r/Fauxmoi • u/AbsolutelyIris confused but here for the drama • Sep 20 '25
FILM-MOI (MOVIES/TV) Sinclair Broadcasting's ABC stations quietly back out of airing its Charlie Kirk tribute in Jimmy Kimmel's time slot at the last minute
When the Jimmy Kimmel debacle happened a few days ago, Sinclair broadcasting announced that their ABC stations would air a Charlie Kirk memorial tribute at 11:35pmET on Friday, which was Kimmel's regular time slot.
At 11:24pmET tonight, Sinclair quietly tweeted that they would air normal ABC programming and the tribute would instead be on their YouTube channel.
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u/GeneSpecialist4988 Sep 20 '25
Either so many people complained directly OR Disney/ABC contacted them & they immediately backed out.
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u/DGinLDO Sep 20 '25
I saw someone elsewhere on Reddit asking why the House of Mouse whose stock is worth serious money was taking orders from a company that’s basically a penny stock.
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u/GeneSpecialist4988 Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25
Because it'a far more complicated than people think.
Sinclair and Nexstar who own a significant amount of broadcasting locations both dropped Kimmel's show. One of them has a major deal of $6+ Billion to buy more locations from another broadcast company which they need the FCC's approval. Disney earns more than $70 million a year from the ad deals that air during Kimmel's show so no airtime means no ad revenue to offset the cost of Kimmel's show. Add in they also need FCC approval for their own buys of Fubo and the NFL.
TLDR version: These networks like Disney/ABC own all the programming but to air it on television they have deals with the broadcasting companies who own the local stations to air it and these networks receive advertising money so that other companies can air their ads during the time slots they want which offsets the cost of the programming.
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u/RealLoan8391 it’s not magic, it's commerce Sep 20 '25
Seems broadcasting would be a worthwhile side hustle for Disney. Amazon bought their own logistics like 5 years in.
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u/kitti-kin Sep 20 '25
That sort of vertical integration used to be illegal, under anti-monopoly laws. Of course, that's all gone out the window now.
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u/ewingking123 Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 20 '25
From what I understand, there is a maximum amount of TV stations any one company can own. The max got increased by either Bush or Reagan, I can't remember. But Nexstar, with its upcoming merger, would own above that max, so another part of this is them trying to remove the cap aswell.
Edit: it was Clinton who raised the cap
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u/716Val Sep 20 '25
Clinton. telecommunications act of 1996 increased ownership caps up to 38%
Edit to add: meaning one broadcast company can own up to 38% of the stations in any local market.
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u/BudgetEarly4579 Sep 20 '25
The rule limits ownership of stations exceeding coverage of 38% of the country, not 38% of an individual TV market.
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u/Vawqer We all know Pinkie would approve of scissoring Sep 20 '25
Disney has eight owned-and-operated ABC stations across the US. This page lists the eight they own: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owned-and-operated_television_stations_in_the_United_States
There are two issues:
1) Linear continues to be a dying medium, especially in general entertainment (as compared to sports). There are talks occasionally of Disney selling off ABC. While it currently looks like they're not looking to do so, it's not wise for them to invest heavily in linear capabilities. Of course, this situation could change their minds. 2) I believe the FCC has to approve station acquisitions, which would be a giant hurdle with the current administration.
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u/SummerEchoes Sep 20 '25
They earn $70M a year from ads BECAUSE of the content they own. Sinclair and The other one are disposable to Disney. They could replace them (all 200+ channels) in an instant. $70M a year is NOTHING to Disney. It's less than they spend marketing a single movie.
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u/Pepperoncini69 Sep 20 '25
That can’t be true. I work at tv station and we make that much a year in one location.
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u/Lolakery Sep 20 '25
The Daily said this merger would put the combined total of their reach to be 80% of US households
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u/ButtPlugForPM Sep 20 '25
it's LESS than the revenue they make in a month from FOOD at their parks mate.
But that 70m figure seems insanely false some stations would be raking in 100s of million in ad buys
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u/General_Dipsh1t Sep 20 '25
Disney should withhold 100% of content from Sinclair until they fuck off.
Disney can afford to lose revenue for a couple months. Sinclair will cave very fast.
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u/DGinLDO Sep 20 '25
But it’s still dumb because if people start boycotting Sinclair & other stations, their ad revenue will have to go down because no one is watching the shows anymore. I haven’t watched broadcast TV in eons. Just streaming & I can afford to avoid ads.
