Just to be clear: they suspended him for criticizing MAGA for trying to claim that the killer wasn't one of them. He didn't say anything about Charlie Kirk. He was censored for speaking truth by his own network. Not only censored, censured and suspended indefinitely.

We're 100% there kids. The founding fathers made a point to put something right after freedom of speech, from religion, and of assembly. Right there 2nd in order. Unabridged. Welp the 1st amendment is being abridged as we speak. And I hear that second thing was put in place to protect that first thing. I've been hearing it for over 50 years.

*quick edit in case anyone else wants to try to educate me about the constitution: no, he isn't protected by the 1st amendment from getting suspended. ABC should be protected but seeing as they've already settled for $16 million over threats on their FCC license and brought in new trump-friendly leadership, we can all agree he wasn't suspended due to ratings drops. Stop pretending things are normal. This is an obvious 1st amendment issue.

Why is everyone acting surprised, Trump said Kimmel is Next after he made Colbert fired: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5410016-donald-trump-jimmy-kimmel-stephen-colbert-cbs/

ABC is goosestepping now.

The Nazis are here folks - be ready

See, I'm someone who can't stand Jimmy Kimmel. I find him both unfunny and very annoying as a person, and I never thought there would come a day where I would actually defend him vigorously, but here we are.

This is truly inexcusable. This is the most blatant violation of the first amendment possible. This is a clear cut example of the government coercing and colluding with corporations to censor a private citizen on a private show for comments that are perfectly legal. He was only censored because MAGA morons got triggered by a statement that's not even controversial. Even IF it was controversial, that's literally the whole point of free speech. It's to defend offensive, controversial, and unpopular opinions from government persecution.

See, I didn't care much when Colbert got cancelled because it seemed like it was a business decision, sure, whatever. But this? This is MAGA crossing a line that should never be crossed. We're starting to enter into actual tyranny territory from this administration. The only MAGA conservatives left are either slimy opportunists or blind loyalists, so I'm not holding my breath on them holding themselves accountable. However, I am hoping that everyone else stands up and takes a stand against this because the consequences of this are very, very serious.

Is your country great again? Was so difficult to vote for her instead to avoid this fascistic nightmare, wasn't it?

Now i wonder what John Oliver gonna say this week, or he gonna get censored by HBO as well?

ABC what a bunch of fuckin' spineless wimps.

Y'all! This isn't ABC - this is conservative Sinclair and Nexstar Media Group!

@Immarsano@lemmynsfw.com nailed this one by reading the article.

Nexstar Media Group forced ABC's hand on this by saying they would run non-ABC programming on all their local TV stations they own. They're in the process of getting FCC approval for a $6 billion deal that would give them ownership of 265 local TV stations in 44 states.

Meanwhile, Sinclair Media, which also owns tons of local TV stations, isn't letting Kimmel's rerun on Friday be broadcast anyway, instead showing a CK tribute show. So they were likely also going to do the same to ABC and just hadn't said anything publicly because they don't need deal approved right now.

This is the media version of Red-Stating, where state legislatures were slowly turned by the GOP which gave them the power to Gerrymander Dem-held House districts away and turn them red in 2021. How do you stop a global juggernaut liberal media company? You marginalize them by buying up all the local affiliates and stations that still make up a large part of their market. You buy up everything that sits in between the viewer and the media itself. Once the media company withers, you shove in your own programming as gaps open up.

There's a word for what is happening: Gleichschaltung

Cancel Disney+, Hulu, ESPN and your live streaming TV/cable sub if you have one.

https://help.disneyplus.com/article/disneyplus-cancel

https://help.hulu.com/article/hulu-cancel-hulu-subscription

https://support.espn.com/hc/en-us/articles/40377589107476-How-do-I-cancel-my-ESPN-subscription

Watch the monologue before viewing it becomes a crime. He didn’t even make fun of Saint Charlie.

We're now talking about this instead of how trump is a pedo.

Okay so ABC and any affiliated brand needs to get fucked.

Anyone who views any of their shit in a non-pirate capacity or pays for their services needs to be mocked and shamed as a Nazi collaborator. As does anyone who works for them without doing sabotage.

That's not to say you need to stop watching your favorite shows! Hit up /c/piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com and save some money during lean times.

The monologue in question was linked in an earlier post:

https://youtu.be/-j3YdxNSzTk

This is your reminder that Disney owns ABC. Christofacist will not be any stretch for them, and they have a king background in war propaganda films.

We all grew up with free speech. That's what the USA has always been about. Now you have an admin who threatens and bullies taxpayers.

Damn, but honestly I can't boycott Disney any more than I already have.

If anyone needs help setting up a home server with sonarr, transmission with a VPN via docker and Linux, I can point you to some good resources.

Now Jimmy can go NSFW on a different medium

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