I'm a long time listener and subscriber.
You are so far left of where the country is. It's sad.
YOU are just as bad as Kimmel. Every bit as hateful.
I've read all of your political commentary for far too long. One sided.
Your side is hemorrhaging because of its disrespect for the will of the people.
How do you not see this ??
Too much Californication I suppose.
Gregg Quinn
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RFK, Jr.in charge of the CDC is truly scary. I was working in a nursing home during covid and we lost 53 residents, lost a lot on the floors I worked. The vaccine was the major reason more did not die. We had lots of vaccine skeptics at work and of course they got all their info from the internet. I was incredulous that we saw all those people die and staff would say oh it was probably something else they died from!!
I use to mention the eradication of polio due to vaccines but they weren't interested in the facts. They did their research and everyone was wrong except them.
Because I worked at a nursing home I got my flu vaccine every year to protect myself but more importantly the residents, same reason I got the covid vaccine.
Doug Gillis
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Very well said, Bob. I'm Brazilian, and here we had Bolsonaro, a "prototype" of Trump — a moron who attacked science, mixed religion with politics, advocated for arming the population, was corrupt, and simply allowed 400,000 Brazilians to die from COVID due to a lack of vaccines (and he even campaigned against vaccination and promoted the use of medications with no scientific proof). Bolsonaro also tried to stage a coup, but fortunately, he failed and is now in prison. I hope he stays there for a long time, because we've already had a dictatorship in this country, and despite the persecution and torture back then, there are still many people defending that kind of thing (of course, because they assume they won't be the ones being persecuted).
It's very sad to see everything that's happening in the US. I have a sister and friends who live there, and I'm well aware of all the absurd things that this lunatic is doing. From the outside, smart people can see that the fate of your country — if it keeps going down this path — is the worst possible: skyrocketing inflation, unpayable foreign debt, rising poverty, political persecution, attacks on science... in other words, a regression of about 100 years. I hope you're able to stop this in time, otherwise you'll soon find yourselves back in the Middle Ages.
Good luck!
Flavio Marchesin
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Where was outrage when ABC canceled Roseanne from the show she created and helped earn the network millions upon millions? Where was the outrage when Fox News kicked Tucker Carlson to the curb over his Dominion remarks while he was riding the top of the cable news ratings?
Kimmel wasn't canceled for making a political joke. He incensed ABC affiliates by stating the Kirk shooter was actually a MAGA gun loving Republican - which is patently FALSE. Robinson was a radicalized leftist who made his politics known to friends, family and the online world who hated conservatives like Kirk. Robinson was in a relationship and living with a transgender who was transitioning.
This isn't about a comedian making a political joke. This is about someone with Kimmel's platform making an outrageously false statement that millions of people would likely believe because they trust in what their TV tells them.
Patrick McOwen in Philadelphia
(Note: This is a false equivalency, Roseanne offended/touched the third rail of race whilst offending religion at the same time. Referring to Valerie Jarrett he said: "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.")
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Are you guys against cancel culture now?
Thank you,
Diane Baca
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"even the Cato Institute said Republicans commit more political violence than Democrats."
—um as did DOJ:
"DOJ deletes report on far-right violence after Kirk assassination":
https://www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/truth-or-fake/20250917-us-justice-dept-quietly-deletes-own-study-that-found-far-right-extremism-as-top-terror-threat
sofu_gan
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Delusional
Eric Beck
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Jimmy Kimmel is a commercial entity
He can say whatever he wants. If those that support his art or creativity want to make a business decision they're allowed to do that too.
Jacob R. Strumwasser
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Just GRASPING at those straws.
Wow, the anger is strong in you, it's never as good as you think and it's never as bad,
Don't worry be happy.
Julien Jorgensen
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This is BULLSH*T!
What's next, musicians change lyrics so as not to offend and lose a huge percent of venue potential because the president is squeezing the balls of the corporate man?
The extent this continues is chilling indeed.
Free speech my ass!
Marc Mcdonald in Boston
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Since you ask How about me Bob.. I merely ignore your hate speech because you still have merit and purpose for your insights in music and the important industry that supports it. Why you keep trying to become a political pundit is unfortunate.
jb
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My stand is that this piece is riddled with "Bob's bollocks". So full of inaccuracies and divisive exaggerations and fabrications. To be ignored.
