Kimmel was emotional and human in his monologue tonight. He showed integrity and class. So naturally the worst people will be unmoved and outraged that he was brought back.
It’s easy to get caught up in the toxic, depressing chaos of our current time. But it sometimes feels like arguing with people and trying to challenge people’s perceptions and views is futile. For example, Kimmel didn’t say anything at all about Kirk himself or his family. A huge number of conservatives claim otherwise, despite the video proof of his exact words. To be even more precise, he didn’t blame any ideology for the shooting either, another nuance conservatives refuse to believe or even understand. He said conservatives were doing everything possible to blame the shooting on anyone other than one of their own. Kimmel didn’t say it was a conservative who was responsible, only that conservatives were certain it wasn’t a conservative, and were quick to blame the “radical left,” even before the shooter was identified or caught. The media spin was in full effect literally within minutes of the shooting being reported. Although the shooter was from a MAGA family, his mother claims he drifted away from the flock toward the left in the year or so prior. And who can blame her for saying that? The horror that family is experiencing is unimaginable. I’m truly sorry for them. The threats they surely must be receiving would be terrifying. Assuring people that the family is MAGA and their son was brainwashed by “the left” may help protect them. It’s understandable, but we still don’t know what views the shooter truly held. They could be anything at this point. In the end, left, right, moderate, it hardly matters. He acted alone and his motives are his alone.
Kimmel may have returned simply because he cares about the 250 or so people with families who work for him. Or, he may also feel a responsibility to stand up for free speech. He surely knows he, like the rest of us, are stuck with this situation and must do the best we can to say and do the right things, and help each other endure. No doubt he’s aware that one way or another, platforms for voices critical of the potus or GOP are under attack, regardless of the law or Constitution.
My Disney bundle is through my cell plan, so canceling them was going to be a hassle in more ways than just the one. I'm still gonna do it, but it's gonna take a minute. Also canceling NatGeo. I was so happy when fox divested their interest in it, but the Mouse is almost as bad.
Huh. Just noticed the new "subscriber" buttons. It shows all the joints we subscribe to. Mine is gray because I don't subscribe here through substack, but the legacy plan.
Sinclair has a Seattle station and a Portland station where their most important stories are about homelessness, crime, and litter. If anybody doesn't get this media consolidation thingy yet, Seattle and Portland are absolute hives of liberalism. So, who is Sinclair serving here? They're trying to convert these cities, not serve them. Customer satisfaction is less than irrelevant. They're on a mission from gawd.
As of right now, Jimmy is on both KOMO's own website schedule guide and the Xfinity click-on-the-remote guide. Both could be errors or lies, I suppose~~we'll find out soon enough
I dunno - local advertisers didn't have any say in Nexstar/Sinclair buying their local stations. Even if we boycotted enough advertisers, it would only hurt the local stations - unless, of course, we could harm enough local stations that Nexstar/Sinclair would be harmed - which would be a prohibitively long row to hoe.
Well, that was quick. They realized their shitty act of greed and cowardice had been widely condemned and that there's another kind of "cancellation" than the one they imposed. A kind that cost them a lot of money. I don't have a Disney Subscription, or I would still cancel it and keep it that way. The re-airing of Kimmel's show may be a small thing in the grand scheme of Trump's rolling fascist coup, but it's something positive, anyway.
I won't be resubscribing; when I'm done with you, I'm DONE. It more often than not takes a lot to get me to that point but once there that door slams and bolts shut.
I posted this in Tabs earlier: I was up in Massachusetts for a few days last week for my middle daughter's birthday and so waited until we got back home to cancel Disney+.
I had to go through a live chat agent and told them I would no longer contribute to fascism and Disney has shown they are at the very least capitulating cowards as well as collaborators the same as Paramount. It doesn't matter if they reverse course they've shown who they are and I will never forget where they stood, or rather knelt, during this time and I will never resubscribe. Any Disney related purchases and plans have been "suspended indefinitely."
I should've added in that i don't even watch Kimmel it's the principle of the matter.
Sinclair's statement - "... our stations will focus on continuing to produce local news and other programming relevant to their respective markets” - is absolutely fucking hilarious, considering that they are notorious for forcing their cookie-cutter "local news" broadcasters to air corporate-mandated right-wing propaganda.
