From: Dhu on Gate <campbell@neotext.ca>
Newsgroups: can.politics,alt.politics
Subject: Re: Jimmy Kimmel FAFO
Date: Fri, 19 Sep 2025 02:08:34 -0000 (UTC)
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 10:26:50 -0700, Alan wrote:
> On 2025-09-18 10:15, NoBody wrote:
>> NEW YORK (AP) â ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmelâs late-night show
>> indefinitely beginning Wednesday after comments that he made about
>> Charlie Kirkâs killing led a group of ABC-affiliated stations to say
>> it would not air the show and provoked some ominous comments from a
>> top federal regulator.
>>
>> The veteran late-night comic, made several remarks about the reaction
>> to the conservative activistâs assassination last week on âJimmy
>> Kimmel Live!â Monday and Tuesday nights, including that âmany in MAGA
>> land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie
>> Kirk.â
>>
>> ABC, which has aired Kimmelâs late-night show since 2003, moved
>> swiftly after Nexstar Communications Group said it would pull the show
>> starting Wednesday. Kimmelâs comments about Kirkâs death âare
>> offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political
>> discourse,â said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstarâs broadcasting
>> division. Nexstar operates 23 ABC affiliates.
>>
>> https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-kimmel-show-suspended-charlie-kirk-a2bfa904429c318fe52e7d3493c6883d
>>
>> People have had enough.
>
> "People"?
>
> Which "people" would those be?
>
> Do you mean this "people":
>
> 'Earlier Wednesday, Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal
> Communications Commission, threatened ABC, Disney and Jimmy Kimmel over
> a Kimmel monologue that included comments about Charlie Kirk, ominously
> saying, "We can do this the easy way or the hard way."'
>
> And that quote of Kimmel's:
>
> âmany in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of
> Charlie Kirk.â
>
> ...that is absolutely true and you know it.
>
> Tell you what:
>
> Since you imply you know so much about the situation, quote the absolute
> WORST thing that Kimmel said on the subject of Charlie Kirk's murder.
Specializing in "quotations" without sources has it's own rewards.
Dhu
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