Adam Howell
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Apparently there was a very small group of people out protesting his suspension. If only he had said something negative about Palestine- then there would have been a much larger crowd! It's one of the many disappointments I have in the left - they can't mobilize against authoritarianism in our own country, where we can actually do something, but have no problem drawing crowds against Israel.
Best,
Michael Cantor
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Mr. Lefsetz, it would appear that Mr. Kimmel picked the wrong hill to make his last stand on and his employers obliged him.
Jerry Redmond.
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We've had political disputes for more than 200 years. Today is different.
Since 1980, the broad 60% middle-class has had HALF their real wealth redistributed into the top 10%, and mostly the top 1%. By policy design. When you continually take from the broad middle and give to a few at the top, it destroys hope. Greater and greater levels of debt, stress, working hours, and increasingly lower quality of life is not a result of "free market economics." This was designed by and for the benefit of very top class.
Those without hope act out in increasingly punitive ways. As America falls deeper and deeper into socioeconomic class-non-linearity, expect social polarization to increase. And at some point, the disaffected masses will realize that their fight against their neighbors was misplaced. The fight, they will realize, is with those who stole from them.
John La Grou
Millennia Media
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Roseanne Barr got canceled and her career demolished for twitter comments with no apologies accepted.
Cancel culture is not a new thing.
Alex Jones got sued out of business for his hurting lies.
We have always had limited free speech,
And you are right - I had never heard of Charlie Kirk before and never watched Kimmel or any of the late night shows.
Regards,
Dave Machanick
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I, like you, am a 72-year oldster although I have yet to fall down in my front yard (I wish you a speedy 100% recovery). It's too hot here in Phoenix to spend much time out front. I absolutely love the music industry knowledge you share with your loyal readers and look forward to each and every email.
However, your defense of the indefensible like Colbert and The Man Show Jimmy is almost laughable. These spineless waifs couldn't stand up to a real debate on the issues so they just throw off-the-cuff crap out on the airwaves for impressionable blokes like yourself so you'll have something to believe in and fight the mighty fight. You're probably trapsing around your home office today wearing double black armbands to commemorate the unjust treatment of Steve and Jim. The more your put down the Donald, the more power you allow him to have, and this is coming from a person who has greatly disliked Trump since he caused the USFL to fold in the mid-80s.
Oh, and your stance to allow men transformed to women to play in women's sports reveals that you know nothing about sports and certainly never played in a sport, probably not even Little League.
Still, I can happily overlook our differences of opinion and very much look forward to your new insightful music related newsletter. Please take care of yourself; you have unique knowledge and an uncanny ability to share it with your readers.
Mark St. Cyr
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I'm in agreement with you but your point will be lost on too many because you didn't acknowledge that what Mr. Kimmel said was insensitive and disrespectful to Mr. Kirk and his family and just a dumb ass thing to say to get a laugh.
Kimmel - who's voice carries little weight - should've been told to apologize and then move on.
But this is the country we live in…. a land where common sense is but a ghost.
Rob Joseph
Columbus OH
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I get what you're saying but others might say that MSNBC is a training ground for the far left. So where does it stop? We should be encouraging people to find common ground not promoting more tribalism.
Kind regards,
Mikael Johnston
Mephisto Odyssey
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Stick to outing the entertainment industry pedos Bob.
The left only have themselves to blame.
Hasta luego.
John-Paul Greenock
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You must live in the same bubble as Kimmel. Your stats are garbage.
John Warden
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Let me start by saying that I am not going to unsubscribe from your newsletter just because I might not agree with all your posts, etc...
