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ABC Pulls 'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Over Charlie Kirk Remarks

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11 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Remember they have a FCC license.  Which is granted by the government. 

Individual broadcast stations require an FCC license -- not a network.

 

Even if the FCC cancels a broadcast station license, there is an administrative appeals process and, if not successful, an appeal can be filed with the Federal Appeals court in Washington, DC.

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  • Welcome to the new McCarthyism. The USA is no longer a free country.

  • This guy is not funny and is simply a leftie activist celebrity. Good decision. 

  • Wow a lot of hate towards the first amendment by government intimidation and you guys get bent when lucid people call you fascist……sad 

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36 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

Don't hold your breath Viktor (although I rather hope you do).

 

Queue the righteously upset rightists accusing me of wishing you dead.

 

[Insert yawn emoji here]

OK Boris. 

14 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

unbelievable     :clap2:    why do you think he was far right, when, by your own admission you have never heard of him and know nothing about him?

why do you waste time heckling people?  

14 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

The study did not include the BLM riots, the anti-Trump riots, and the anti-ICE riots. Hundreds of riots, many that went on for weeks or months were mistakenly classified as "civil unrest". These acts of violence are being reclassified as left-wing violence. Once complete, the studies will be updated and redistributed. 

So, no actual data was used. Just a 'reclassification' of selected events to alter the statistics and findings.

:clap2:

1 hour ago, gk10012001 said:

why do you waste time heckling people?  

Why do you call somebody, who , on your own admission, you have never heard of and know nothing about  "extreme far right" based on 2nd hand internet gossip   Its a really perverse form of virtue signalling, befitting of a petulant teenage girl

1 hour ago, animalmagic said:

So, no actual data was used. Just a 'reclassification' of selected events to alter the statistics and findings.

or to update and correct previously erroneous statistics maybe?

4 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

I look forward to the answer. 

Stand by - it's. Coming IMG_20250919_082849.jpg.2e88788df99ff2ca4191b0b32448bfa6.jpg

ABC’s action comes after Nexstar Media Group, which owns ABC affiliate stations, announced they would preempt Kimmel’s show. Nexstar is in the midst of a $6.2 billion merger with rival Tegna which must be approved by the FCC. 

 

https://time.com/7318661/jimmy-kimmel-cancelled-trump-fired-colbert/

No one banned Jimmy Kimmel from every major social media app.
That happened to Trump.

No one conspired to put Jimmy Kimmel in jail.
That happened to Trump.

No one fired a bullet at Jimmy Kimmel.
That happened to Trump.
And Charlie.

What happened to Kimmel is that his corporate employer decided he was no longer a profitable figurehead for its product distributed over the public airwaves.

That's it.

 

Remember that time Roseanne Barr was canned from her own show for a tweet?
 

21 hours ago, Thingamabob said:

Kimmel has a lot of people reaching for the vomit bucket if they have the misfortune to find themselves briefly watching his show. Astonishing that ABC ever gave him air time.

To be fair I should add that he was quite amusing when he started to appear on ABC, but his dialogue gradually drifted into tedious, unfunny, anti-MAGA drivel. This latest effort of his, to paint Charlie Kirk's alleged killer as a hard-right winger, is patently ridiculous when most likely the precise opposite is the case.

35 minutes ago, Bday Prang said:

or to update and correct previously erroneous statistics maybe?

The statistics were, I presume, accurate. The conclusion from the statistics can be subjective. Changing the classification of events to move statistical data from one side of an equation to the other to allow a different subjective conclusion can be viewed as manipulation. 

 

37 minutes ago, animalmagic said:

The statistics were, I presume, accurate. The conclusion from the statistics can be subjective. Changing the classification of events to move statistical data from one side of an equation to the other to allow a different subjective conclusion can be viewed as manipulation. 

 

it is clearly a manipulation

1 hour ago, animalmagic said:

The statistics were, I presume, accurate. The conclusion from the statistics can be subjective. Changing the classification of events to move statistical data from one side of an equation to the other to allow a different subjective conclusion can be viewed as manipulation. 

