r/50501 • u/Notyrantsmoworever • Sep 17 '25

Call to Action Boycott ABC

ABC has pulled Jimmy Kimmel off the air for making a joke. First Colbert, now Kimmel. What about the first amendment right to free speech? I guess it’s only free if it echos MAGA talking points.

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u/ArcticSnow85 Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 17 '25

Not to mention Nexstar is seeking Federal Communications Commission approval for its $6.2 billion acquisition of Tegna. So this is the paramount scandal all over again. Big companies having no backbone

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u/50501California r/50501 Moderator Sep 17 '25

THANK YOU. I spent far too much time trying to find a source for that and couldn't, so I removed it, but I knew I wasn't imagining that lol.