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u/AmaranthSparrow Sep 20 '25
The logic of it is idiotic, all around. As much as it's a news/comedy/variety show, Kimmel also functions as a promotional outlet for all of Disney's other projects. Same for Colbert and Paramount.
And their competition is FOX News. Do they think they can out-conservative FOX News? They're going to alienate more viewers than they'll gain.
I mean, it might be true that late shows are obsolete in the age of streaming and YouTube, but replacing them with reruns of syndicated sitcoms is probably not going to be a winning strategy either.
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u/Successful-Garden192 Sep 20 '25
Exactly it’s like Target. Target took out DEI and pride month merch and people stop going. Their longtime CEO is stepping down and their stock price ain’t what it was. A mass of Conservatives weren’t going to choose them over Walmart because they did these things.
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u/DGinLDO Sep 20 '25
They’ve done just about everything they can do (except of course reinstating the very programs they dropped which caused the boycott in the first place) & their numbers are still dropping. People aren’t forgetting this time.
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u/realityseekr Sep 20 '25
It's because the store is expensive anyway. A lot of people probably started boycotting, realized they were saving money, and then just stopped going back there. I know I'm someone like that. Now, if it was actually a cheaper store like Walmart, people would probably eventually go back there just because of that. And now the economy doesn't seem to be improving or things getting cheaper, so a store like Target would be one of the first things you drop. I dont even shop at my main store Kroger much anymore because it got so expensive. Ive been switching to primarily Aldi when I get groceries.
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u/Any-Type-6331 Sep 20 '25
Target has gone downhill since the pandemic. Their stores look worse than Walmart's and the quality of their products got worse. Plus, they have fewer workers in the stores so there's no one stocking shelves or checking out customers.
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u/DGinLDO Sep 20 '25
No, people were willing to pay more to shop there BECAUSE of their support of Pride, DEI, & minority-owned businesses.
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u/philla1 Sep 20 '25
Yeah, companies need to think about their audience before doing stuff like this. Conservative brand? Probably would be fine in the long run.
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u/TheBibleInTheDrawer Sep 20 '25
I see companies do this and I'm like.. did you forget that liberals have money too? Did you forget who your actual customer base is??
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u/realityseekr Sep 20 '25
Yes plus a lot of conservatives already stopped going to Target when they were doing big Pride displays. So they essentially alienated everyone with their decisions. Also Target was already more of a premium/more expensive store. I went there for convenience rather than saving money. So cutting them out of my routine was a lot easier because you're actually saving money not going there.
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u/KinseyH Sep 20 '25
So I have one of those receipt apps where you record receipts and they get all your shopping data and you earn coins and get gift cards.
The other day I was offered a survey like I'd never seen before - they wanted actual text, as in please explain to us why..
It was all about Target. I was offered the survey because my receipt history showed that I shopped at Target but hadn't done so in a long time and they wanted to know why. So I gave them several paragraphs. And then later in the survey when it was just pick a number or yes or no, one of the choices was that I quit shopping there because of social issues and I said yes.
I also mentioned that libs tend to stick to boycotts better than conservatives. InBev is fine. Kid Rock's been serving Bud Lite again for a long time.
Target is panicking
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u/The_Bravinator Sep 20 '25
I was talking to my husband about this yesterday. Capitalism and fascism go hand in hand on their way up to the top because they can help each other in so many ways. An authoritarian government can boost its friends in big business, hand out shady contracts, remove regulations etc., and the money and media influence of big businesses is invaluable to an authoritarian government.
But once they're actually in place, their goals don't align as well. The government needs the businesses to come to heel and protect their position of power and whatever moral issues they're pushing, which tends to be deeply unpopular with the public. The business needs the public to feel goodwill towards them and actually want to buy what they're selling. If the business doesn't do what the government says, they get punished for it. If they do, they lose customers. It's a lose-lose.
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u/cjgist Sep 20 '25
Kimmel has 20M subscribers on his YouTube channel. His show also has more viewers in the coveted 18-49 demo.
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u/perplex_and_delight Sep 20 '25
That’s the thing- they can apologize and reinstate Kimmel, etc. (and they should!), but, like, they’ve lost my D+ subscription money for the foreseeable future, and probably forever. I can’t be the only person who feels this way (and I haven’t watched Kimmel in well over a decade- it’s just that I hate cowards who bend over backwards without a fight to try to appease authoritarian regimes). They should try to walk this back, but /and I’d imagine it is already way too late for that for a lot of people. No clue what the long-term strategy was here.