It is no surprise that this is where we are at with Jimmy Kimmel, but the question that we should be asking ourselves is how we got here and how people like you and -I will use the blanket term- media on the left allowed this to happen. Under the Biden administration censorship was alive and well. Anyone who dared to speak out against the standard narrative vis a vis covid origins or the dangers of the MRNA vax was immediately cancelled. Or look at Canada and the truckers protest. . In fact right now there is a case against the administration Biden versus Berenson and not a single mainstream outlet has reported on it-but I digress. During covid times, I would get into heated discussions and my POV was that it was not ok to silence and go after dissenting points of view. My belief has always been is that the first amendment is the foundation of our democracy, of our country-hence why it is the first amendment. My argument went like this- once we start censoring we go down a slippery slope because when the administration or the politics change the censorships that we disliked under one administration would now shift under a different administration. And voila, look at where we are today. Whether I like or dislike what Kimmel said is irrelevant-you are correct short of shouting fire in a movie theatre he has the right to speak what is on his mind. I have the option to listen, ignore, or counter it. During covid times, polls were conducted and the polls showed that Democrats mostly were ok with limitations on free speech. Now look where we are today-those tables are turned and its the other side censoring. I would like to think that this issue is important enough to transcend bipartisan politics and worth fighting for. I for one know that I will continue to fight for these freedoms even if the battle becomes a lonely one.
Alix Gucovsky
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I knew we were in trouble when Idiocracy was re-classified as a documentary instead of a comedy.
People who blame Trump, Harris, Biden, Vance, whoever are missing the point. The problem is that a representative democracy without informed citizens is like running a car without oil. It appears to work for a while, then breaks down.
Of course people voted for Trump. Who wouldn't want lower prices, a golden American age, a revitalized manufacturing sector, reduced inflation, and criminals taken off the streets? Sounds great, until you looked past the façade. With even the most basic knowledge of history and economics, people would realize that targeted, strategic tariffs can be beneficial but anything implemented on a wide scale has, historically and invariably, been disastrous. And history shows what happens when the government messes with the central bank - Turkey, Argentia, Lebanon, Greece, and yes, the US in the early 20th century (which is what led to creating the Fed in the first place). History does repeat itself.
Blue people drag out the Weimar republic's collapse from inflation, only to get hit with "jeez, all you blue people do is bring up Hitler." Well, don't bring up Germany. Bring up Hungary, Zimbabwe, Yugoslavia, Greece, Venezuela, Argentina - the list goes on, and inflation led to everything from a monetary collapse to civil war. So no, you don't want the Fed to lower interest rates to goose the housing market and reduce the amount paid on the national debt, because history shows unambiguously what happens when you do that.
The only way out is an actively engaged citizenry, but the definition of "actively engaged" is not scrolling through social media. That's people disengaging while they con themselves into believing they're engaged.
So, we're cooked. Sorry. I don't know whether what's next is waiting in line for our ration of beans and chicken, or pitchforks and riots, but history implies it'll be one or the other. I recommend you write, ski, enjoy Fe, read, watch cool shows, and listen to music. You can't change people, blue or red, who don't want to change. As for me, I'll be dead in a few years anyway, so this is all of academic interest. Meanwhile, my kid's learning Korean, and it's not as a hobby.
Craig Anderton
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I guess nobody remembers Rosanne getting ousted from her own show. Tucker Carlson getting booted from the station he lifted into the zeitgeist Fox News, and I could go on and on. Why is it when it happens to the opposite side (regardless of where it starts) they cry "foul ball"! Government was inherently imbued with the passion and foresight of a snail and painfully behind to make no big moves suddenly BUT now government is like playing ping pong going left and right and right and left and requiring faster and stronger neck muscles to keep up. All fine and dandy but what happens in ping pong when you take down the net? Chaos!!
Peter Sallis
(Not: It has been well-documented that Rupert Murdoch fired Tucker Carlson because he believed he was too big for his britches/uncontrollable...it had nothing to do with any criticism by Democrats.)
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If Kimmel had spoken the truth and not lied on national television he probably would still be on. Even ABC said whoa, this guy's lying and pulled the plug. If they felt he was at all telling the truth they would've kept him on regardless of the sale. Even the left wing MSM knows a lie when they see one.
This has nothing to do with free speech other than he was free to say what he did, lies and all, and ABC which owns the platform was free to take him off. There's nothing to see here Bob.
Chip H. Boston, MA
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There are actually multiple exceptions to the First Amendment: incitement, fraud, true threats, defamation, CSAM, speech integral to criminal conduct, etc. There are also a handful of stupid exceptions that shouldn't be in place, namely obscenity and fighting words.
And guess what: NONE of what Kimmel said fell into any of these exceptions.
Principled First Amendment activists actually took issue with the Biden admin pressuring social media during COVID - that's a practice called "jawboning," and today, Trump's totalitarian FCC did a far more brazen version of it.
