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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(129,079 posts) Fri Sep 19, 2025, 02:21 PM Sep 19

Jimmy Kimmel Said Nothing Wrong. Mostly Because He Didn't Say What MAGAs Claim.

Seth Abramson

The Kimmel scandal isn’t about Kimmel—it’s about Trump’s FCC capo Brendan Carr threatening Disney into axing an employee whose conduct Disney had no issue with. But it’s also not about Kimmel’s words.

I made the same mistake everyone did—and I have a Ph.D. in English and am a retired English professor.

My mistake wasn’t misreading late night television host Jimmy Kimmel’s supposedly controversial public words in the wake of his indefinite suspension by Disney.

My mistake was not reading them at all.

https://sethabramson.substack.com/p/jimmy-kimmel-said-nothing-wrong-mostly

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Jimmy Kimmel Said Nothing Wrong. Mostly Because He Didn't Say What MAGAs Claim. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 19 OP

Unfortunately this is a subscription-only post, so it's behind a paywall. But I have ... rog Sep 19 #1

I listened markie Sep 19 #2

rog

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1. Unfortunately this is a subscription-only post, so it's behind a paywall. But I have ...

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 02:41 PM

Sep 19

... the same frustration and posted about it yesterday. I have yet to see or hear a news outlet report this accurately. Even after playing the clip and/or quoting it verbatim, the reporters or commentators immediately mischaracterize it.

Re: How J Kimmel's quote is being characterized
https://democraticunderground.com/100220655846

It's still driving me nuts.

markie

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2. I listened

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Sep 19, 2025, 03:20 PM

Sep 19

a couple of times to Jimmy Kimmel's monologue that night.... he did not trash talk Kirk at all... the thing he did is make fun of trump's reaction to Kirk's death...

the (made-up) scandal is merely trump's need to punish anyone who dares cross him...

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