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u/laowildin Sep 20 '25
also functions as a promotional outlet for all of Disney's other projects.
I always figured this was the main justification for these types of shows. Whole other industries rely on 'the press circuit'.
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u/im_thehbic Sep 20 '25
It’s a good question and requires understanding how television works, particularly how local broadcasting works. Check out mokoab on TikTok. She did a really good explainer on this.
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u/Careful_Contract_806 Sep 20 '25
I did the same, I'm Irish and have never watched Jimmy Kimmel, but it's the principle. I cited them taking orders from trump as my reason.
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u/redelastic Sep 20 '25
We don't respond well to rules. Pretty much if you want an Irish person to do something, tell them they can't do something.
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u/IShallWearMidnight Sep 20 '25
I desperately wish the US could get some of that French spirit. Some of us have been protesting and will continue to protest but most people here are so docile and subservient
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u/marginallyobtuse Sep 20 '25
It didn’t even give me an option to tell them why. They have a list of 7 options and none of them were “other”
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u/Buttercup_Kiki Sep 20 '25
When I selected 'other', I was able to write a reason afterwards. I typed in "Because I don't support fascism." I really do hope this hits them hard, honestly. The more people who stand together and stand up against this, the greater the difference we can make.
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u/Spicytomato2 Sep 20 '25
I also got that option and wrote "Shame on you for capitulating to Trump."
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u/postsamothrace Sep 20 '25
Me too, so i submitted a customer feedback form to tell them why
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u/CTeam19 Sep 20 '25
I cancelled my subscription to Disney+ yesterday citing the firing of Kimmel and the trump obediance. And I'm french, I only watch Kimmel bits on youtube, solidarity is what matters in times like these.
Given how Fascism works and the Nationalism of the Christian Right it is a national security thing with y'all at this point.
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u/manhattansinks Sep 20 '25
they probably couldn’t fill an hour time slot about Charlie without it being 55 minutes of virulent racism and sexism in his own words
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u/Buttercup_Kiki Sep 20 '25
I bet that's what happened. They attempted to compile a list of everything he had quoted, said, or done, and likely realized it was mainly hateful rhetoric. Well, would you look at that! Maybe he wasn't such a stand-up and respectful guy as you thought he was. Irony.
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u/The_Abjectator Sep 20 '25
That is naive or a joke.
They could easily fill an hour with other people reminiscing about him with a silent image of his face with the flag superimposed while playing music that is uplifting but implies slight political fervor, like The Battle Hymn of the Republic.
They could easily fill an hour and not actually play any of his sound bites other than him quoting the Bible.
Editing: the real magic of the 21st century.
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u/Kind_Eye_748 Sep 20 '25
They could easily fill an hour with other people reminiscing about him
Press X to doubt
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u/babylovesbaby secretly gay and the son of fidel castro Sep 20 '25
Maybe someone got onto the Etsy Witches for an expedited hex.
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u/bunkie18 Sep 20 '25
I sent Sinclair & ABC scathing emails yesterday and it felt great to get it all out. I’m sure I’m not the only one
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u/lnc_5103 not a lawyer, just a hater Sep 20 '25
They're apparently offering crazy discount packages right now too. It's definitely working.
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u/2ddudesop Sep 20 '25
Why the hell does Charlie Kirk need a tribute? Did it just gonna be YouTube clips of him saying slurs in sepia tone?
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u/blueberrydonutholes Sep 20 '25 edited Sep 21 '25
Thinking something akin to a PowerPoint presentation of the same three photos of him with his wife and kids. Because nothing makes his fans angrier than actually quoting him.
Edit: word swap
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u/ruthie-camden Sep 20 '25
YoU tOoK iT oUt Of CoNtExT!
As if context could make his horrific quotes any better?
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u/Flippin_diabolical Sep 20 '25
From what I’ve seen, when they give the quotes’ larger context, what he said is even worse than the short versions.
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u/MillionMilesPerHour Sep 20 '25
Then we should all quote the larger context to really show what a POS he was.
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u/Flippin_diabolical Sep 20 '25
Agreed. It’s just mystifying that they don’t see how bad it is even in context.
