Media consolidation is partly to blame. They’re parts of much larger corporations who will do whatever they can to get tax breaks, make more money and donate to politicians who will help make that happen. Without making waves, of course.
“I've been waiting for this. I keep having visions of Trump's masked storm troopers dragging a journalist off camera during a live broadcast. This is where it's going. What's amazing is how quickly it's happening and STILL Republicans quiver in their closets.”
Snowflake culture. And it's overwhelmingly fright-wing. Psychotic dictator-wannabes who cannot tolerate the tiniest, wee-est, smallest, eensy-weensiest degree of accountability for their lies and idiocy.
Today, people either subscribe to Substack or 4chan or X to get their “news.” No intermarriage. No Walter Cronkite to report on world events and end with “that’s the way it is.” The point is to make us doubt reality. Yes, reality still exists but today we are all in constant agita and the loudest harshest ugliest voices prevail.
Excellent analysis Miles, I wrote this comment below for an earlier site but nonetheless, it holds true.
What’s worse isn’t just the canceling of the show, it’s the billionaire class that is purchasing all of our social media and corporate media sites. Larry Ellison is buying TikTok and will complete the trifecta of pro-Trump billionaires controlling all of social media. With algorithms designed to trigger and manipulate people, we’re in a for a very bumpy ride.
In addition, his son David led the purchase of Skydance over Paramount, picking up CBS and giving Bari Weiss, another right-wing apologist in a high position at CBS News editorial control. Not to mention, David is agreeing to put a monitor in place at CBS News and in their entertainment division to make sure they are fair and balanced. What could possibly go wrong?
Furthermore, David is in the process of bidding for Warner Brothers which owns Discovery and CNN, making it another media outlet positioned to be Trump friendly.
Once these mergers are complete, who knows, will video’s of police and ICE brutality be either suppressed under the oligarchs? Will they use their power and control over information to stifle speech? Will they be spying on all of us to target and arrest dissidents? All possible outcomes, which should scare the bejesus out of all of us.
Bottom line: Trump is signing an Executive Order today labeling ANTIFA as a domestic terrorist organization. It’s illegal, but who’s going to enforce the law; Bondi? Patel?
Additionally, the EO is broad, and since ANTIFA is just an ideology, with no leadership; whose mission is to fight fascism, there’s a method to this madness. Trump is trying to outlaw all opposition to his fascist regime, including the people who fund these organizations. Perhaps the ACLU will be labeled ANTIFA , we just don’t know how far down this rabbit hole he will take us. However, if he goes after NGO’s like the ACLU, he could go after anyone who donates to them; which might be the point; self censorship.
What we do know however, is Trump and his minions have completed their inside Coup, and we have no one left to save us since he controls all law enforcement mechanisms federally, the courts, and more than half the states are complicit, making any opposition almost impossible.
I say almost because our last chance will be the midterms and he will do his damndest to cheat or refuse to seat the opposition claiming fraud.
Sadly, I’m not even sure what the MSM will be reporting anymore; they’ve already caved in their Ukraine and the Israel/Gaza coverage, and who knows whether they’ll even cover and cheating during the election, which should give us all pause. IMHO….:)
Robinsons/Kirk situation. Robinson's parents are lifelong registered Republicans. One would think, growing up in that atmosphere and thought process would have heavily influenced Robinson's thought process, so, how is it the "Left's" fault?????
Nexstar Media Group, which operates several broadcast television studios including abc, is trying to merge with Tegna Inc. This needs FCC approval. Hence the removal or “suspension” of Jimmy Kimmel. Sound familiar à la Stephen Colbert?
Good suggestions. And good to make suggestions. Mostly it's complaints, where it would be better to ask now what?! It would be great if they all had Kimmel as a guest, where they'd all have to get cancelled since they work for the same networks. Just picture it -- no late-night comedians anymore. Having only Trump's taste to watch on TV could be repulsive enough to get millions of people in a coalition for the good, so we'd have people-power to work with!
I bet Hollywood will rise up, with Colbert and then Kimmel giving us the mad as hell not going to take it any more moment! I can’t wait.
