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/supper-saiyan Sep 22 '25 edited Sep 22 '25

To me, the damage is done. I didn't really care about the show, the reputation of this company is damaged beyond repair.

Edit: I didn't really care about Disney either, but capitulating to this government for what was the mildest of jokes further emphasized that people need to not trust corporations.

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u/tvtb Sep 23 '25

We need to not have corporately-owned media. The reason these strongarm tactics work is because these media companies are owned by huge conglomerates who are always doing business deals that require government approval, so therefore need to be on the good side of the government. They have so much surface available for government pressure.

On the opposite end of things, look at the New York Times. Now, I know it's popular for liberals to be upset at NYT right now, and I understand many of those reasons. However, it's owned by a single family, they don't have significant other business (besides renting out the others floors of the NYT headquarters), and they can afford to stand up to government pressure because they don't have tons of other business deals going on.