 

Exactly.

 

Classifying right-wing riots as political violence, and left-wing riots as civil unrest is data manipulation. 

 

Reclassifying left-wing riots as from civil unrest to political violence is data manipulation. 

 

Studies are data manipulation.

 

Studies are only ever done to the people doing the study want to see. 

 

Studies are only ever released to the public too show the public what the people doing the study want the public to see. 

 

Do we not all know this? 

On 9/18/2025 at 6:30 AM, dinsdale said:

This guy is not funny and is simply a leftie activist celebrity. Good decision. 

Wow, what's it like to celebrate the destruction of the US constitution? Seems as though you are unfamiliar with the first Amendment of the constitution....

"Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech". 

 

So, regardless of whether a guy is funny or not, he has the legal RIGHT to express his opinion. Seemingly, you disagree and feel that taking away freedom of speech is a good decision. 

 Please explain to me, an obvious ignoramus, how taking away the freedom of speech is a "good decision". I'll wait....

Carr publicly stating that Disney was at risk to lose its local broadcast licenses was a “real, serious threat” for all of ABC, a source familiar with the situation told CNN.

 

A veteran television news producer — who is not employed by ABC — told CNN, “There is no more terrifying circumstance for a broadcast entity than the threat of an FCC fine, or worse, that the agency could move to revoke the stations’ broadcast licenses.”

 

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/09/18/entertainment/abc-jimmy-kimmel-what-comes-next

 

NB As on the soapbox topic, ABC/Disney owns outright 8 stations subject to FCC licensing -- not the network itself.

I saw a new term: Corporate Cowardice.  Could ABC/Disney have taken Kimmel's side and kept him on the air and dare the FCC(Trump Admin) to pull them off the air?  I doubt based upon what Kimmel said this would warrant this type of action.  On the otherhand ABC/Disney has to protect itself.  They have to keep the eyeballs on ESPN. College Football is the biggest draw on ESPN and it is mostly concentrated in the SEC-Southeastern Conference. You know places where people go to church 3 times a week.  It looks like this was a business decision to sacrifice Kimmel.  I can imagine Chris Cuomo and Don Lemon saying " I know how it feels".  

21 minutes ago, b17 said:

Wow, what's it like to celebrate the destruction of the US constitution? Seems as though you are unfamiliar with the first Amendment of the constitution....

"Congress shall make no law... abridging the freedom of speech". 

 

So, regardless of whether a guy is funny or not, he has the legal RIGHT to express his opinion. Seemingly, you disagree and feel that taking away freedom of speech is a good decision. 

 Please explain to me, an obvious ignoramus, how taking away the freedom of speech is a "good decision". I'll wait....

And he is still able to exercise his right to express his opinion, does he not? No one is stopping him. 

 

He does not have to right to be paid to express his opinion, or to be provided with a public platform to express his opinion. 

 

I have the same free-speech rights as Jimmy Kimmel, why does ABC have to give me a show? 

 

Forcing ABC, to keep Kimmel on the air is compelled speech, and compelled speech is unconstitutional under the same First Amendment that guarantees free speech. 

21 hours ago, Yellowtail said:

Oh, professor, you're sooooo smart! 

 

I think all you Education, History, Basket-Weaving and whatnot PhDs that post her are all just used to only talking to kids they have power over. None of you seem to be able to more than just regurgitate. 

Ha! Smart? Not necessarily but knowledgeable a bit on the subject I spent a lifetime studying. Certainly more knowledgeable than the average on this particular subject. Just as you and others will be more knowledgeable in their particular field.

42 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

Exactly.

 

Classifying right-wing riots as political violence, and left-wing riots as civil unrest is data manipulation. 

 

Reclassifying left-wing riots as from civil unrest to political violence is data manipulation. 

 

Studies are data manipulation.

 

Studies are only ever done to the people doing the study want to see. 

 

Studies are only ever released to the public too show the public what the people doing the study want the public to see. 

