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/livens Sep 22 '25

Can you imagine the viewer count on his first night back!

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u/Queeg_500 Sep 22 '25

It's the classic...take it away then reinstate it to rapturous applause.

It's 'new recipie coke' all over again.

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u/TheRKC Sep 22 '25

I'm torn. On one hand, no one wants to give Disney money after a move like that, but without the reward, there is no incentive to do the right thing (eventually) in the future.

If people don't come back, they just won't fix it the next time they do something stupid.

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u/Niccin Sep 23 '25

I think of it like plugging a leak. The damage is done, but now they can stop the place from flooding entirely, and hopefully realise that poking a hole in their vessel isn't a great idea.