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I would have used the phrasing "in poor taste"

I think any joke about anyone's death (or rape, or any number of things) is in poor taste
I think using anyone's death (or rape, or any number of things) for political gain is in poor taste

I can certainly think of many things I would consider sicker, more disgusting than what Kimmel said
Both words and actions

I answered you. You responded that you don't think that should have elicited the reaction from Carr. I don't know what you want from me.

I'm not Carr.
I'm not related.
I've never met him.
I don't have any special access.

And finally, I'm not your monkey. You can like or not like anything you want, just don't sit here thinking someone owes you an explanation for the action of others. You tried to imply that I was outraged and mad, when I never made any post that would even indicate that.

Kimmel lied about the situation, implied that Trump didn't really care, and basically compared Kirk to a goldfish. Seems pretty insensitive to me. Have you kept track of any of the things people have been fired or cancelled for over the last five years or so? Apparently not.

Here's the bottom line: Some people are more worked up about a person losing a job over something he said than they are about a person losing their life about something he said. Says a lot.

This world has seemed soooo inside-out lately.

I initially asked for someone to exeplain what Kimmel said that was so egregious.
I wanted to know why so many people are upset/offended
You are the one who chose to chime in.
And now we are full circle that what was so offensive is that he made fun of trump's response

I agree that using Kirk's death for humor is insensitive
But again, insensitive is a long way from sickest conduct possible

I didin't get any goldfish somparison, but that would be offensive

I know others have been cancelled/fired but no I have not kept track
I don't know how that is relavent to my original question, but IMO, the more often it happens, the bigger problem it is

1, I think many people on this bord are complex enough to be able to understand that there are 2 separate issues (though in the current situation intertwined) here and be able to discuss them both

2, I am pretty sure more than one person in the history of this country gave their lives for our right to express our opinions without fear of persecution by the govenment. And frankly, I find the way you mockingly try to diminish and cheapen their sacrifice somewhat offensive.

‘Dangerous as hell’: Ted Cruz compares FCC chair’s threats against ABC to mob tactics
Michael Williams, CNN
Fri, September 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM EDT

GOP Sen. Ted Cruz on Friday denounced Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr’s threats to pull ABC’s broadcast license as “unbelievably dangerous” and compared some of his rhetoric to “mafioso” tactics.

In an episode of his podcast, “Verdict with Ted Cruz,” released on Friday, the Texas Republican said he was “thrilled” Jimmy Kimmel was pulled off the air by ABC over his comments about conservative influencer Charlie Kirk. But he said he strongly disagreed with the government policing speech, asserting it could come back to bite conservatives when Democrats retake power.

“I hate what Jimmy Kimmel said. I am thrilled that he was fired,” Cruz said. “But let me tell you: If the government gets in the business of saying, ‘We don’t like what you, the media, have said. We’re going to ban you from the airwaves if you don’t say what we like,’ that will end up bad for conservatives.”

Though Carr’s comments have drawn widespread condemnation on the left, Cruz’s remarks represent one of the strongest denunciations of the threats against broadcasters by an elected conservative. Cruz also chairs the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, which has broad authority over the FCC.

“Going down this road, there will come a time when a Democrat wins again – wins the White House … they will silence us. They will use this power, and they will use it ruthlessly. And that is dangerous,” Cruz said.

Asked later by reporters on Capitol Hill if the Commerce Committee will hold hearings into the matter or investigate Carr if he continues in the same vein, Cruz left the door open to the possibility.

“There’s no doubt the Commerce Committee has oversight, authority and responsibility over the FCC, and when the Democrats had the majority, they did not engage in oversight … We will do our job and engage in oversight.”

President Donald Trump has also vaguely threatened to pull networks’ licenses if they air overwhelmingly negative coverage of him, though Cruz did not rebut the president’s remarks directly on the podcast.

Trump offered praise for Carr when pressed on the scathing remarks from the Texas Republican. “I think Brendan Carr is a great American patriot. So I disagree with Ted Cruz on that,” he said.

The president also continued to lament what he described as “dishonesty” from network broadcasts that are critical of him.

Cruz played recent remarks Carr made on far-right podcaster Benny Johnson’s podcast, in which the FCC chairman threatened to take action against broadcasters who don’t “find ways to change conduct” the government considers disagreeable.

“I mean, look, we can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or you know, there’s going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.” ABC pulled Kimmel’s show off the air indefinitely the day after Carr made those comments.

Responding to Carr’s comments, Cruz said: “No, no, no, no, no.”