Please go to the 2 links I just posted to give ABC your feedback on this. My post is right above yours, and PLEASE SHARE THESE LINKS *EVERYWHERE!* Thanks.
To be very clear, Kimmel and Colbert are not the real targets though they both suffered the consequences of the desires of corporate America in ways outlined by John Kenneth Galbraith in his 1967 book, The New Industrial State (Galbraith was a Harvard economics professor).
The real targets are the corporations that need FCC approval of two mergers involving CBS’s owner to approve the merger of Paramount with Skydance and ABC’s owner to approve the merger of Nexstar Media Group with Tegna Inc.
The result is growing censorship of those media companies that hold FCC broadcast licenses. It’s a coordinated attack on media by a thousand cuts.
This regime isn’t smart enough to see the irony, but so many of us do. I love your ideas and hope you are sharing them with the comedians! They have been my bright spot through both trump regimes, so this feels like a catastrophic loss. Can Kimmel file a lawsuit? The number $15 billion comes to mind….
I just sent ABC a SCATHING response to suspending Jimmy. I'm putting the LINK right here so that EVERYONE can do what I did! And I did NOT hold back! I called Trump the POS that he is, and told THEM that they are the same! Also told them they are BOTH assholes for doing this, and told them that MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS will BOYCOTT all of their sponsors, so that they can DIE and be watched no more. I was shaking I was so pissed off. (here's an extra piece of info.... the people that work at all of these local stations feel JUST LIKE WE DO! I spoke to someone there and was told how they also hate this.) HERE IS THE LINK FOR FEEDBACK.
We need some broadcasting companies with some balls to stand up to this regime!
YES.
I hope the Strike Force Five get back together and form their own network! I’d be honored to subscribe!
Media consolidation is partly to blame. They’re parts of much larger corporations who will do whatever they can to get tax breaks, make more money and donate to politicians who will help make that happen. Without making waves, of course.
Money is what it’s all about. Capitalism, what a country.
I want to repeat what I posted in August.
“I've been waiting for this. I keep having visions of Trump's masked storm troopers dragging a journalist off camera during a live broadcast. This is where it's going. What's amazing is how quickly it's happening and STILL Republicans quiver in their closets.”
Snowflake culture. And it's overwhelmingly fright-wing. Psychotic dictator-wannabes who cannot tolerate the tiniest, wee-est, smallest, eensy-weensiest degree of accountability for their lies and idiocy.
Our free speech is going down fast... every day it gets worse and worse.... this just really sucks!
Today, people either subscribe to Substack or 4chan or X to get their “news.” No intermarriage. No Walter Cronkite to report on world events and end with “that’s the way it is.” The point is to make us doubt reality. Yes, reality still exists but today we are all in constant agita and the loudest harshest ugliest voices prevail.
Excellent analysis Miles, I wrote this comment below for an earlier site but nonetheless, it holds true.
What’s worse isn’t just the canceling of the show, it’s the billionaire class that is purchasing all of our social media and corporate media sites. Larry Ellison is buying TikTok and will complete the trifecta of pro-Trump billionaires controlling all of social media. With algorithms designed to trigger and manipulate people, we’re in a for a very bumpy ride.
In addition, his son David led the purchase of Skydance over Paramount, picking up CBS and giving Bari Weiss, another right-wing apologist in a high position at CBS News editorial control. Not to mention, David is agreeing to put a monitor in place at CBS News and in their entertainment division to make sure they are fair and balanced. What could possibly go wrong?
Furthermore, David is in the process of bidding for Warner Brothers which owns Discovery and CNN, making it another media outlet positioned to be Trump friendly.
Once these mergers are complete, who knows, will video’s of police and ICE brutality be either suppressed under the oligarchs? Will they use their power and control over information to stifle speech? Will they be spying on all of us to target and arrest dissidents? All possible outcomes, which should scare the bejesus out of all of us.
Bottom line: Trump is signing an Executive Order today labeling ANTIFA as a domestic terrorist organization. It’s illegal, but who’s going to enforce the law; Bondi? Patel?
