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[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 1 points 9 hours ago

That's sure to stop them broadcasting.

[–] Eh_I@lemmy.world 7 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 2 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Fat is less dense then water so he should float pretty well.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

But his cankles will make him float upside down.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago

Look, I never said his head would be above water

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 1 points 11 hours ago

I can’t wait until they pull his plug

[–] kokesh@lemmy.world 6 points 19 hours ago

Someone pull tRump's license...

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 9 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Classic government censorship. Just the threat qualifies. Kimmel and Colbert should be using their networks and the Trump Administration for censorship and violating their 1st Amendment Rights.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 5 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

They probably don't have standing to sue. The First Amendment is a restriction on government and not the networks, and the Trump administration's assault on the First Amendment is against the networks and not the hosts.

The fascists are being more careful about who and how they target their enemies than people realize.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 5 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

It has come out that most of the execs at ABC were against the Kimmel "suspension," but the few top decision makers were concerned about Trump pulling their broadcast license.

So this was a decision to censor based on pressure from the administration. That is classic censorship, and a violation of the 1st Amendment.

It was the same for Colbert. If CBS wanted government approval for their sale, they had to shut him up. Again, classic censorship.

Each of those hosts makes millions each year, and probably had another 20 years on their careers. Then there are all the crew members out of work. It would be a great class action lawsuit.

[–] prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 1 points 6 hours ago

ACLU quiet as shit rn …. Weird

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

But against who?

The Trump admin didn't fire them, and the networks can fire them. It's the network that has standing to sue the administration, but they won't.

[–] betanumerus@lemmy.ca 5 points 23 hours ago* (last edited 23 hours ago)

If donny taught us anything it's that we can insult whoever we want - Jimmy only reacted to and followed donny's own playbook.

donny should be flattered.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I bet you if more of our corporate leaders demure to his craven demands that he'll just go away and be reasonable.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 4 points 21 hours ago (2 children)

These media outfits have forgotten the old saying "Don't fuck with people who buy their ink by the barrel." If these networks got together and started a strategic media campaign against Trump and MAGA, people would be demanding their heads in 8 weeks, even many MAGA followers. They are extremely stupid, ignorant, gullible, and malleable If the media pulled out all the stops, they could convert them easily.

The problem is, those media companies are becoming owned by conservative companies, and now CBS is owned by Larry Ellison, 2nd richest man, and a vicious Psychopathic MAGA. ABC is owned by Disney, who seems to have no problems appeasing the administration. And NBC is owned by Comcast, a company who consistently places at or near the top of the worst customer service. They clearly don't care how their customers feel.

These broadcast companies are perfectly comfortable playing along with, and being media shills for, the MAGA Nazis.

[–] tempest@lemmy.ca 1 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I'm not sure why people expected them to do anything else.

These companies exist to make money not resist fascism. If they can do both that's great but they will always choose money.

They have no morals and they don't care what happens in the world so long as stock ticker goes up. The incentives don't allow for anything else.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 2 points 15 hours ago

A company also has to do whatever they can to protect their markets, and keep them healthy. Participating in a ever growing circle of bribery, intimidation, threats, and escalating demands isn't going to be good for the market, or the company itself.

When DeSatan's hand-picked board took over the governance of Disney world's property, one of his choices was a church lady, who immediately declared that Disney would be forced to submit all of their movies to the board, who would demand changes before allowing the release. She said it out loud, directly to a reporter, knowing it would be published. She was already making extreme demands.

Eventually, the government will be approving all programming, which will become extremely boring, and the market will turn away. Perhaps then then these corporate boot-lickers will realize that they would have been better off resisting.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

They are extremely stupid, ignorant, gullible, and malleable If the media pulled out all the stops, they could convert them easily.

Except that MAGA is immune to facts and logic. It's all Fox News/OANN/AmericaFirst or whatever that thing from Steve Bannon is called.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 1 points 14 hours ago

Just repeat the fact enough times and it will get in. They're immune to facts, but not rhetoric.