The government should NOT be putting pressure on private actors to censor speech it doesn't like. I know a lot of my conservative friends have been taking issue with their side being called "fascist," but with all due respect to them, it's hard to refute that label when your President is doing everything in his power to prove it right.
Some may think that this is divisive rhetoric that led to Kirk's horrific killing, but I would rebut that by saying that saying mean things about someone you like isn't incitement, but free speech.
Happy Constitution Day, Bob.
Garrett Gravley
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Your an absolute clown… go back and watch the Kimmel clip when he commented on tucker Carlson being fired from fox -
Your a trust baby and we all know it
Paul Erikkson
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I just canceled my Hulu, Disney+ and ESPN+ subscriptions. The only way to combat Corporate-aided fascism, and make no mistake, that's what this is, is with your wallet. It's the only language they listen to.
Jordan Berliant
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Doing my part.
Tonight I've canceled:
Disney
DisneyPlus
Hulu
paramount plus
And will no longer watch any:
@CBS or @abc
F*ck around with viewers and you find out you're not getting our money.
Robert Pisaneschi
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Bob, in order for the masses (me) to take a stand, we need leaders. So far the leaders are organizing weekend protests. Fine, I've gone to a few and I'll show up again at No King's Day in October. But weekend protests aren't going to overthrow a dictator. If you look at countries where real change happened (or in some cases was squashed or petered out but...) you'll see that people took the streets in ways that disrupted the economy. But look at what's happened to people who dare to speak out against Kirk and Trump on their private social media... FIRED! (Remember the woman on the bike who flipped off Trump's limo in his first term and was fired? Seems long ago and almost quaint compared to where we are now.) I don't see Americans at the point yet, or even close to it, where they are going to take to the streets and risk their livelihood. Maybe because the economy isn't bad enough. Maybe because Americans don't have it in them. Certainly because corporate America actually doesn't give a rat's ass about anything other than their bottom line. But this is really, really, really bad, where we are and where we are heading.
Over the weekend I did something weird... I pulled up Peter, Paul, and Mary on Qobuz and listened to them for awhile. That was another era. We had the Civil Rights Movement and the Vietnam War to protest about, but there was also a strong current of idealism. I don't think there is much idealism today, more cynicism and a feeling that the future doesn't hold much promise. I feel sorry for my 20-something kids.
Tom Moore
Fairfax, VA
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Disney made the call on Kimmel. They don't want to deal with the political blowback of him saying things like "The shooter was probably MAGA"?? That doesn't even make sense. Kirk was MAGA lol.
As for censorship & "cancel culture", that became a thing with the far left Woke crowd long before all of this started. The problem with Woke was/is, it's authoritarian. Authoritarian & liberal can't mutually co-exist. It's a toxic, co-dependent relationship.
As a Gen X'er, when we were growing up liberal meant freedom of speech, expression & choice. Now it's all those things (AS LONG AS THE WOKE CROWD APPROVES)??
The world has inverted. The stuffy conservatives who wanted to cram morals & ethics down our throats back then are now the Woke bullies on the left. And let's face it, no one likes a bully. That's why woke failed.
But don't believe me. Just ask yourself, where's their Charlie Kirk? Oh that's right, they don't have one. Why is that? I think we all know, but that'd be a bitter "red pill" of objective reality to swallow.
Most people would rather take their daily blue pill of subjective reality. It's way more comforting. And as the wokesters would say, it gives them the "feel-good feels".
-Rick Marino
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This is not a free speech issue and as a lawyer you must know that. The first amendment prevents the government from restricting expression. It does not protect anyone from getting fired for saying things at work that piss off their boss. Enough people have been fired for saying the wrong thing to show that.
Jimmy Kimmel was free to say what he did and he is free to say it again. But when you are a highly paid star on a show with a committed but paltry audience you do have to tread a bit carefully with your comments inside and out of your place of work.
From Andrew Harting
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Jesus, Bob!
Are we living in the same Universe?
Jim Edmonston
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Stephen Miller is quite possibly the worst person who has ever held a position of political power in this country. He is a monster and a sociopath, and he deserves to go to prison for the rest of his life.