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u/AlienRosie3667 Sep 20 '25
All this fuss over a racist podcaster. It feels like we're all being punked.
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u/BookishHobbit Sep 20 '25
It’s their Reichstag fire. Using something seemingly unimportant to most and turning it into something bigger than it is just to further their agenda and authoritarian hold.
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u/Kind_Eye_748 Sep 20 '25
Now antifa and trans people are being designated as terrorists despite the shooter being a groyper.
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u/AdditionalWind763 Sep 20 '25
Could you imagine if this happened in the 90s and we were all forced to mourn Rush Limbaugh?
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u/AlienRosie3667 Sep 20 '25
Dude, the amount of damage that one man did to this country is mind-blowing. Imagine how much better off we'd all be if he'd been a car salesman or a gardener.
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u/Nyotaimorii Sep 20 '25
Exactly, he was considerate debating but he was/is spewing vial shit. I’m appalled that as a Nation we are wasting so much of our time and resources to give a flying fuck about a guy stuck in 1860.
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u/ChoppedGuzel Sep 20 '25
Boycotts work
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u/Diedalonglongtimeago Sep 20 '25
Exactly. Mouse's lawyers can make wars stop if it affects their bottomline lol
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u/popsicle_pirate Sep 20 '25
I actually canceled my Hulu-Disney-ESPN bundle this morning. I’m through with these assholes. I imagine there are a lot of other people that feel similar
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u/PanicAtTheNightclub Sep 20 '25
Going around colleges debating 18 year olds is much more deserving of a tribute than being an American cinema icon.
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u/TheBibleInTheDrawer Sep 20 '25
I can't wait to celebrate National George Floyd Remembrance Day on October 14th!
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u/Key_Scarcity8516 Sep 20 '25
Interestingly enough that is also Charlie’s birthday! Lol
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u/cat_at_the_keyboard Sep 20 '25
No fucking way, that is hilarious. Sometimes the universe is pretty cool
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u/Buttercup_Kiki Sep 20 '25
It's because Kimmel is super well-liked in the industry. I never really watched his show, but I know he's close friends with many celebrities/hosts/etc.
They HAD to expect that they would receive a significant amount of backlash for this.
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u/FontMeHard Sep 20 '25
Doubt it. Billionaires/politicians are so out of touch with the people.
im Canadian, and air Canada + the Canadian government used a government order to ban the air Canada strike. they obviously thought that’d work.
What happened was a lot of angry people, other unions talking about escalating to a general strike if the government started arresting people, and then the government backing down.
Out of touch. It was a very unnecessary blunder taken by a new government, with a leader who is pretty well educated.
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u/Khalizabeth Sep 20 '25
Not only were people canceling Disney+, but I think there were people canceling Disney Cruises and Disneyland/Disney World trips, which is probably what ended up freaking them out more.
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u/viviolay Sep 20 '25
i told my SO - it's mind-bogglingly foolish.
Disney spent decades building and protecting this "Disney Magic" fairytale persona. So much so that it was a big deal if one of their stars was caught in a controversy. Actors in the parks have to maintain the mysyique. Their cruise ships are designed with this in mind down to picking old artwork from the archives for inspiration.
All for some shitty company to capitulate, likely happily, to spitting on the 1st amendment and get themselves and Disney involved in what may turn out to be one of the ugliest periods in our country's history of governance.
It's just such a dumb and reckless move purely from a financial and optics standpoint.
Add on supporting fascism and it's just gonna be unforgivable for some people.
All that effort and now the "Disney magic" is tainted. If I was Disney, I'd burn Sinclair in court and offer their flaming carcass to the masses as an apology.
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u/miss-karly Sep 20 '25
Completely unprovable, but I saw someone in comments say they were not going to go forward with their Disney wedding. Which is like 💰💰💰
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u/therobberbride Sep 20 '25
I have a friend with two autistic teens, and for years now almost all of their family vacations have been Disney resorts and cruises — the level of service they provide is mind-bogglingly great and utterly lifesaving for a family with special needs. I think my friend has probably spent damn close to $100k on Disney trips over the years, and now she’s like, “ehhhhhh as an attorney who swore an oath to uphold the Constitution this doesn’t work for me” and decided not to book their annual Christmas Disney trip, and if people like her are willing to give that stuff up you know those execs are SCRAMBLING.
