FCC orders early license renewal for ABC stations following Kimmel's first lady joke (www.npr.org)

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[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 42 points 1 month ago

Electing Republicans, especially shitheels like PEDOnald, turns everything to shit.

These guys are out to ruin everything before they are done. Comedy is on the chopping block, since they kiboshed Colbert.

Ironically, dickheads like Space Karen the free speech maximalist said they wanted to bring back comedy.

But, just like free speech, they really want to kill actual comedy as well as actual free speech.

[-] jordanlund@lemmy.world 35 points 1 month ago

The last time this happened, didn't the FCC a) threaten Disney and b) at the same time try to go "Oh, no, no, no, we would NEVER do that..."

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/30/fcc-brendan-carr-jimmy-kimmel-networks

[-] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 30 points 1 month ago

early shakedown by the fascist in chief?! this cuz they are going to lose the house?

[-] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

Assuming we have free and fair elections under these assholes, yes.

They want to kill comedy that mocks PEDOnald before they lose all the control.

Because they are such snowflakes.

[-] unitedwithme@lemmy.today 6 points 1 month ago

I'm not trying to be mean, but she looks eerily like Trump with her squinty eyes, pursed lips, and RBF. Like, A Catlyn Jenner version of Trump. Does nobody else get those vibes?

[-] DishaweslemOride@lemmy.org 3 points 1 month ago

She’s a robot.

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 5 points 1 month ago

What was the joke.

[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 17 points 1 month ago

During the bit, a tuxedo-clad Kimmel called the first lady “beautiful,” saying she had “the glow of an expectant widow.”

[-] Alcoholicorn@mander.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Actually funny joke

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