JD Vance and Mango Mussolini-- yes I am referring to POTUS, but I refuse to write or speak that asshat's name-- are both a close second. They are terrible, terrible, evil people who care only for themselves and their pursuit of money and power.
USE MY NAME!!!!!!
Beth Hardy McLennan
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I appreciate today's Jimmy Kimmel post and defending what's happening. While I don't agree with everything you've written, hell I was a republican as recently as 10 months ago (but refused to vote for Trump), what's happened since January - the chilling effect you highlight - scares the hell out of me.
And I can't imagine voting for a single republican again after what they've done in 8 months.
Alex Armbruster
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It pains me greatly to have to defend Jimmy Kimmel of all people. The most unfunny, sanctimonious person around. Free speech is protected from the government. Corporations have to determine on a daily basis whether this juice is worth the squeeze. Business decisions are not protected in the same fashion. AOC, Chuck Schumer and Jimmy himself have reminded us of this over the years.
AOC telles Jen Psaki that broadcast TV is subject to federal regulation and can and should pull people off the air that say inciting things:
https://x.com/mazemoore/status/1968490974449176840
Chuck Schumer says Rupert Murdoch needs to take Tucker Carlson off the air for the things he says:
https://x.com/WesternLensman/status/1968519104022577264
Jimmy Kimmel celebrates Tucker's firing from Fox (a true Chef's Kiss):
https://x.com/ellen83378675/status/1968517971325714759
Disney fired Gina Carano for her personal social media posts - and herein lies the distinction. She sued and Disney settled, primarily because Disney conflated her personal opinions with her work responsibilities. And ABC cancelled 'Roseanne" after tweets about Valarie Jarrett. I'm sure you were up in arms about that incident as well.
Kimmel chose to use Disney's platform for his personal opinions, specifically highlighting that the shooter was a MAGA disciple. As AOC stated, broadcast TV is subject to federal regulation. If Kimmel really has a case, he can sue Disney like Carano did. And if we are being honest, Kimmel's 1.5mm viewers weren't paying the bills. Disney likely saw this termination as a way to look oppressed while getting rid of a non performing asset - a win-win.
Lastly, to try and compare outcomes from Kirk and Kimmel is disingenuous at best. One got assassinated by a guy who had sex with furries and the other got fired. Kimmel is not enough of a threat to anyone. If he were, he could hang out his own shingle and attract a significant following. Kirk, on the other hand, went out with a microphone and encouraged any and all to debate him. Agree with him or not, at least he had the balls to do it in the public square against what the elite would call the up and coming best and brightest - our university-schooled populus. Kimmel operated in an echo chamber. He had the bullhorn of network media and couldn't outdraw anyone of consequence. His reach would be even less on his own.
Tim Schuler
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I sit here in Las Vegas, visiting my American relatives, Fox News on all day long.
They're good people, really they are, they've been incredibly generous with us, but it breaks my heart they can't see the world with logic and reasoning.
They can't see that the precedent being set will visit them negatively sooner than later.
They rail at the tv, cussing when they see Obama make reasoned logical comments about the situation.
They say Kimmel deserves it, but isn't this whole issue about free speech. Isn't that what Kirk said he was fighting for, free speech.
Isn't Kimmel entitled to that same free speech? Kirk, his supporters would say, died for free speech. Kimmel's (and Kirk's) right for free speech. Not just Kirk's, not just Trump's, not just my free speech.
Eventually an opposing politician will be elected POTUS and eventually that new POTUS may well use all the new 'normal' and new 'norms' in a way that may make Trump look tame in comparison.
It isn't all about today. It is all about tomorrow.
What do these people expect?
I'm intentionally optimistic, but I look to the USA at times with, almost, tears in my eyes.
That shining city on the hill doesn't look so shiny anymore…
Steve F.
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But this line has me laughing...
To the point where if anybody e-mails me something anti-Trump they say not to use their name.
Do you know how many people have had to keep quiet about being pro-Trump in the world? Because they're worried about their contemporaries or whatever. I have friends on both sides. I'm not pro anybody. I call out sh*t when I see it. I think most of this stuff is a joke And I think you know that it is, the giant annoying one. But you always lean one side Bob and I get that but you have to see the irony in that statement right now. I know you pay attention enough to see it And now all of a sudden the script gets flipped, and that's suddenly a problem?