Additionally, the EO is broad, and since ANTIFA is just an ideology, with no leadership; whose mission is to fight fascism, there’s a method to this madness. Trump is trying to outlaw all opposition to his fascist regime, including the people who fund these organizations. Perhaps the ACLU will be labeled ANTIFA , we just don’t know how far down this rabbit hole he will take us. However, if he goes after NGO’s like the ACLU, he could go after anyone who donates to them; which might be the point; self censorship.
What we do know however, is Trump and his minions have completed their inside Coup, and we have no one left to save us since he controls all law enforcement mechanisms federally, the courts, and more than half the states are complicit, making any opposition almost impossible.
I say almost because our last chance will be the midterms and he will do his damndest to cheat or refuse to seat the opposition claiming fraud.
Sadly, I’m not even sure what the MSM will be reporting anymore; they’ve already caved in their Ukraine and the Israel/Gaza coverage, and who knows whether they’ll even cover and cheating during the election, which should give us all pause. IMHO….:)
Robinsons/Kirk situation. Robinson's parents are lifelong registered Republicans. One would think, growing up in that atmosphere and thought process would have heavily influenced Robinson's thought process, so, how is it the "Left's" fault?????
Nexstar Media Group, which operates several broadcast television studios including abc, is trying to merge with Tegna Inc. This needs FCC approval. Hence the removal or “suspension” of Jimmy Kimmel. Sound familiar à la Stephen Colbert?
Yes! Sure does!!! What's with all of this MERGING??? Is Trump responsible for that??!
Good suggestions. And good to make suggestions. Mostly it's complaints, where it would be better to ask now what?! It would be great if they all had Kimmel as a guest, where they'd all have to get cancelled since they work for the same networks. Just picture it -- no late-night comedians anymore. Having only Trump's taste to watch on TV could be repulsive enough to get millions of people in a coalition for the good, so we'd have people-power to work with!
I bet Hollywood will rise up, with Colbert and then Kimmel giving us the mad as hell not going to take it any more moment! I can’t wait.
Please go to the 2 links I just posted to give ABC your feedback on this. My post is right above yours, and PLEASE SHARE THESE LINKS *EVERYWHERE!* Thanks.
I can’t find it in the 900+ comments…???
I'm sorry it got lost. Here are 2 links where you can give ABC a good piece of your mind. <3 PLEASE SHARE THEM WIDELY. Thanks.
https://support.abc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029276332-How-do-I-submit-feedback-for-shows-on-ABC-com
https://support.abc.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360003079511
Freedom of speech is a fundamental right protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution
To be very clear, Kimmel and Colbert are not the real targets though they both suffered the consequences of the desires of corporate America in ways outlined by John Kenneth Galbraith in his 1967 book, The New Industrial State (Galbraith was a Harvard economics professor).
The real targets are the corporations that need FCC approval of two mergers involving CBS’s owner to approve the merger of Paramount with Skydance and ABC’s owner to approve the merger of Nexstar Media Group with Tegna Inc.
The result is growing censorship of those media companies that hold FCC broadcast licenses. It’s a coordinated attack on media by a thousand cuts.
This regime isn’t smart enough to see the irony, but so many of us do. I love your ideas and hope you are sharing them with the comedians! They have been my bright spot through both trump regimes, so this feels like a catastrophic loss. Can Kimmel file a lawsuit? The number $15 billion comes to mind….
I just sent ABC a SCATHING response to suspending Jimmy. I'm putting the LINK right here so that EVERYONE can do what I did! And I did NOT hold back! I called Trump the POS that he is, and told THEM that they are the same! Also told them they are BOTH assholes for doing this, and told them that MILLIONS UPON MILLIONS will BOYCOTT all of their sponsors, so that they can DIE and be watched no more. I was shaking I was so pissed off. (here's an extra piece of info.... the people that work at all of these local stations feel JUST LIKE WE DO! I spoke to someone there and was told how they also hate this.) HERE IS THE LINK FOR FEEDBACK.
https://support.abc.com/hc/en-us/requests/new?ticket_form_id=360003079511
And here's ANOTHER LINK in case you need it. * "SHARE THESE EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!!" *
https://support.abc.com/hc/en-us/articles/360029276332-How-do-I-submit-feedback-for-shows-on-ABC-com