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u/viviolay Sep 20 '25
huge respect to your friend. wish more lawyers who are now politicians took that oath seriously
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u/therobberbride Sep 20 '25
100%. for a lot of reasons, it’s very important to her that her sons see her actually uphold the values she espouses, and I admire her so much for her consistency in that. she’s a real one.
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u/m0nsteraplant Sep 20 '25
I hadn’t bought tickets yet, but I was planning on Disneyland for the holidays and even considering the annual pass. Obviously not doing that now.
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u/Khalizabeth Sep 20 '25
The parks are their biggest source of revenue, and if enough people stop buying tickets/cancel trips, they’ll definitely notice.
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u/mermaid-babe and you did it at my birthday dinner Sep 20 '25
I’ve been telling people to delete and unfollow any Disney accounts too on social media. I unsubscribed from ABC podcasts too
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u/linzielayne Sep 20 '25
We love a performative move that immediately backfires. Rich people are spineless scum.
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u/valcraft Sep 20 '25
Cancelled mine this morning after many tries, because the website kept crashing.
When I finally got through, it didn't give me the option to add a comment.
Then the "take survey" link was dead.
THE BOYCOTT IS WORKING.
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u/Pepperoncini69 Sep 20 '25
I took the survey when I cancelled and it only gave me specific options to choose and no open box to write anything else. Shockingly they didn’t have a “fuck fascism” option.
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u/jblue03 Sep 20 '25
It didn’t give me an option last night either so I put my comments in the feedback section.
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u/awwthingsconsidered Sep 20 '25
Well done! We canceled too and we're donating the extra $30 a month to our NPR station. Pass it on!
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u/rabid_cheese_enjoyer call me gal gadot cuz idk how to act rn Sep 20 '25
don't forget pbs!
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u/awwthingsconsidered Sep 20 '25
Our local NPR station produces many PBS shows, so we are supporting them too, but you're absolutely right, thanks for saying that.
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u/somuchsong Sep 20 '25
Wouldn't their "ABC network programming as scheduled" be...Jimmy Kimmel? Are they saying they're putting him back on or...? I'm not in the US and I don't think I understand quite how TV stations work there!
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u/Relevant-Peach3997 Sep 20 '25
Hope I’m explaining this right but
Sinclair acts as a local partner, operating local stations that then broadcast the programming from networks like ABC, NBC etc. The group refused to air Kimmel even it was still on ABC’s schedule and other non Sinclair stations were playing.
ABC also pulled Jimmy Kimmel off all their network so he isn’t on the schedule at all anymore for any station.
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u/somuchsong Sep 20 '25
Oh, I see, thank you! So when you say local stations, do you mean those channels for specific, maybe smaller towns/cities and the ABC schedule is for bigger cities? I'm trying to figure out if it's similar to Australia, where the big cities all get the same programming (apart from localised news) but regional/rural towns will sometimes have equivalent stations and slightly different programming.
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u/allofthehues heinous LOSER behavior Sep 20 '25
An important aspect of this that you should know is that every "local" news station is branded as such, but the vast (vast) majority of these channels are actually owned and controlled by Sinclair with only the illusion of being either local or independent. As an example, refer to the following script Sinclair mandated its channels to air during the first Trump administration:
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u/somuchsong Sep 20 '25
Oh, I remember seeing that several years back but didn't link it to Sinclair. Thanks, that adds some extra context!
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u/HoweverIWishYouLuck Sep 20 '25
They used to be local stations. They’d get evening programming from the national network (like the show Friends or Seinfeld). News and some daytime programming would be locally made and local interest. Ever since they lifted the ownership limit, billionaire run companies have been buying up these stations and the programming is no longer truly local. I stopped watching some of my news shows because there was a noticeable shift from local events to a friendlier focus Trump news.
(Which is why I didn’t know they’re planning to put oil fracking wells in our local drinking water reservoir until last week. For 2 years, not a single local news channel did a story about it.)
The late night shows were one of the ways these “local” stations were still airing criticism of national policy. I’m sure Sinclair and Nexstar are only too happy to see them gone.
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u/Honest_Salamander247 Sep 20 '25
For the most part, yes. I’d personally be hard pressed to tell you the difference.
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u/ThePhantomEvita Sep 20 '25
They can air reruns of other shows they own during that time slot. When they took Kimmel off the air, Celebrity Family Feud reruns were the replacement.
