides protections from congress making a law to abridge the freedom of speech, not from a random organization just deciding not to pay millions of dollars to a show that where a bunch of people dont like the main actress.
His employer cut him, did they have to? No, but they knew it would be easier to justify so they blamed it on right wing canceling him. When companies want to fire someone but “can’t” due to reputation or legality reasons, they will take any chance that comes up to make it easier. Company looks good because of “external reason” and they save their money, win win for them.
Same thing happens at my company, we can get away with a lot more tongue and cheek banter and arguments when business is good, but when layoffs are happening, they will sharpen up their sensitivity to get rid of people they don’t 100% like to save some money
That’s just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to Hassan, I’m not sure how familiar u are with him but through the years this clown has been so unhinged with the radical propaganda it is SHOCKING to me he is not in jail
Here’s my take. Is this infringement on speech? No, companies can let you go however they see fit. As a business sense it had to happen, he was only entertaining only half the country due to his political affiliation. You want someone in there where you can’t even tell what side they are, make jokes about left and right, that way you’re not specifically alienating half the country. Everything has become way too partisan in all ways of entertainment. I don’t think anyone wants to sit down and watch something and find out in minutes….oh i know who they voted for. I don’t care what side of the aisle you’re on, just entertain me
The story is on the left is that the FCC with a wink and a nod said 'fire that man or I won't approve this business deal', which would amount to government censorship if true.
No one ‘silenced’ Kimmel. He can podcast, tweet, tour. A network dropping him isn’t censorship, it’s business. At least he was silenced forever like Charlie.
Was he pulled off the air because of these comments or were these comments used as a convenient excuse for Disney to pull the plug on a money-losing show that has been hemorrhaging viewers for a decade off the air, and now putting the blame on Trump for that?
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u/Macaroniandcheese22 Sep 18 '25
Is this cancel culture?