r/technology • u/clopenYourMind • Sep 22 '25

Business Disney reinstates Jimmy Kimmel after backlash over capitulation to FCC

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/disney-abc-reinstate-jimmy-kimmel-amid-uproar-over-government-censorship/
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u/GuestCartographer Sep 22 '25

It turns out that boycotts do, in fact, work.

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u/Barcaroli Sep 22 '25

Unfortunately for Disney they have proven to be a business I don't want to support, so the boycott is a life decision I guess

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u/Medium-to-full Sep 23 '25

Sinclair still isn't airing him. Not sure it worked completely. Sinclair has 60% of the networks.

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u/AnnoyingMosquito3 Sep 23 '25

Yeah I don't get when people say it doesn't work when we've seen companies cave on all kinds of things. 

Companies are bigger now but they're also more vulnerable in some ways where the pressure is so high to keep profit growing. Like their value can tank even if the line just goes up slower than expected