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lobsterthief 6 days ago

He didn’t say anything violent. Have you watched the monologue?

Even if he did (which he didn’t), I don’t see Fox shutting down anything when one of their presenters recently stated, on air, that we should euthanize our homeless population.

InitialLastName 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

To be clear (not that I agree with this situation): Fox News (where that presenter works) is a cable network, beholden to the cable providers but not a broadcaster. The FCC has relatively little leverage to regulate it, because it does not rely on broadcast licenses.

ABC is a broadcast network. It relies on a network of affiliates (largely owned by a few big companies) who selectively broadcast its programming both over the airwaves and to cable providers. Those affiliates have individual licenses for their radio broadcasting bandwidth which the FCC does have leverage over (and whose content the FCC has a long history of regulating, but not usually directly over politics, e.g. public interest requirements, profanity, and obscenity laws).

mcmcmc 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Let’s not pretend that the Trump admin would’ve done anything about it even if they did have leverage. They actively encourage and participate in violent rhetoric when it’s directed towards their perceived enemies. Which includes the homeless.

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nerdponx 6 days ago | parent | prev | next [-]

To be fair I don't see what the FCC has to do with it. This is classic Manufacturing Consent behavior.

maxlin 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Of course I watched it, many times. I didn't say he said anything directly violent, but he spread hateful disinformation about someone's death, entirely against FBI's findings and common sense, during a time of the highest temperatures in a while. Just to try to win the attention of people that'd rather not look in the mirror.

This is exactly the kind of disingenuous, dehumanizing behavior that radicalizes people like Tyler. And saying that right now would be like if Reagan got in to a spat about something personal during the cold war.

lobsterthief 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

If his administration’s concern was about turning the temperature up, they are doing absolutely nothing to turn it down.

maxlin 6 days ago | parent [-]

Firstly, being human about the death, then being transparent about the investigation are the most important things they could be doing, and they are doing that.

Idk how the antifa terror thing is going to go, but that really sounds like a loong time coming. Best by far would now be for the left to take some responsibility, not sink deeper in to their "good, x right-winger next" kind of hate spiraling.

pseudalopex 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> he spread hateful disinformation about someone's death, entirely against FBI's findings and common sense

Did you mean Kimmel asserted the shooter was MAGA? He did not.

maxlin 4 days ago | parent [-]

That is literally exactly what he did say. Absolutely disgraceful. Glad he got fired.

Quoting:

> We hit some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and doing everything they can to score political points from it