“Look, look, I like Brendan Carr,” the senator said. “He’s a good guy. He’s the chairman of the FCC. I work closely with him. But what he said there is dangerous as hell.”

“He says, ‘We can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way.’ And I got to say, that’s right out of ‘Goodfellas.’ That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar going, ‘nice bar you have here. It’d be a shame if something happened to it.’”

Cruz later added: “I think it is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying, ‘We’re going to decide what speech we like and what we don’t, and we’re going to threaten to take you off air if we don’t like what you’re saying.’”

“And it might feel good right now to threaten Jimmy Kimmel,” the senator said. “But when it is used to silence every conservative in America, we will regret it.”


https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/dangerous-hell-ted-cruz-compares-181531390.html

This is one of the more absurd things I have read here in a long, long time. He made a direct reference to a current event and showed the contrast in reactions. You pulled some absolute bs out of the sky and shamed him for it. Why would you say that?

Where is the line drawn between humor and commentary? From what I see, Trump gets his panties in a twist no matter what you call it. NOT once in my life has a late night TV host been threatened by the White House inhabitants.

On top of that, Hegseth just told reporters at the Pentagon they must obey the rule of only reporting stories they tell you can report or risk losing their credentials.

How many rights being taken away does it take for you to say, ENOUGH? Maybe he'll hit something you hold dear soon... Then, maybe?

Pardon while I go do some light reading,, I'm thinking the Bill of Rights might be fun...... Since it seems to be taking a beating today!

Since this has apparently become a hot topic - I'll offer my 2 cents.

I think you are wrong. I don't see anyone getting more worked up about a person losing their job compared to someone losing their life. Period. I think you have drawn an incorrect conclusion. I'll leave it there. If you think you see a specific poster more concerned over someone losing their job than Kirk losing his life - I'd suggest you specifically address that poster and ask them if that is true. When making such a claim I think it'd be important to be specific. jmo

And some, as you can see if you go back to the beginning of this thread, were more concerned in pointing fingers at the trans community, democrats and scoring political points than honoring and mourning Charlie Kirk. Exactly like Kimmel said.

And do you really think this is about Kimmel per se? Because it isn't. It's about abusing the power of the government to control political speech by directly threatening to take away their license to broadcast from those who speak ill of their political opponents. Something only done in countries ran by dictators.

2019 Brendon Carr sounded like a different man than he did after he applied and received his trump loyalty card....................

“Should the government censor speech it doesn’t like? Of course not,” Carr wrote in 2019. “The FCC does not have a roving mandate to police speech in the name of the ‘public interest.’”

Evidently, he was against his standard before he was for it.

2022 Carr....................

“President Biden is right. Political satire is one of the oldest and most important forms of free speech. It challenges those in power while using humor to draw more people in to the discussion. That’s why people in influential positions have always targeted it for censorship.”

https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow...-abc-public-interest-standard-rcna232098

I'm not a follower nor fan of Maddow but used this source only to get the quotes by Carr. What happened to this once great Patriot and supporter of the freedom of the press?

Now he's Mr. We Can Do This The Easy Way Or The Hard Way threatening broadcasters for the very thing he supported just a few short years ago.

Kimmel show will be back on tomorrow night.

And the right goes silent!

Man who fired a gun into ABC affiliate office had note to ‘do the next scary thing,’ prosecutors say


Austin/AP
Sacramento, California
AP
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A man suspected of firing a gun into the ABC-affiliated television station in California’s capital had written notes in his car critical of Donald Trump’s administration and a calendar reminder on his fridge to “do the next scary thing,” prosecutors said Monday.

Nobody was hurt in the shooting Friday into the lobby of the studios of KXTV ABC10 near downtown Sacramento. Local authorities arrested Anibal Hernandez Santana, 64, on Friday on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and shooting into an occupied building. He was released hours later on $200,000 bail.

Hernandez Santana was rearrested Saturday night by the FBI and will also face federal charges related to interfering with a federally licensed station and discharging a firearm within a school zone. His defense attorney, Mark Reichel, said Hernandez Santana would plead not guilty in both cases when he’s arraigned on the federal charges Monday afternoon and in state court on Tuesday.

Sacramento County District Attorney Thien Ho said investigators found a calendar note on Hernandez Santana’s refrigerator stating “Do the next scary thing” and dated Sept. 19, the day of the shooting.


A search of the suspect’s car turned up an anti-Trump book, Ho said Monday. Authorities also found a handwritten note which said “For hiding Epstein and ignoring red flags,” Ho said. The note mentioned FBI Director Kash Patel, FBI Deputy Director Dan Bongino and Attorney General Pam Bondi, saying they were “next,” prosecutors said.

