ABC Affiliate Owner Demands Jimmy Kimmel Make Charlie Kirk Donation
ABC Affiliate Owner Demands Jimmy Kimmel Make Charlie Kirk Donation

ABC affiliate owner demands Jimmy Kimmel make Charlie Kirk donation

ABC Affiliate Owner Demands Jimmy Kimmel Make Charlie Kirk Donation
ABC affiliate owner demands Jimmy Kimmel make Charlie Kirk donation
This is what allowing media consolidation got you, Democrats. Sinclair has been putting its thumb on the scale for decades and you did nothing, even while they were having a measurable negative impact to Democratic support.
Perhaps most blatantly:
Sinclair executive David Smith met with Donald Trump during the 2016 election year, in which he told the future president, "We are here to deliver your message."
Yeah! The Democrats are the real villains here!! Not the actual fascists running the show, doing the evil, pulling the triggers, deporting the innocent, ignoring the laws... Fuck off with this hindsight blame game shit. Fascism is here and the real blame lies on the American people.
It's probably another example of Murc's Law. And once you see Murc's Law in action, you can never unsee it. You'll see it everywhere, and every day.
Murc’s law is named after the insight of the eponymous LGM commenter that, in American politics, only Democrats are assumed to have agency. Republicans are like rocks rolling down hill or perhaps sharks eating seals: they do what they do because that’s just what they are, so there’s no point in holding them responsible for anything, since they could not do o[t]herwise.
[emphasis mine]
That great description from : https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2024/12/the-paradoxical-limits-of-murcs-law
Not the villains. But they should do what they need to do to balance the play field.
Bad take. It's not hindsight when everyone was screaming about it, again, literally over a decade ago, and no attempt was made by the Obama or Biden era FCC to regulate it. Maybe you personally weren't aware of how dangerous this issue was becoming, but many of us were, including, importantly, Democrats in Congress.
When a train is heading for you, and you see it several minutes away, it's also your responsibility to step off the tracks before it actually runs you over.
I am not sure about that. The rich destroyed I our education and ability to live well in many cases. Uneducated people that are constantly exhausted and stressed are more easily manipulated. Goddammit I'm so sick of common people getting blamed for everything while the rich are the ones making shit worse, getting richer of our labor while they molest all these kids. The lobbyist like AIPAC and the billionaires need to be drained of resources and banned from ever doing business in the US again.
This is extremely dangerous to our democracy!
It’d be fantastic if Kimmel just says “fuck you” and donates to as many causes that Carotid Artery Charlie absolutely HATED and railed against as possible
He and Colbert and Stewart should legit start a new network and just constantly troll the regime. Maybe get Al Franken too - I’m still pretty livid about how he got character assassinated by the fucking DNC.
Hell, maybe they can rope in some actual progressive members of congress (AOC, Tlaib, Sanders, Porter, and so on - but absolutely not the ones who only pay lip service, and fucking NONE of the old guard or corporatists or neoliberals or political consultant class) and seriously bootstrap an actual progressive party to challenge and supplant the Democratic Party. If they were to do that, I’d definitely be willing volunteer my time and expertise to help them make it work.
A donation to a charity focusing on ending gun violence would be an excellent fuck you if he wanted to pretend to be diplomatic about it.
Donate deez nutz. But seriously Kimmel don't bend the fucking knee.
The fact that he hasn't made any statement about this situation yet strongly suggests that he's got them stick straight legs. Guy's got plenty of money, and now, more attention on him than he's probably ever had in his life. From a "making his way in the world" perspective, he's fine.
Let the fascists keep digging a while, no reason to say anything at all until the absolute right moment presents itself.
I doubt he does. He is probably staying quiet for now, checking with lawyers on if there is any recourse.
I'd like to make a donation...of shit...applied directly to his grave.
GET. FUCKED.
Donate a dump truck worth of manure to Turning Point USA headquarters
They want people to care about racists dying so bad.
Don't do it, Jimmy, keep your integrity
Get fucked. I hope Jimmy gives them the finger
I hope Jimmy demands the ABC affiliate owner gargle his scrotum.
It’s not Sinclair this time but it’s just as bad. Nexstar wants to merge with Tegna and create a new Sinclair, basically.
Media giant Sinclair called on Jimmy Kimmel to apologize directly to Charlie Kirk's family over remarks he made about the conservative activist's killing, and to give both them and Turning Point USA a "meaningful personal donation."
It is Sinclair though, they are the unnamed affiliate from the headline. They own 39% of ABC local stations nationwide (officially, with more through shell corps), which is why they were able to pull this bs. Although, I’m sure ABC/Disney would have folded anyways with the FCC threatening them.
Sure thing. A million dollars of donations to trans orginizations in Charlie Kirk's name.
That would be neat
Fuck them. The fuckstick that got his jugular aerated had a net worth of $12 million. His rancid widow is going to be fine.
lol fuck that
Is the right’s version of DEI just a constant barrage of IEDs?
Personally I’d just donate 1 cent and then make a sizable donation to a good cause right after
I wouldn't donate a single cent to that hate group but I would publicly give them my two cents and tell them to kindly go F themselves and then donate to planned parenthood and NAACP and Pride groups.
Lmao
Fuck you micky mouse
Has Kimmel said anything about what's going on? Made any public statements? If he has we should blow them up right? Show that you can't shut them up. Sadly I can't find any
He’s probably going to bring a legal case. It’s better to be quiet in public when you’re going to be legally challenging this type of thing.
Kirk was a twat
I'll do it for him, will get the package in the mail right away. Anyone know if they're looking for stool, semen, or santorum?
A bottle of urushiol lotion.
If he caves and actually does this, I swear...
If ABC would call their bluff. It's football season and tell them to contact Sinclair demanding ABC be put back on it would be instantly.
So: extortion.
That's what we are talking about here, right?
Not that it would happen, but I would so love for everyone to be remembering all these people for later prosecution under different leadership when Taco's gone.
These assholes should go to fucking prison for this.
Yup, extortion from a private citizen and 1st amendment violations from the FCC.
Not to mention both Sinclair and Nexstar are publicly traded companies. Surely getting involved in politics to the point where you are denying your viewership popular programing would eventually negatively affect shareholder value?
I think if I had shares in either of these companies I'd be questioning the leadership of the organization.
This is a HORRIBLE Idea! If Democrats PROSECUTE these Republican Criminals then the Republican Criminals MIGHT turn Around and make Democrats STRAIGHT UP ILLEGAL BY LABELING THEM TERRORISTS! Which will ONLY happen if Democrats make the First Move!
First move? We've been poking their corpse for nine months and all we've heard is gas escaping. These assholes wouldn't twitch if you hooked them up to a car battery.
Cute of you to think a subsequent government won't be a) Trump 2.0 or b) quick to try and forget everything that just happened under the guise of "return to normalcy".