I love this world and the ridiculousness that ensues. It will never change. Cuz we are human. I appreciate you very much for when we see eye to eye and especially when we don't. Cuz you make me think
All the best
Joe Kramer
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I don't see conservative radio getting rid of their people who spew far more dangerous rhetoric than anything Kimmel said.
Loren Parkins
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100%
Even if Kimmel has a small viewership on TV, he has to have bigger numbers on YouTube where people go to watch his monologue.
This is a very scary and chilling time in this country. On a lot of fronts.
Alison Auerbach
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You nailed it. The soybean farmers are going broke. Small businesses are getting killed with customs and brokerage charges for small international orders (under $800 used to be cleared for no additional fees, until Trump changed that a few weeks ago). Free speech is under threat every single day.
Toby Mamis
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In fact, I'm boycotting all Disney products, and I also refuse to accept or buy any product with any Disney character on it until I can see that that little mouse has some balls ~
As far as I'm concerned, Jimmy Kimmel is my Charlie Kirk ~
RS
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Jimmy brought it on himself. He is obviously surrounded by clueless people who live in a vacuum. He exercised his right of free speech—no law against being an ass-hole or being a liar.. But there are consequences. I hope it was worth it. Jimmy has given ABC a gift. His show is bombing like Colbert's.. Now that ABC has a late-night slot open to find something better, they can try a few things out. It's as Winston Church Hill said. "Never Let a Good Crisis go to Waste," and later, Rahm Emanuel.
David May
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Whether or not Kimmel should've been fired is between him, ABC and the networks that syndicate his show. I stopped watching him years ago when he became inflicted with severe Trump derangement syndrome. I used to watch him every night, but his stupidity and hyper partisanship got to be unbearable. As for what he said about Kirk's shooter being one of the right's own, it was somewhat shocking to hear him say that, because all of the evidence and basic common sense said otherwise. I think he unfortunately got caught up in the left-wing propaganda campaign that tried to paint the killer as a right winger to deflect attention away from the left, as the left had been hammered pretty hard by Republicans after the shooting. But nobody with common sense bought that propaganda, except for loyal followers of the left. Kimmel probably should've just kept his mouth shut, but I don't think he can help himself. He's had a sick obsession with Trump and Republicans for years and takes every opportunity he can to disparage them. As a former fan, it was sad to see him go from running an entertaining nightly talk show, to basically a political hack. I'm not sure what's next for him, but hopefully he'll take a lesson away from the fact that he lost likely half his audience in the last 10 years because of his partisanship.
tonycor1
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"At what point does the public stand up and say NO MAS!"
They don't. The time to stand up was when the left started down this road.
How does it feel to now be on the other side of it?
Brendon Wood
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Protest in the street? It'll be one and done. Stop watching football on Saturday and Sunday? Now that's going to hurt ABC and CBS.
Drew Robertson
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Glad to see Kimmel go. His comments were out of line.
Joe Zalescik
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What kind of stand are you taking Bob? For a liar and against a murder victim? Ok. I'll still read your stuff and hope you stay focused on the business you know well and not this kind of bullsh*t.
Michael Weintraub
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We are no longer waiting for authoritarianism we are in the thick of it. To play to Trump's fragile ego King Charles threw him a parade. Smart. Make him feel like a king while the world laughs at him. Flattery will get you everywhere with this endlessly needy, miserable lout. Here? Just a bunch of cowardly collaborators in shutting down dissent: Bezos, Cook, Zuckerberg, Disney, ABC, Paramount, CBS, MSNBC, Columbia, Wash Po, Paul Weiss, etc. He'll see you're weak and just come down on you harder and you'll rue the day. That's what bullies do. Everything he touches dies, how do you not know that by now? The cruelest and stupidest are in charge. Pathetic. Show some f*cking spine before it all disappears. Sh*ttiest time to be an American in my lifetime.
Mitch Tenzer
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I don't stand with you and I feel you are out of touch with many things! Some you are in touch with! I used to be a democrat and I switched to republican and I have watched the democrats stir up and agitate people like no time in my life! All they do is speak of violence and canceling people! Now that Kirk is dead they are celebrating ad nauseam and are getting cancelled and they do t like it! It's about time! There are plenty people I don't like or can't stand nor do I wish for their death! The left for the most part are unhinged!
