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The ABC Kimmel/Kirk story gets worse (Original Post) iemanja Sep 17 OP
Pummeling and extortion will continue dweller Sep 17 #1
The off button on your remote control is your friend. Sogo Sep 17 #2
Gawd damn right.....FAWK ABC. a kennedy Sep 17 #3
I never watch ABC iemanja Sep 17 #4
This is so f'ing obvious Mossfern Sep 17 #5
Oh, that will be EVEN FUNNIER than Jimmy Kimmel !!!!!! Jack Valentino Sep 17 #6
Alternating with Steve HARVEY? UTUSN Sep 17 #7
Their Desperation Is Growing .... What Might That Mean? WiVoter Sep 17 #8
I think they are taking advantage of Kirk's death iemanja Sep 17 #9
Note for the unaware: Sinclair is a company which owns many local stations RockRaven Sep 17 #10
List of stations owned by Sinclair iemanja Sep 17 #11
Orwellian Twilight Zone Barking Mad Insanity!! Cha Sep 17 #12
They're trying very hard to completely take over or neutralize the media folks. D. Spaulding Sep 17 #13
I hope it's the lowest rating ever of viewership! kimbutgar Sep 17 #14
Will they show the things he actually said ? JI7 Sep 17 #15
My question too. I am sure there will be a lot of creative editing so he sounds as if he is the LoisB Sep 18 #17
My guess is a big fat NO. Cha Sep 18 #25
What incredible bullshit MorbidButterflyTat Sep 18 #16
I gotcha "donation" right here Sinclair! oasis Sep 18 #22
OMG!! FU Sinclair Fascist Nazi Fucks! Cha Sep 18 #26
Kimmel should donate to the Freedom from Religion Foundation in Kirk's name. diane in sf Sep 18 #33
Well asking for money us out and out blackmail Figarosmom Sep 18 #18
Fuck you, Sinclair. I'm glad KTLA, Los Angeles' local TV station, is not a Sinclair station! nt SunSeeker Sep 18 #19
The straws are piling up on the camel's back. rubbersole Sep 18 #20
Breakup the broadcast media giants. KPN Sep 18 #21
The governor of Utah said the same thing as Jimmy mainer Sep 18 #23
State sponsored TV, after the Kirk tribute they can have Baghdad Bob on every night KelleyKramer Sep 18 #24
During the Tribute, Run This Clip! MrWowWow Sep 18 #27
Many times I can't stay awake to watch Kimmel or Colbert 1/2 the time Norbert Sep 18 #28
I, for one, am glad these corporate media fucksticks are taking off the mask and going full nazi maxrandb Sep 18 #29
Conservative tried to tell me it was Kimmel's viewers who complained. Like that's his viewership? LIES. RoeVWade Sep 18 #30
Cancel all your Disney, ABC, Hulu, ESPN, Paramount, Lifetime and History channels. Scrivener7 Sep 18 #31
They saw how the twitter 'boycott' worked out RandiFan1290 Sep 18 #32
Well, I sure as hell won't be watching it. Sogo Sep 18 #34
I watched that episode, laughed a lot. charliea Sep 19 #35

Mossfern

(4,588 posts)
5. This is so f'ing obvious
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:31 PM
Sep 17

How can people not see it?
Are there no people out there with critical thinking skills?

Goddam brainwashing and gaslighting and the lemmings are just eating it up.
Rod Serling had nothing like this - he's been bested in strange horror.

Jack Valentino

(4,218 posts)
6. Oh, that will be EVEN FUNNIER than Jimmy Kimmel !!!!!!
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:34 PM
Sep 17

Especially the drop in the ratings......

WiVoter

(1,535 posts)
8. Their Desperation Is Growing .... What Might That Mean?
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:37 PM
Sep 17

They know and are probably certain they will lose the House and the Senate in the midterms. They're desperate in direct proportion to their fear.

iemanja

(57,291 posts)
9. I think they are taking advantage of Kirk's death
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:38 PM
Sep 17

to expand their authoritarian project.

RockRaven

(18,581 posts)
10. Note for the unaware: Sinclair is a company which owns many local stations
Wed Sep 17, 2025, 10:38 PM
Sep 17

all over the country, and they insert RW bullshit into local news coverage and, as seen here, their programming choices.

