cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36375325
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36374796
The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration.
By John Koblin, Brooks Barnes, Benjamin Mullin and Michael M. Grynbaum
Sept. 18, 2025Mr. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, and Dana Walden, his head of television, were also hearing from skittish advertisers and employees who had begun to receive threatening messages. When the team reviewed Mr. Kimmel’s planned remarks, they grew concerned that his monologue would only inflame the situation further.
So they made the call: “Jimmy Kimmel Live” would temporarily go dark.
That decision — the product of a spider’s web of interlocking political and financial pressures placed atop one of the country’s biggest corporations — quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America. Many Democrats, actors and comedians cried foul as right-wing activists celebrated. On a diplomatic trip in Britain, President Trump knocked Mr. Kimmel for “bad ratings” and proclaimed that ABC “should have fired him a long time ago.”
How disappointed was everyone when they heard how mundane the comments were?
I know when every headline said he commented on Kirk’s assassination I was expecting comments on Kirk’s assassination.
On one front. From a manchild in a shitty diaper.
Bob Iger decided it was super important to suck Chumps dick. Full Stop.
So they made the call: “Jimmy Kimmel Live” would temporarily go dark.
And consumers made their call…
Looking forward to Disney’s stock price plummeting and Iger being kicked to the curb.