All the best to you! We all need to govern ourselves accordingly!
Regards,
Jack Berman
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I agree 100% . How can Kilmeade still be on FOX after hr suggested that a solution would be killing all the homeless by lethal injections but Kimmel gets cancelled? We are officially living in an authoritarian regime. FCC chair Brendan Carr sounded mob like in his comments "We can do it this easy way or the hard way….Kimmel must go."
I am actually scared .. I know a lot of incredible people in the TV community that have just been given notice. ( Colbert staff) and others that were at work today on Kimmel as they heard the news there would be no show tonight or in the future. What can we do? The midterms seem so far away. #StandWithKimmel. #RemoveTrump. Xxx Gigi Shapiro
Jack Berman I see your point Bob, but Kimmel could've waited a little while before saying what he said. Or he could've expressed more sympathy and condolences and then added in his piece in a more compassionate manner. People are already pissed off, and they've been pissed off for a long time now. This is not about the economy but society and culture. So why didn't Jimmy try to help? Anyone who knows Kimmel knows what his point of view is. He knew he'd cause trouble by antagonizing. But I'm sure he thought it was something he had to do... Let's see how that works out...
//Agostino Scafidi
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The roots of this go back perhaps even further, to the Telecommunications Act of 1996, signed, ironically by President Bill Clinton.
Before the bill, companies could own no more than 12 television stations or 20 AM and 20 FM, though I'm not sure who'd want to buy an AM these days.
Nexstar Media Group owns or partners with more than 200
stations in 116 U.S. markets, reaching 220 million people. Nexstar is the largest local television broadcasting group in the United States. In August, Nexstar announced its intent to acquire the media company Tegna.
If that $6.2 billion acquisition is completed, Nexstar would own a combined total of 265 stations, serving 80% of U.S. TV households. Heaven forbid a late night comic with a small, but loyal following get in the way of said merger.
It's the law of unintended consequences.
Now, my son is urging me to cancel my Disney+ subscription.
What a dilemma. Hulu, ESPN.
I might just have to buck up and send ABC/Disney a message. Where's Bob Iger in all this?
-Steve Leventhal
Jack Berman Some clarification:
"That was the criticism of the Biden administration, it stifled free speech.". More accurately, it was one criticism, and it didn't stifle free speech ,it violated the first amendment. Twitter files.
"We can debate the right choice in the future, but this was a unique situation, Covid...none of the populace had experienced a pandemic, and isn't the first obligation of the federal government to protect its citizens?" That we agree...unfortunately instead they protected their corrupt corporate campaign supports, BigHarma.
"Well, if you follow the RFK, Jr. b.s... Sure, RFK, Jr. is entitled to spew his anti-vaccine crap, as long as he doesn't inflict this garbage upon the public at large." Well perhaps you can do a better job than Suzanne did at yesterday's Senate hearing to explain the rationale for giving ALL newborns a Hepatitis jab?
"Most of the older generations had never even heard of the guy! As for college students..." Correct, I may have heard his name, but never heard his opinions.
"Generation Lab polled 1,030 students, and found out 94% had heard of Kirk. As for their opinion of his views... 70% said they "strongly disagree" or "somewhat disagree," while only; 30% said they agreed. (This info is from Puck, the article is behind a paywall...)". You may have missed this poll, 88% of students feel compelled to adopt a progressive facade. Our so-called best and brightest, the vast majority of college students in our nation's top universities, willingly give up their values to conform. Sad. There will be far fewer Rosa Parks, Oskar Schindler, MLK Jr., Mahatma Gandhi, Maximilian Kolbe, Muhammad Ali, Nelson Mandela, in our future. Rather we are raising a great number of legacy media journalists, cable news anchors, corporate lobbyists, captured scientists, corrupt intelligence agents, amoral corporate leaders and untrustworthy politicians (but I repeat myself).
https://washingtonstand.com/article/the-cost-of-conformity-study-reveals-88-of-students-feel-compelled-to-adopt-progressive-facade?fbclid=IwY2xjawM5EAJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHjHcuO7sqvuNrrCTBxqCVon-GOgOTS8M54X9i0_dkxnogE7BaMOjwS3shAgM_aem_Vj3405QsDQplmZMrBuba9Q
"If I have to listen to his crap, how come Jimmy Kimmel can't blow back?" Of course he can...but there are consequences for your speech. Those that celebrate murder and call for other targets should be shunned. Jimmy's problem is that he hasn't been funny for years, take it from someone that refused to be jabbed and heard about his degrading comments of those refusing a mandated experimental medical treatment even for those with natural immunity and those with little or no risk. Sorry Wheezie...