Evidence points to a politically motivated crime and “it appears that he was also looking at other places, other people,” Ho said. But he didn’t say why prosecutors believe Hernandez Santana targeted the ABC affiliate specifically or whether it might have been related to ABC’s suspension of late-night talk show host Jimmy Kimmel over comments made about Charlie Kirk’s assassination.

ABC10 is an affiliate of ABC but not owned by the network. It is owned by Tegna. It is also an affiliate of CNN.

The district attorney said his office will seek to hold Hernandez Santana with no bail.


https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/22/us/sacramento-tv-station-shooter-note

Sinclair won't broadcast Kimmel's show despite it returning to ABC

Sinclair plans to continue pre-empting "Jimmy Kimmel Live," despite the fact that ABC said it plans to bring back the program on Tuesday.

Why it matters: Sinclair is exploring a possible divestiture of its local broadcast stations, which it would need regulatory approval for.

What they're saying: "Beginning Tuesday night, Sinclair will be preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live! across our ABC affiliate stations and replacing it with news programming," the network said in a Monday evening statement.

"Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show's potential return."
What to watch: It's unclear whether Nexstar, which was the first local affiliate group to say it would pull the program from its lineup last week, will follow in Sinclair's footsteps.

Nexstar, the largest local broadcast group in the U.S., recently said it agreed to acquire Tegna, the fourth-biggest local broadcaster, in an all-cash deal valued at $6.2 billion.


https://www.axios.com/2025/09/23/jimmy-kimmel-returns-abc-sinclair-preempt-programming

ABC ends Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension and his show will return Tuesday


NEW YORK (AP) — ABC will reinstate Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show in the wake of criticism over his comments about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, officials with the network said Monday.

“We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday,” ABC said a statement.

ABC suspended Kimmel indefinitely on Wednesday after comments he made about Kirk, who was killed Sept. 10, in a monologue. Kimmel said “many in MAGA land are working very hard to capitalize on the murder of Charlie Kirk” and that “the MAGA gang” was “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”

Kimmel has hosted “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” on ABC since 2003 and has been a fixture in television and comedy for even longer. He is also well known as a presenter, having hosted the Academy Awards four times.

Backlash to Kimmel’s comments was swift. Nexstar and Sinclair, two of ABC’s largest affiliate owners, said they would be pulling “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” from their stations. Others, including several fellow comedians, came to his defense.

Sinclair said Monday that it would not air Kimmel’s show Tuesday and would broadcast news programming instead. “Discussions with ABC are ongoing as we evaluate the show’s potential return,” the company said. There was no immediate comment from Nexstar on its plans for Kimmel’s return.


Andrew Kolvet, a spokesperson for Turning Point USA, the organization founded by Kirk and now headed by his widow, posted on X about Kimmel’s reinstatement: “Disney and ABC caving and allowing Kimmel back on the air is not surprising, but it’s their mistake to make. Nexstar and Sinclair do not have to make the same choice.”

Stephen Colbert joyfully reacted to the news during the opening of his “Late Show,” telling his audience that “our long national, late nightmare is over.”

Colbert, whose late show is being canceled by CBS after this season, said he was happy for his friend and the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” staff. Grabbing his recently-won Emmy Award for outstanding talk series, the comedian could hardly contain his glee. He added, “Once more, I am the only martyr on late night!”

President Donald Trump, one of Kimmel’s frequent targets, posted on social media that Kimmel’s suspension was “great news for America.” He also called for other late night hosts to be fired. He has yet to comment on Kimmel’s reinstatement.

Kimmel’s suspension arrived in a time when Trump and his administration have pursued threats, lawsuits and federal government pressure to try to exert more control over the media industry. Trump has reached settlements with ABC and CBS over their coverage.

Trump has also filed defamation lawsuits against The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times. Republicans in Congress stripped federal funding from NPR and PBS.

Brendan Carr, the head of the Federal Communications Commission, issued a warning prior to Kimmel’s suspension that criticized Kimmel’s remarks about the Kirk assassination.

“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead.”

Carr denied on Monday that he threatened to revoke ABC’s local station licenses because of Kimmel’s remarks.

“Jimmy Kimmel is in the situation he’s in because of his ratings. Not because of anything that’s happened at the federal government level,” Carr said at the Concordia Annual Summit.

Kimmel’s suspension has cast a spotlight on the web of business interests that require approval from the U.S. government. Disney, for instance, needs approval from the Trump administration for ESPN to complete its acquisition of the NFL Network, while Nexstar needs the administration’s approval to complete its $6.2 billion purchase of broadcast rival Tegna. Sinclair has petitioned the FCC to relax rules limiting broadcaster ownership of stations.

