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turbinetree

(26,593 posts) Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:37 PM Tuesday

FCC chair doubles down on Jimmy Kimmel hours before show set to return

By Nicole Charky-Chami
Published September 23, 2025 3:01 PM ET

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr is doubling down on his attempt to punish Jimmy Kimmel — and now blames Democrats for the wave of backlash after Disney and ABC pulled the show last week.

"Democrats just keep digging themselves a deeper & deeper hole on Kimmel," Carr wrote on X. "They simply can’t stand that local TV stations—for the first time in years—stood up to a national programmer & chose to exercise their lawful right to preempt programming. We need to keep empowering local TV stations to serve their communities of license."

TV station groups Nexstar Media and Sinclair Broadcasting have said they plan to boycott Kimmel's show after ABC and its parent company Disney announced it will return Tuesday — backtracking on its earlier decision to pull the show after comments made about Charlie Kirk.

https://www.rawstory.com/jimmy-kimmel-2674025773/

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FCC chair doubles down on Jimmy Kimmel hours before show set to return (Original Post) turbinetree Tuesday OP

He can burn in Hell LW1977 Tuesday #1

I keep thinking of how this "guy" worked for the Koch backed Heritage foundation turbinetree Tuesday #6

Kimmel spoke the truth. Carr is pissed because the Dictator is unhappy. RedWhiteBlueIsRacist Tuesday #2

The brazen, public partisanship of this admin is staggering berniesandersmittens Tuesday #3

Sinclair and Nexstar are not "local TV stations". They are conglomerates with franchises. Midnight Writer Tuesday #4

Conglomerates that far exceed the number of stations and reach of their holdings when viewed ... Dave says Tuesday #11

FU Carr.. Way Down there in your Hell HOLE. Cha Tuesday #5

Now Now I was thinking of pounding sand.................... turbinetree Tuesday #9

Yeah, I do the Coping Mechanism that Cha Tuesday #16

Both Sinclair and Nexstar Diraven Tuesday #7

Sounds like he is admitting there was an Baitball Blogger Tuesday #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Conjuay Tuesday #12

Great, let them boycott stumpysbear Tuesday #10

Bite me. sheshe2 Tuesday #13

Like Swalwell said: johnnyfins Tuesday #14

Most of these companies are public traded. Frasier Balzov Tuesday #15

LW1977

(1,572 posts)

1. He can burn in Hell

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:40 PM

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turbinetree

(26,593 posts)

6. I keep thinking of how this "guy" worked for the Koch backed Heritage foundation

Reply to LW1977 (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:47 PM

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and Fred Koch basically got his money from Stalin and Hitler...........and then look at what history did..............every time I applied for a job I looked at the history of the company to tell myself.....................yes or no.............apparently libertarians don't look into that................ they just dislike government.............

RedWhiteBlueIsRacist

(1,165 posts)

2. Kimmel spoke the truth. Carr is pissed because the Dictator is unhappy.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:42 PM

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berniesandersmittens

(12,628 posts)

3. The brazen, public partisanship of this admin is staggering

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:44 PM

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They've weaponized the executive branch fully, from top to bottom.

Midnight Writer

(24,774 posts)

4. Sinclair and Nexstar are not "local TV stations". They are conglomerates with franchises.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:44 PM

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They are no more "local" than a McDonald's.

Dave says

(5,254 posts)

11. Conglomerates that far exceed the number of stations and reach of their holdings when viewed ...

Reply to Midnight Writer (Reply #4)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:52 PM

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... in the lay of the land before the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which (a BIG alas) was signed into law by Clinton.

Cha

(314,619 posts)

5. FU Carr.. Way Down there in your Hell HOLE.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:45 PM

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turbinetree

(26,593 posts)

9. Now Now I was thinking of pounding sand....................

Reply to Cha (Reply #5)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:48 PM

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Cha

(314,619 posts)

16. Yeah, I do the Coping Mechanism that

Reply to turbinetree (Reply #9)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:08 PM

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works for me.

TY

Diraven

(1,614 posts)

7. Both Sinclair and Nexstar

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:47 PM

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Are trying to suck up to Carr because he can only approve one of them to merge with Tegna. That's all this is. It's not like they're actually going to more ad money by preempting Kimmel.

Baitball Blogger

(50,983 posts)

8. Sounds like he is admitting there was an

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:48 PM

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Orchestrated effort to punish Kimmel. Look who is digging himself a hole.

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Conjuay This message was self-deleted by its author.

stumpysbear

(250 posts)

10. Great, let them boycott

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:50 PM

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The free market will vote with their wallets.

sheshe2

(93,998 posts)

13. Bite me.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:54 PM

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johnnyfins

(2,960 posts)

14. Like Swalwell said:

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 07:55 PM

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Get a lawyer and preserve your documents.

BTW, Carr, TSF will abandon you. Have fun with that. Looks like you'll eventually "go through some things".

Frasier Balzov

(4,582 posts)

15. Most of these companies are public traded.

Reply to turbinetree (Original post)

Tue Sep 23, 2025, 08:05 PM

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Nextstar: NXST

Sinclair: SBGI

Salem: SALM

Disney: DIS

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