In some media markets they own multiple local channels. Your local ABC, NBC, CBS, and/or FOX channel may be owned by Sinclair.

LoisB

(12,193 posts)
17. My question too. I am sure there will be a lot of creative editing so he sounds as if he is the
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:31 AM
Sep 18

second coming or at least the most gentle, gracious, and revered person on earth.

MorbidButterflyTat

(4,046 posts)
16. What incredible bullshit
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:25 AM
Sep 18

"Sinclair also call upon Mr. Kimmel to issue a direct apology to the Kirk family. Furthermore, we ask Mr. Kimmel to make a meaningful personal donation to the Kirk family and Turning Point USA."

Blatant extortion and attempt to humiliate him. I bet they all giggled hysterically writing that. Never mind a ridiculous "tribute" to a filthy piece of racist shit during Kimmel's timeslot.

Dirty fuckers.

Figarosmom

(9,490 posts)
18. Well asking for money us out and out blackmail
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:35 AM
Sep 18

So where are the DAs charging them with extortion?

I hope the viewership for their one hour show is dismal.

SunSeeker

(57,413 posts)
19. Fuck you, Sinclair. I'm glad KTLA, Los Angeles' local TV station, is not a Sinclair station! nt
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:44 AM
Sep 18

rubbersole

(10,956 posts)
20. The straws are piling up on the camel's back.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 12:50 AM
Sep 18

Pam Bondi is the arbiter of what speech is "hate" speech. Kash Patel doesn't qualify as a school crossing guard. tsf can't handle criticism of any kind and the public display of his contempt for press questions that aren't from MTG's boyfriend are embarrassing insights into his mental disintegration. The billionaires want it all and aren't trying to hide any of it. As my great grandpappy used to say - "Shit has hit the fan."

mainer

(12,482 posts)
23. The governor of Utah said the same thing as Jimmy
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:11 AM
Sep 18

In the immediate aftermath of the arrest, the governor said how awful it was that the killer was “one of us.” At that point it was all anyone knew, that the kid came from a MAGA family. It’s also what Kimmel said, that the killer appeared to be one of them. How is that a firing offense?

https://medium.com/@fazer4541/please-dont-be-one-of-us-1402300e1025

KelleyKramer

(11,390 posts)
24. State sponsored TV, after the Kirk tribute they can have Baghdad Bob on every night
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:26 AM
Sep 18

Instead of Kimmel, every night at 1135pm you will get something like this ....

"The beautiful Trump tariffs have lowered prices on everything by over 1000% !!!"




Norbert

(7,512 posts)
28. Many times I can't stay awake to watch Kimmel or Colbert 1/2 the time
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:38 AM
Sep 18

I am up early for work is the reason.

What in God's world would motivate me to watch this? (I hope this isn't considered hate speech).

maxrandb

(17,089 posts)
29. I, for one, am glad these corporate media fucksticks are taking off the mask and going full nazi
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:32 AM
Sep 18

It will make it much easier for the next Dem President and their appointed FCC Chair, to fucking destroy Hate Radio, Faux News, and all the cookie-cutter Retrumplican ball licker media.

Stand-by Eloon, Bozos and Fuckerberg too.

Goose/Gander and all that shit.

RoeVWade

(756 posts)
30. Conservative tried to tell me it was Kimmel's viewers who complained. Like that's his viewership? LIES.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 05:58 AM
Sep 18

nt*

Scrivener7

(58,042 posts)
31. Cancel all your Disney, ABC, Hulu, ESPN, Paramount, Lifetime and History channels.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:27 AM
Sep 18

Do it today.

RandiFan1290

(6,657 posts)
32. They saw how the twitter 'boycott' worked out
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 06:31 AM
Sep 18

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and knew they had nothing to worry about.

Sogo

(6,921 posts)
34. Well, I sure as hell won't be watching it.
Thu Sep 18, 2025, 02:47 PM
Sep 18

The opposite of love is indifference.

Just IGNORE 'em. You know how much TSF would hate that....

charliea

(315 posts)
35. I watched that episode, laughed a lot.
Fri Sep 19, 2025, 02:46 AM
Sep 19

Our ABC affiliate is a Sinclair property.

That's why Jimmy is one of the few things we've ever watched on it. Now I'm hoping he'll continue production with streaming options.

Now we will be suspending/terminating Disney+

Brendan Carr is a hypocritical weasel.

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