The ABC station here in Atlanta was running Family Feud reruns which I am sure were getting clobbered in the ratings and displeased advertisers. I know if I were an advertiser, Id be asking for a refund of my ad dollars. Family Feud? Really?
My personal theory is that Trump was more rankled by Kimmel's bit about Trump's grieving for his friend Charlie ("Very sad. By the way, did you see the construction equipment?") than by anything he said about MAGA.
Totally agree--I think that really rankled because any MAGAt watching who had more than two functioning brain cells would immediately realize that Kirk's assasination was merely an excuse (and a great distraction) for Trump and Trump couldn't care less about his "friend" Charlie-Kirk-the-MAGA/White Nationalist-podcasting-fanboy...that Trump found Kirk far more useful dead than alive. It also rankled that Kimmel compared Trump unfavorably to a goldfish (which was about right) but Trump has the world's thinnest skin and he loves to brag about how right, how smart, how savvy he is, when the truth is Trump is light years below smart.
Well, let's hope these idiots don't end up pulling all the Tylenol from the shelves. As I'm sure a lot of people do, I take it -- carefully, because it can do serious liver damage in some circumstances--for pain and stiffness. I would really miss it if it were to become unavailable.
pending assurance that all parties are committed to fostering an environment of respectful, constructive dialogue in the markets we serve
lol
Have they ever heard Charlie Kirk?
Kimmel was emotional and human in his monologue tonight. He showed integrity and class. So naturally the worst people will be unmoved and outraged that he was brought back.
It’s easy to get caught up in the toxic, depressing chaos of our current time. But it sometimes feels like arguing with people and trying to challenge people’s perceptions and views is futile. For example, Kimmel didn’t say anything at all about Kirk himself or his family. A huge number of conservatives claim otherwise, despite the video proof of his exact words. To be even more precise, he didn’t blame any ideology for the shooting either, another nuance conservatives refuse to believe or even understand. He said conservatives were doing everything possible to blame the shooting on anyone other than one of their own. Kimmel didn’t say it was a conservative who was responsible, only that conservatives were certain it wasn’t a conservative, and were quick to blame the “radical left,” even before the shooter was identified or caught. The media spin was in full effect literally within minutes of the shooting being reported. Although the shooter was from a MAGA family, his mother claims he drifted away from the flock toward the left in the year or so prior. And who can blame her for saying that? The horror that family is experiencing is unimaginable. I’m truly sorry for them. The threats they surely must be receiving would be terrifying. Assuring people that the family is MAGA and their son was brainwashed by “the left” may help protect them. It’s understandable, but we still don’t know what views the shooter truly held. They could be anything at this point. In the end, left, right, moderate, it hardly matters. He acted alone and his motives are his alone.
Kimmel may have returned simply because he cares about the 250 or so people with families who work for him. Or, he may also feel a responsibility to stand up for free speech. He surely knows he, like the rest of us, are stuck with this situation and must do the best we can to say and do the right things, and help each other endure. No doubt he’s aware that one way or another, platforms for voices critical of the potus or GOP are under attack, regardless of the law or Constitution.
I hope he issues an apology right next to a bunch of flash cards quoting Kirk directly.
Broadcast networks have been in a long, slow decline. All these media acquisitions will soon have the value of a buggy whip factory.
If the Chump administration decides instead to shove it down the steps a la Richard Widmark in an attempt to stifle criticism, the result is the same.
The old folks won't get to see "Tony and Ziva" because they don't understand that Roku thing.
My Disney bundle is through my cell plan, so canceling them was going to be a hassle in more ways than just the one. I'm still gonna do it, but it's gonna take a minute. Also canceling NatGeo. I was so happy when fox divested their interest in it, but the Mouse is almost as bad.
Huh. Just noticed the new "subscriber" buttons. It shows all the joints we subscribe to. Mine is gray because I don't subscribe here through substack, but the legacy plan.
Sinclair announces "Kill 'Em with Kilmeade" set to fill the slot.
Required viewing for everyone over twelve.
