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[–] MrSulu@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 days ago

Let the shareholders see the portfolio of this wankers arrogant comments. Make it impossible to ignore. Make it so all companies, CEOs and executives know that their livelihoods are dependent upon (checks notes) the customers that truly pay their wages.

[–] dhork@lemmy.world 97 points 1 week ago
[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 80 points 1 week ago
[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 58 points 1 week ago
[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 52 points 1 week ago

Did we also misunderstand this?

Gaslighters are gonna gaslight.

[–] someguy3@lemmy.world 47 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Carr said that “what I spoke about last week is that when concerns are raised about news distortion … there’s an easy way for parties to address that and work that out. In the main, that takes place between local television stations that are licensed by the FCC and what we call national programmers like Disney. They work that out, and there doesn’t need to be any involvement of the FCC.”

He added: “Now, if they don’t, there’s a way that is not as easy, which is someone can file a complaint at the FCC, and then the FCC, by law, as set up by Congress, has to adjudicate that complaint. And what I’ve been very clear in the context of the Kimmel episode, is the FCC, and myself in particular, have expressed no view on the ultimate merits.”

Bullshit word salad.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 28 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Also from this article, but I want to remind people of this, too:

Carr, appearing on Benny Johnson’s podcast, called Kimmel’s remark “some of the sickest conduct possible.”

This is what Carr thought was "some of the sickest conduct possible":

Kimmel said, “We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and with everything they can to score political points from it.”

So, for Brendan Carr, "the sickest conduct possible" refers to comedians making extremely tame jokes about politicians and saying exactly what they were doing. "The sickest conduct possible" is apparently not what the politicians were actually doing, when they were exploiting Kirk's death for their own gains.

You know, personally, when I think of "the sickest conduct possible," I tend to think of other things. Maybe things more similar to assaulting and raping children or sexually assaulting women in a changing room. You know, actually bad things where people get hurt. Not stuff where you're just telling the truth to politicians who are embarrassed by the truth.

[–] Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 week ago

Or like Brian Kill-em-all saying ON AIR that homeless people should all just be murdered by lethal injection.

[–] frostysauce@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Everyone keeps reposting that monologue quote but completely ignores the part where he just played clips of Trump not seeming to give a damn that Kirk had been murdered.

The FCC chair threatened to kill a merger for Nextstar if they didn't threaten ABC to get Kimmel taken off the air, because he insulted Trump, Nextstar pressured ABC, and ABC capitulated.

This was never about comments Kimmel made about Charlie Kirk, and shame on the entirely of media in this country for framing it that way. This was because Jimmy Kimmel insulted President Donald Trump.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

What you're saying is true, but the problem is that the part where Trump doesn't give a shit about Kirk can't be spun. There is nobody who would see Kimmel criticizing Trump for having zero empathy for Kirk, and accept the spin that it was an insult towards Kirk.

On the other hand, the first part can be spun. They say that Kimmel was lying about the assassin's motives which dishonors the memory of Kirk. Of course, Kimmel said no such thing.

In fact, he was saying that MAGA was lying about the assassin's motives. As far as I know, we still haven't heard anything about the killer's motives, so anybody who claims they know the killer's motives, even his parents, are just making shit up.

So, as far as I can tell, Kimmel was doing what MAGA was claiming that they were doing, being respectful towards Kirk, while calling out people who were being disrespectful. And meanwhile, MAGA was doing what they were claiming Kimmel was doing, lying about the shooter's motives. But I won't say that this really dishonors Kirk. He'd have lied, too.

[–] aesthelete@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Reminds me of:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b0mOY7OMHh4

Dwight Schrute: I didn't know that you were at a party on Saturday night.

Ryan Howard: I go to a lot of parties.

Dwight Schrute: Okay, I'm gonna need to search your car. Give me your keys.

Ryan Howard: I am not giving you my keys.

Dwight Schrute: Don't make me do this the hard way.

Ryan Howard: What's the hard way?

Dwight Schrute: I go down to the police station on my lunch break. I tell a police officer, I know several, what I suspect you may have in your car. He requests a hearing from a judge and obtains a search warrant. Once he has said warrant, he will drive over here, and make you give him the keys to your car and you will have to obey him.