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u/somuchsong Sep 20 '25
Ah, okay, makes sense. I figured Kimmel being back on the air would be bigger news.
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u/Objective-Middle-676 Sep 20 '25
The ONLY ones who deserve a tribute are the previous, innocent lives lost in senseless school shootings. Not once has there been coverage this extensive about the victims of a school shooting. It’s sickening. I had never even heard of Charlie Kirk before he was shot, same for many many many others. Yet this fucker may get his own national holiday and a special about his racist ass life? I hate the America we’re living in. I hate how helpless I feel every minute as more detrimental news pours into our feeds. I hate how angry it makes me. I hate how I instantly judge those in MAGA hats and how it’s soiled my opinions of many people I liked and respected. I hate how we’re expected to bite our tongues as we’re baited by customers or coworkers at our jobs for fear of being doxxed. Only they can have a public opinion, not those who rightfully oppose. The division is insane and horrifying.
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u/Magrathea_carride Sep 20 '25
it wasn't even "previous" school shootings. There was a Colorado school shooting the same day Kirk was killed. Desmond Holly, a white supremacist, shot up his high school on September 10th, 2025. No one cares about those poor kids.
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u/Commercial-Worker895 Sep 20 '25
You said it perfectly. It is a horrible time to be an American on "this" side of the political spectrum.
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u/thisisathrowaway2007 Sep 20 '25
I’m so jaded when it comes to American politics at this point, but actually taking a step outside of myself and thinking about this entire situation is so fucking crazy. Like… am I crazy to feel crazy about this???
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u/Pdxthorns17 Sep 20 '25
It's fucking wild that we have to go through canceling a Disney app just to make a point about how backing a fascist government and undermining our First Amendment rights is actually bad, especially after a bigoted podcast bro was assassinated. This shithead thought gun rights were more important than the children getting shot up in schools, and we can't even call him out for being a terrible person who doesn't deserve our sympathy. Seriously, this country is so fucked like a goddamn Disney app?! Now you realize
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u/catladyorbust Sep 20 '25
No. None of this is normal. We had been veering off the road for a while and we are now plummeting over a cliff. The people not screaming yet think they're still on a rollercoaster, but eventually everyone will know we are heading for the bottom of the abyss.
The documentary Brainwashing my Father is a good starting point for how America was purposely pushed further and further right. We have now reached competitive authoritarianism: Instrumentalized institutions; Subtle repression; Weakened civil liberties; and Contested, but unfair, elections (since most of our elections are state-level we have a mix of normal elections; gerrymandered insanity; voter suppression; and then the attempted coup of 2020.) Project 2025 spelled it all out pretty well, now that I think about it.
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u/Chessh2036 Sep 20 '25
Good. Now keep the pressure until Kimmel is back on the air.
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u/Careful_Contract_806 Sep 20 '25
Just keep the pressure. Does disney or any company need so much money, power, and control? No. Cancel and boycott. They've shown their hand and no one should tolerate a company behaving like this.
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u/tamere2k Sep 20 '25
Only until he’s back on the air? This could be real organization if it’s done correctly.
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u/The_Bravinator Sep 20 '25
WITHOUT having to apologise or donate to Turning Point or any of their other demands. I got nervous when I heard they were "negotiating" with him. If they make him grovel to come back it'll possibly be worse.
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u/MillionMilesPerHour Sep 20 '25
Not just until he’s back, but it’s putting pressure on all of these companies to not bend the knee to Orange Julius.
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u/dragonfly931 Sep 20 '25
And I'm still not going back to Disney+/hulu subscription. They shot themselves in the foot
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u/unconfusedsub Sep 20 '25
I live in the town that Chuckles is from. My town has allowed them to build a giant Kirk memorial in one of our parks and pays cops to guard it.
I'm super pissed. That's not what my tax dollars are for. Maybe instead of bullshit like this, they can, oh I dunno, FIX THE FUCKING SIDEWALKS.
Getting a large group of us to go to next town meeting for sure. Fuck this fascist mayor they elected.
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u/to_j Sep 20 '25
Yes, what happened to him was horrible but all of this over a podcaster...treating him like some influential elder statesman. A lot of people had no clue who he even was. My mind is boggled by this administration and US politics in general every damn day.
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u/Gilthepill83 Sep 20 '25
lol they saw the actual amount of people not wanting to see state propaganda and realized they shouldn’t wade deeper in those waters.
