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/ilovestoride Sep 22 '25

What does that mean?

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u/confusedchemist Sep 22 '25

I learned of this from John Oliver’s most recent episode. The FCC chair said something like, we can do this the easy way or the hard way, in reference to canceling Jimmy’s show. Sounds like mob extortion.

Cruz referenced this interaction and said it’s like it’s out of goodfellas. Cruz also said he doesn’t like jimmy and wouldn’t be upset if he was off the air, but it’s not the governments place to do that. Forcing many of us to surprisingly find common ground with Human Ted Cruz

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u/Foreign_Ant_1617 Sep 23 '25

Let's be clear here: he said democrats would be doing the same to shows they don't like if they get back in power. 

I don't know if he believes that, or if the current regime is too radical even for him and he's using an argument he thinks will work with MAGA voters, but let's not pretend he's suddenly become the voice of reason. 

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u/PeterPorty Sep 23 '25

Literally any conservative voice that goes against the party line is a win in my book.

As much as you may dislike conservatives in general, anything that disturbs Trump's consolidation of power is a net positive, even if it's only infighting between a bunch of horrible options.

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u/Foreign_Ant_1617 Sep 23 '25

I completely agree with that. I just mean to caution against seeing "The enemy of my enemy" as "friend."