[–] lb_o@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

Exactly, spineless fuckers can't stand their ground at all in the situation where it is known that if you ignore him - he can't do anything about it.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 2 days ago (3 children)

The US is officially the North Korea of the western hemisphere.

[–] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 2 points 21 hours ago

Team North Korea World Police

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[–] HootinNHollerin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 24 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] mrodri89@lemmy.zip 3 points 22 hours ago

It doesn’t even feel like the number is rising substantially since I’ve been following this website.

[–] witten@lemmy.world 14 points 1 day ago

The challenge is that workers in the States aren't sufficiently organized to weather a general strike (much less coordinate to start one). So how do we get sufficient mutual aid in place so that workers have the support they need to strike?

[–] Ebby@lemmy.ssba.com 180 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Hey Disney/ABC, capitulation hasn't worked. What's your next move?

[–] DarkAri@lemmy.blahaj.zone 24 points 2 days ago

Thought people were being hyperbolic about trump packing the supreme court. This guy has wasted no time completely destroying any shred of legitimacy the supreme court has ever had. I kind of see this as a positive. Now people see that trusting the supreme court with interpreting the constitution is extremely dumb. If one president can pack the court with fascists what's the point in even having this system? Obviously our constitution was never meant to be beneath the supreme court. This is an extremely clear violation of the right to free speech and of a free press. Our 1st amendment, not even our 2nd one.

[–] N0t_5ure@lemmy.world 97 points 2 days ago

One thing that has been an eye-opener about all of this is how much cowardice there is in the U.S.. It's easy to talk a big game about free speech and freedom of the press, but when push comes to shove, most buckle.

“Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.”

  • Benjamin Franklin
[–] Bakkoda@sh.itjust.works 25 points 2 days ago

He's gonna do to TV what he has done to manufacturing. What a guy.

[–] AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 51 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] asteriskeverything@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago

Now that's what I call Facism

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[–] chillpanzee@lemmy.ml 31 points 2 days ago (9 children)

What a dumbfuck; doesn't realize everybody is against him.

[–] Nalivai@lemmy.world 37 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just watch how 51% of voters will vote for him again, because the opposing party's candidate isn't a saint actually and might have some flaws.
Hahaha, who am I kidding, there will be no next free election, nobody will need to vote anymore.

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[–] panda_abyss@lemmy.ca 68 points 2 days ago (1 children)

And this is why you never give these people what they want.

Imagine the shitshow if the FCC pulled ABC’s broadcasting license for hurting the administrations feelings. They should have played hard ball.

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[–] laranis@lemmy.zip 39 points 2 days ago (5 children)

Fucking do it. When the only news feed people have access to is state sponsored Fox News and AI generated MAGA memes on Facebook maybe we'll get enough people waking up to make a difference.

[–] oneser@lemmy.zip 53 points 2 days ago

My brother in christ. They are pulling people from the streets. They are re-writing what schools have to teach. They are removing references to an inconvenient history (slavery). They are calling for civil uprising. They are denominating opposing political groups as terrorists.

If people haven't snapped out of it now, they definitely won't when only state sponsored news is on the air.

[–] Azal@pawb.social 36 points 2 days ago

Live in a right wing state....

They'll still call it the "Liberal media" any time it says ANYTHING against their world view. Fox is "liberal media" around here.

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[–] tangeli@piefed.social 55 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Actually, that makes a lot of sense...

Given that Trump is the best president ever (I'm sure I have heard people say so), then anyone who opposes him is, ipso facto, an enemy of the state and should be treated as such.

The more I think about it, the more obvious it is. I mean, why even have another election?

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[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 27 points 2 days ago

If you go back, I guess they haven’t had a conservative on in years or something, somebody said.

So, he basically read some ragebait on Facebook

[–] Luouth@lemmy.world 47 points 2 days ago

What a whiney fucking baby. Someone needs to change his diaper... AGAIN

[–] f1error@lemmy.world 31 points 2 days ago
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