Excellent orientation tool for the Sir Youth.
Ta, Dok. ABC is hastening the end of broadcast TV.
Dear Broadcast Media, Last week was neither tense nor emotional for me. Stop telling me how I am / feel / think. You are always wrong.
I made a personal donation to TP and the Kirk Family this morning, when I got up. Flushed it directly to them.
Sinclair has a Seattle station and a Portland station where their most important stories are about homelessness, crime, and litter. If anybody doesn't get this media consolidation thingy yet, Seattle and Portland are absolute hives of liberalism. So, who is Sinclair serving here? They're trying to convert these cities, not serve them. Customer satisfaction is less than irrelevant. They're on a mission from gawd.
As of right now, Jimmy is on both KOMO's own website schedule guide and the Xfinity click-on-the-remote guide. Both could be errors or lies, I suppose~~we'll find out soon enough
Boycott the Nexstar stations listed here:
https://www.nexstar.tv/stations/
And the Sinclair stations listed here:
https://sbgi.net/tv-stations/
And don’t forget to look into their advertisers (who just might be fascists)!
Okay, so protesting against Disney worked - now how do we protest against Nexstar and Sinclair?
Boycott local advertisers is one suggestion that I have seen.
I dunno - local advertisers didn't have any say in Nexstar/Sinclair buying their local stations. Even if we boycotted enough advertisers, it would only hurt the local stations - unless, of course, we could harm enough local stations that Nexstar/Sinclair would be harmed - which would be a prohibitively long row to hoe.
Well, that was quick. They realized their shitty act of greed and cowardice had been widely condemned and that there's another kind of "cancellation" than the one they imposed. A kind that cost them a lot of money. I don't have a Disney Subscription, or I would still cancel it and keep it that way. The re-airing of Kimmel's show may be a small thing in the grand scheme of Trump's rolling fascist coup, but it's something positive, anyway.
I won't be resubscribing; when I'm done with you, I'm DONE. It more often than not takes a lot to get me to that point but once there that door slams and bolts shut.
I posted this in Tabs earlier: I was up in Massachusetts for a few days last week for my middle daughter's birthday and so waited until we got back home to cancel Disney+.
I had to go through a live chat agent and told them I would no longer contribute to fascism and Disney has shown they are at the very least capitulating cowards as well as collaborators the same as Paramount. It doesn't matter if they reverse course they've shown who they are and I will never forget where they stood, or rather knelt, during this time and I will never resubscribe. Any Disney related purchases and plans have been "suspended indefinitely."
I should've added in that i don't even watch Kimmel it's the principle of the matter.
Sinclair's statement - "... our stations will focus on continuing to produce local news and other programming relevant to their respective markets” - is absolutely fucking hilarious, considering that they are notorious for forcing their cookie-cutter "local news" broadcasters to air corporate-mandated right-wing propaganda.
The ABC station here in Atlanta was running Family Feud reruns which I am sure were getting clobbered in the ratings and displeased advertisers. I know if I were an advertiser, Id be asking for a refund of my ad dollars. Family Feud? Really?
My personal theory is that Trump was more rankled by Kimmel's bit about Trump's grieving for his friend Charlie ("Very sad. By the way, did you see the construction equipment?") than by anything he said about MAGA.
Totally agree--I think that really rankled because any MAGAt watching who had more than two functioning brain cells would immediately realize that Kirk's assasination was merely an excuse (and a great distraction) for Trump and Trump couldn't care less about his "friend" Charlie-Kirk-the-MAGA/White Nationalist-podcasting-fanboy...that Trump found Kirk far more useful dead than alive. It also rankled that Kimmel compared Trump unfavorably to a goldfish (which was about right) but Trump has the world's thinnest skin and he loves to brag about how right, how smart, how savvy he is, when the truth is Trump is light years below smart.
He probably couldn't get away with it because of fire regulations, but Jimmy should have walked onstage again with big sparklers going.
Well, let's hope these idiots don't end up pulling all the Tylenol from the shelves. As I'm sure a lot of people do, I take it -- carefully, because it can do serious liver damage in some circumstances--for pain and stiffness. I would really miss it if it were to become unavailable.