Ryan Howard: Yeah, let's do it that way.

[–] Zephorah@discuss.online 44 points 1 week ago

Utter and complete bullshit.

[–] rustyfish@piefed.world 44 points 1 week ago

“Everything I say or do is a joke unless I get away with it.”

[–] QuoVadisHomines@sh.itjust.works 40 points 1 week ago (5 children)

He needs to be removed from his position immediately and have an investigation opened into his actions

[–] ripcord@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I mean, yes, but....

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] 5too@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

I mean, it does need to happen.

It's just part of a long list of other things that also need to happen

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[–] Zier@fedia.io 36 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Conservatives are liars, hypocrites and bullies.

[–] Soulg@ani.social 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

The fact that nobody ever calls them out for the blatantly obvious lies to their face is the most infuriating thing of all. They think we're brainless monkeys and they get away with it because nobody pushes back

[–] TeddE@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Plenty of people call them out on it - they've just spent my lifetime insulating themselves from any impact coming from it.

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[–] Binturong@lemmy.ca 35 points 1 week ago

Buddy I know a pile of shit when I see it. Call it fudge all you like, but even after you take a bite to reassure me you're not lying, we both know the truth.

[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 29 points 1 week ago (1 children)

OK. Did anyone complain to FCC about a certain turd gleefully advocating euthanasia of the homeless? What's happening with that investigation?

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[–] fritobugger2017@lemmy.world 20 points 1 week ago

Maga lying sack of crap

[–] Jaysyn@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Violation of Civil Rights under the color of law.

If we still have elections in 2026-2028, I have a feeling this hopped up nobody is going to be made an example out of.

[–] Triumph@fedia.io 19 points 1 week ago
[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago
[–] Stern@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago
[–] chuckleslord@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

"I said to take care of him. I did not specify what that meant, you're just putting words into my mouth" - "plausible" deniability

[–] mnhs1@lemmy.world 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The loser wanted to show the size of his dick, and found out it’s tiny as fuck.

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[–] taiyang@lemmy.world 16 points 1 week ago

Lol.

"No no no, I meant easy at in less paperwork! An offer you can't refuse? No no, that's buy one get one free. And when I said you should meet my little friend, I meant our coworker Joey. He's 5'7"!"

[–] spaghettiwestern@sh.itjust.works 16 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Trump's Nazis lie with each breath.

"Nazi" is no longer hyperbole.

[–] CobblerScholar@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago

I'll echo again Bull. Shit.

[–] PoastRotato@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago
[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 11 points 1 week ago

Really having trouble interpreting that as anything other than a threat.

[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

More Mafia tactics. Playing the plausable deniability game and gaslighting. What an asshole.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 10 points 1 week ago

It's gonna be great when all these fascists are dead

[–] danekrae@lemmy.world 9 points 1 week ago (2 children)

If the ratings were so low, then why is he back?

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[–] GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

looks like this dumbass didn't realize he took the hard way.

eat shit maga cuck.

[–] TaterTot@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago

I see we have reached the "and if it was (bad), I didn't mean it" stage of the Narcissist's Prayer.

[–] Jhex@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

what? he said it iROnicAlLY??

[–] Tja@programming.dev 7 points 1 week ago

I didn't say it

And if I did, I didn't mean it

And if I didn't, I was joking

And if I wasn't, you are overreacting

or something like that

[–] yarr@feddit.nl 6 points 1 week ago

FCC Chairman: Someone should take care of Jimmy Kimmel.

[deep state assassins terminate Kimmel]

FCC Chairman: Noooo! Not like that!!

[–] Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It wasn't a threat, it was an offer they couldn't refuse.

('couldn't' in sense of capitalism)

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 5 points 1 week ago

About as convincing as Ray on trailer park boys getting busted for solicitation. "What? Prostitution? That money wasn't for sex! It was for... This is illegal!"

[–] CallMeAnAI@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

👌👍. Jackass.

More people who say it like it is but constantly don’t mean what it sounds like they’re saying.

[–] ThePowerOfGeek@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

Let the backpedaling begin!

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