 

Do we not all know this? 

Whereas the data and statistics quoted by trump are usually imagination

17 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

 

You don't understand the difference between lefties and classic liberals.   Classic liberals founded the country.   The Radical Republicans fought against slavery (I'm sure you have no idea what this references).   None of these things you talk about were fought for by lefties.  Leftists are disgusting people.  

 

 

In today's US political atmosphere, Mike, I see all left of center being collectively labeled as "lefties". I do agree with your observation of the difference, same as we would, no doubt, agree on labeling all on the right of center as fascists rather than acknowledging the difference with the traditional Republican Party conservatism. I read the 2024 election as a rejection of both the Democrat Party and the traditional Republican Party. While too many voters gave up and did not vote, the majority supported the only candidate perceived as giving voice to the working middle class justified frustration/anger which I attribute, in large measure to the income wealth gap economic squeeze.

18 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Remember they have a FCC license.  Which is granted by the government. 

Yes thus the threat came from the FCC.

2 hours ago, FinChin67 said:

 

this guy all coked up or drunk ?

 

real glassy eyes for being in front of a camera 

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30 minutes ago, Wrwest said:
18 hours ago, Mike_Hunt said:

Remember they have a FCC license.  Which is granted by the government. 

Yes thus the threat came from the FCC.

The FCC only licenses individual TV broadcast stations. ABC/Disney owns 8 stations outright. The ABC network / ABC News is not licensed or regulated by the FCC.

14 hours ago, JBChiangRai said:
15 hours ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Those remarks actually reflect the stupidity of stupid people selectively quoting just parts of what he said while carefully omitting the rest of the remark to ensure the actual contexct cannot be seen,


The stupid person who put the quotes together was actually AI and it’s hard to see how some of those quotes could be viewed in any other context.

"...it’s hard to see how..."

With the entire context, you'd be able to see more clearly...even if you didn't want to!

1 hour ago, Wrwest said:

In today's US political atmosphere, Mike, I see all left of center being collectively labeled as "lefties". I do agree with your observation of the difference, same as we would, no doubt, agree on labeling all on the right of center as fascists rather than acknowledging the difference with the traditional Republican Party conservatism. I read the 2024 election as a rejection of both the Democrat Party and the traditional Republican Party. While too many voters gave up and did not vote, the majority supported the only candidate perceived as giving voice to the working middle class justified frustration/anger which I attribute, in large measure to the income wealth gap economic squeeze.

I am not clear on your position.

 

Everyone left of center being collectively labeled as "lefties", would be the same as everyone right of center being collectively labeled as "Righties", not fascists.

 

Everyone left of center being collectively labeled as "Marxists", would be the same as everyone right of center being collectively labeled as "anarchists". 

 

I see the divide as the left wanting more government, and the right wanting less. 

 

I would like to understand how you see the current Republican party as different than the traditional Republican party, and how you see the current Democrat party as different than the traditional Democrat party.

 

I see the "wealth gap" a red herring, in the same way that guns are. There is nothing new about having a wealth gap, and to blame the current political atmosphere on it, in my opinion, just intellectually lazy. 

 

 

 

 

12 minutes ago, Yellowtail said:

I am not clear on your position.

 

Everyone left of center being collectively labeled as "lefties", would be the same as everyone right of center being collectively labeled as "Righties", not fascists.

 

Everyone left of center being collectively labeled as "Marxists", would be the same as everyone right of center being collectively labeled as "anarchists". 

 

I see the divide as the left wanting more government, and the right wanting less. 

 

I would like to understand how you see the current Republican party as different than the traditional Republican party, and how you see the current Democrat party as different than the traditional Democrat party.

 

I see the "wealth gap" a red herring, in the same way that guns are. There is nothing new about having a wealth gap, and to blame the current political atmosphere on it, in my opinion, just intellectually lazy. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Simples:-

 

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Just now, Yellowtail said:

That is just not correct. 

 

 

It must be...I Googled.

 

 

Are you going to offer an alternative?   There are a few.

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