The suspension also happened at a time when the late night landscape is shifting. CBS announced the cancellation of Colbert’s show over the summer.

Kimmel’s contract with The Walt Disney Co.-owned network had been set to expire in May 2026. His representative did not return a message seeking comment Monday.

Word of the reinstatement came as hundreds of Hollywood and Broadway stars — including Robert De Niro, Ben Affleck, Jennifer Aniston, Selena Gomez, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Tom Hanks and Meryl Streep — urged Americans “fight to defend and preserve our constitutionally protected rights” in the wake of Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension.

More than 430 movie, TV and stage stars as well as comedians, directors and writers added their names to an open letter Monday from the American Civil Liberties Union that argues it is “a dark moment for freedom of speech in our nation.”

Also Monday, ABC’s “The View” weighed in on the controversy after not raising it for two episodes after Kimmel was suspended. Co-host Whoopi Goldberg opened the show saying: “No one silences us” and she and her fellow hosts condemned Disney’s decision.

New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani said Monday evening he’s willing to appear at a town hall hosted by a local ABC station after earlier canceling his appearance due to Kimmel’s suspension.

https://apnews.com/article/jimmy-kimmel-suspension-supporters-94b79634a19b2c4ce70a2b4195ef1175

j/c

I see the right are still throwing their tantrum and the very people who called for an end to PC, an end to censorship and screamed to bloody hell about being silenced only care about those things in terms of themselves.

And you're still in denial that the head of the FCC made a threat to Disney about Kimmel. That Sinclair, Nexstar and Disney all had deals coming up before the FCC that needed their approval and only after the FCC made their threat did any of these events about getting or keeping him off the air happen. I never thought I would see Republicans support using the government to suppress the media. But here we are. That's what they are no longer Republicans. Republicans would never do that. Only trumpians would.

If that doesn't scream 'mental health' I don't know what does.

It's only a mental health issue when one of their own does something like this.

Kimmel>Kirk by far… He’s back and Trump can suck it. And screw anyone who wants to say a damn thing about my attitude toward Kirk’s death; he didn’t deserve to be gunned down but in the end his hate killed him. And the MAGA boy who dared love a tranny killed him… Not a dem, not a tranny, just another far right white male on the trigger. And honestly why does it matter? There wasn’t a kill squad of ANTIFA militants on the scene, not even a far left demonstration that I could see… just a lone shooter and poor security.

As usual, no apologies from the maga scum who are seeking to further dehumanizing the left with FALSE ACCUSATIONS.

Charlie Kirk was an impressionable kid who fell into the Limbaugh radicalization trap the far right has been building for 40 years. He’s a victim of that and of Trump’s BS rhetoric. Pinheaded Steven Miller sounded full on Nazi at his funeral. So did Vance when hosting Kirk’s show. I don’t see a thing MAGA should be mad about or proud of in all of this….. SHAME.

Letting out the mentally insane was a baaad idea!!!!

Yet here you are.

The normal Kimmel monologue had about 250,000 views on youtube.

As of lunch today, last nights monologue had over 11 million views and counting.

And of course trump has threatened to sue ABC because of Kimmel's return.

"The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled! Something happened between then and now because his audience is GONE, and his “talent” was never there. Why would they want someone back who does so poorly, who’s not funny, and who puts the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat GARBAGE."

"He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign Contribution. I think we’re going to test ABC out on this. Let’s see how we do."

"Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad Ratings."

Murica! Freedumb! #snowflake

For those who may have missed it or wish to see it..........



Trump made Kimmel much more popular than he was before this. Great work Donald!

14,875,279 views in 16 hours.

Thank god for Jon Stewart !! Everything about the fake narrative that the name calling and 'hate' is coming only from one side: Straight from the mouth of Drumpf

https://youtube.com/shorts/pH-G0q5F7tM?si=ytLEL8LI5nKOzd1B

FWIW, Kimmel is back on all affiliates.. Everyone has agreed to bring him back on. I get the feeling that Trump did more for Kimmels career than Kimmel did. LOL Funny how that works.

When people speak up, they can be heard.

FWIW, Kimmel is back on all affiliates.. Everyone has agreed to bring him back on. I get the feeling that Trump did more for Kimmels career than Kimmel did. LOL Funny how that works.

When people speak up, they can be heard.

The main reason Kimmel is back, is because Disney took a huge hit on streaming subscribers. It’s about the money and not so much about free speech.