"The tariffs are killing our economy." There are plenty of issues killing our economy, tariffs is not one of them...stick to your expertise, the music industry.
"As for Kimmel, he's now become a martyr.". That illustrates the sad state of one wing of the uniparty.
I don't agree with your political views, but there are few political views on either side I agree with. However, I enjoy reading them, as I enjoy reading the NYT, WaPo and especially the comments from their readers, as it provides a view of the positions for those on one each side of the political spectrum.
Keep trucking.
Ed Kelly
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It's a delicate line for those of us who are not citizens (just Green Card holders)
- Anonymous!
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It's clear the liberal woke mind-virus has taken full control of your brain. A little at first, here and there — and then all at once. It's a total takeover. A complete cave-in. A consumption so complete there is little doubt as to what has happened to you and your so-called letter. Which apparently is dwindling subscribers with every new missive as you seemingly attempt to dig out of a hole so deep the bottom is now closer than the top. You are clearly back on your heels, always scoffing and complaining about sour grapes. The position of the left has become pretty much indefensible on most issues and anything having to do with good policy. Toxic empathy. Out of control rabid "humanitarianism" without regard to downstream consequences. Blind handouts. Why work for it when we will give it away?
No, Bob, I wouldn't give you the satisfaction of unsubscribing. It's too delicious, too predictable. Too entertaining, just perhaps not the way you want it to be. Your voice gets weaker and weaker, your message less compelling, logic less integral. Reduced to a state of a high pitched whine. You've successfully curated an audience of acolytes and robots. And you've done yourself no favors. I would be willing to guess your current subscribers are half of what they were at the peak before you became a sage political analyst. How is that working out for ya? Pontificating to a bunch of yes-men and women who agree with everything you write. Wow, what an important and incisive hard hitting cultural service you provide.
Kimmel is a toxic a-hole who has become so unlikeable and unfunny over the years it's an astonishing downfall. The real reason he's off the air has nothing to do with his callous off-putting and misguided remarks about Kirk. The real reason is that he is performing in a vacuum. He's irrelevant and his ratings SUCK. And the TV brass know this. Just one more self-important unfunny and irrelevant insufferable boring late night jackass pretending he's cutting edge and the voice of our times. NOT. The level of tone-deaf self-delusion is truly astonishing.
Anyway I'll stick it out. I won't abandon ship. I'll suck it up and keep this masachostic dance in motion.
Seth is next.
andy lavalle
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The thing is Bob, while you may be known for your pithy insights into the music business and it's parallel universes that include cinema and even a good chunk of the art world, in my view, your political commentary is unique and very interesting; you observations stand out in a sea of other, and sometimes very learned, opinions.
I for one hope you carry on with the social and political commentary. Let's face it, the music business is over. The halcyon days of 50s& 60s Jazz is in the record books and now Rock is in the rearview mirror, and god knows what this is that we're listening to on the radio — well perhaps not a table radio made of bakelite, but you know what I mean.
I responded to a well known promoter of a beloved festival, when he asked me what I thought about his upcoming annual event, that it reminded me of a civil war reenactment; they're wearing my old clothes, they're playing my old instruments, they're singing all of my old songs. We didn't speak for months.
Anyway, thank you for your commentary and yes, having Kimmel swept out the door was surprising but in a way totally expected because of the way ownerships and ownership vectors overlap one another. Late stage capitalism reaching its unavoidable conclusion. We are so f*cked.
Thx
Dave Dalzell
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The right has been the victim of cancer culture for years and now the tables have turned. It's really that simple.
Thanks,
Ernie Canadeo
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And you just lost one more subscriber, good riddance.
Funktion808
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Colbert. Kimmel.
You're next. And that's not exaggeration.
Jeffrey Oster
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