He should have never been removed if the reason was the FCC Chairman. Now if it’s a business decision so be it but the government should play NO role in a suspension for what someone said.
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10 sats \ 1 reply \ @SimpleStacker 22 Sep
Either way, Disney comes outta this looking incompetent. They look easily pressured and wishy washy. Now there is no narrative they can put out that would be satisfactory to people of any political persuasion, left, right, or moderate.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 22 Sep
110% they dropped the ball bad and big time
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 22 Sep
I like this take.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nitter 22 Sep
https://xcancel.com/michaelmalice/status/1970220406436212917
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @Undisciplined 22 Sep
I'm pretty sure it was a business decision and the network was just opportunistically using the excuse of his stupid comments.
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42 sats \ 1 reply \ @kepford 22 Sep
So I guess it wasn't a freedom of speech violation... if it were then he would not be getting back on the air? The FCC didn't take any action of course. They may, I doubt it though. But this won't stop the narrative.
The real lesson is how ignorant most people are about the first amendment and how the FCC works.
Honestly, Trump has some big mouths that think they are little Trumps. Going on podcasts and talking a big game. Its funny to me. They mostly come off looking dumb to me.
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42 sats \ 0 replies \ @Cje95 OP 22 Sep
The FCC head made a stupid comment and the left latched on to it but yes more info has come out about Kimmel’s meeting with Disney exes and he wasn’t going to apologize and that was going to cause huge issues with sponsors. Equally important was the 50-60 affiliates that were not going to air Kimmel and I assume that had been addressed by Disney
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0 sats \ 4 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 22 Sep
eh. The era of speech without consequence is over because people pushed that free speech button too hard. Free speech was never speech without consequence anyway as the FCC binned shows for a variety of reasons for a long, long time.
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0 sats \ 3 replies \ @Cje95 OP 22 Sep
Disagree consequences have been raining down on people due to their social media. This was a huge blow to Kimmel and if his show u see performs or if sponsors walk away easy and public grounds to fire him.
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0 sats \ 2 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 22 Sep
After a man was slain in broad daylight. That's a little too late, don't you think--or is your concept of free speech such that a 1,000 more need to die on screen before we re-consider what free speech means in an era where people are insane.
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0 sats \ 1 reply \ @Cje95 OP 22 Sep
Wait you want the government to clamp down on free speech? What happened was horrific but consequences are raining down on people now for what they have said about it. You’re mixing mental health, tech, and freedom of speech and it’s not the simple unless you want the government running your life. Charlie did not stand for that. Charlie would hate the government moving into our personal lives because of his death.
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @jbschirtzinger 22 Sep
Free speech hasn't truly existed for years. It doesn't exist now. It isn't going to exist, until the consequences for "wrong speech"--things like libel and slander--don't require a court case to prove and do something about. Otherwise, someone is always silenced, and someone is always advancing a narrative. You never hear from the ones who are silenced though, since they are silenced by the inaction from those who are supposed to be enforcing the right.
Edited to include: Charlie died because no one wants to hear this point.
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