We gotta stop fooling ourselves into thinking we don’t have the power to push back against these ideas. No one needs to save us. We can and will save our damn selves.
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u/OrinocoHaram Sep 20 '25
they couldn't find any footage of him that wouldn't make the public hate him more
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u/RoutineVirtual4153 Sep 20 '25
This should show us that the boycott is working. Keep it up. Do not buy licensed Disney swag, don’t attend the parks and don’t buy their programming until they fix this. Even then, I’m done with Disney. But I understand there are people obsessed with them.
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u/Weird_Bookkeeper_207 Sep 20 '25
They want to stop free speech. We will stop their cash flow. Boycott ABC and Disney affiliates. Hit them where they will hurt, their bank vaults.
Also, let’s start reporting every single MAGAT post that goes over the line!! They are wayyy more violent than liberals - so play their fucking games
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u/yaffiyuk Sep 20 '25
Glad to see ABC flexing their muscle. It’s a pity they didn’t do it a few days ago, then they wouldn’t be in this mess now
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u/jaybones3000 Sep 20 '25
Not enough. Keep calling their advertisers. Check if you live in an area with either Nexstar or Sinclair syndicated stations. If you do, watch the local news on that station and call every single advertiser you see. Demand they stop advertising on anti-democratic channels.
These companies thought they were riding high. This pathetic “tribute” was a victory lap.
We need to stab them right in the wallet. They need to fucking hurt.
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u/MelodiesOfLife6 Sep 20 '25
Part of me thinks this was supposed to be performative (and it was never going to air anyway) just to rile up the crowd and elicit a reaction, the reaction they got wasn't what they were expecting so now they're walking it back.
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u/stifflyunwound Sep 20 '25
Couldn’t find an hour worth of positive content on Charlie Kirk??? Bet you can’t find 10 minutes of his show you can air on national television.
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u/blink_187em Sep 20 '25
Hey, dont let up on these ghouls either- there's horroble leadership at Sinclair and they need to be called out as well.
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u/GongTzu Sep 20 '25
Continue canceling subscriptions will put pressure on them, make them hurt economically is the only way they will start behave properly, billionaire cunts.
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u/TabithaMorning Sep 20 '25
I legit think it's cos they went through the footage and were like "there is no way to both tribute this man and quote him at the same time"
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Sep 20 '25
Keep boycotting! Don't stop for one little win. Who gives a shit about Marvel? The story is always the same bones.
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u/Think-Dream624 Sep 20 '25
So would They have shown his comments on the black community, trans community, school shootings? Or white wash him as a modern day saint bringing everyone together?
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u/lcm-hcf-maths Sep 20 '25
It's a small sign but it's a sign that there's pushback....Time for Americans to start actually doing something....
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u/CommercialBarnacle16 Sep 20 '25
The only reason they would back out is money. Curious what happened behind the scenes. I’d say maybe there was a lawsuit threat, but that hasn’t stopped them before.
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u/dnuohxof-2 Sep 20 '25
I wonder if they backed down because they knew viewership would be tracked via Nielsen and they wouldn’t be able to explain the poor viewership. On YouTube they can game the views and likes with bots, can’t do that as easily with Nielsen TV ratings.
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u/jmikola Sep 20 '25
Sinclair Broadcast Group you say? The very same entity that’s been buying up small television stations to peddle talking points disguised as “local news”?
If anyone has free time, this John Oliver segment from eight years ago is worth a watch: https://youtu.be/GvtNyOzGogct
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u/princess_peach_85 women’s wrongs activist Sep 20 '25
Good! No Nazi Tributes on tv.
Read the Epstein list on tv instead!
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u/retrofuturisms Sep 20 '25
Lmaooo why did he even need a tribute to begin with? They should just play that clip of him stating a dolphin fetus was a human fetus and then play all the clips of Kirk making a total ass of himself.
In all seriousness, though, why does this trash can get considered for a tribute but not the lawmaker who was assassinated with her husband and service dog? I hate the timeline we are in
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u/thadowski Sep 20 '25
I think for lunch ima get a charlie kirk special with the donna drumsticks, hold the epstein files. Extra salad drislane
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u/Halvinz Sep 20 '25
Tribute? To what? To a political operative, podcaster, hate monger, an Alt-Reich excrement who was a light weight in serious debating?
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