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Jimmy Kimmel Won’t Air James Talarico Interview On ABC For Fear Of FCC Reprisal
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sundray piefed.social sundray@piefed.social
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Comedian Jimmy Kimmel‘s planned Thursday interview with Texas Senatorial hopeful James Talarico didn't air on ABC broadcast TV because network lawyers were worried about Trump FCC censorship and reprisal. Instead, the interview will air on the late-night show’s YouTube channel, Kimmel stated during his latest late night Jimmy Kimmel Live monologue: https://youtu.be/gIbSEScdV2o?si=6ExUtVCBUK8oAEX_&t=534 "You know, for a lot of…

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Rhynoplaz lemmy.world Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-07-07
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Nothing says free speech like being afraid to air negative comments about the president.

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leaky_shower_thought feddit.nl leaky_shower_thought@feddit.nl
Joined: 2023-09-12
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isn't this the same lawfare maga is worried about?

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
Joined: 2024-12-04
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Very misleading headline

As explained in the post text, the decision was made by ABC, not Kimmel. Kimmel has made it clear that he disapproves of the capitulation.

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Viking_Hippie lemmy.dbzer0.com Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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isn't this the same lawfare maga is worried about?

Every accusation is a confession with these fascists

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TimeNaan lemmy.world TimeNaan@lemmy.world
Joined: 2023-06-23
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Remember when the only thing these assholes would talk about for years was free speech?

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DrSoap lemmy.world DrSoap@lemmy.world
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Very misleading headline As explained in the post text, the decision was made by ABC, not Kimmel. Kimmel has made it clear that he disapproves of the capitulation.

It doesn't matter who agrees and who doesn't. Free speech was violated for the gain of the ruling political party.

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