| ▲ | chasil 12 hours ago |
| He does appear to have a strong bias in past statements, although I don't know how rigorous this analysis is. "A separate study from the organization claimed that 92 percent of the jokes Kimmel made on his show since January 2023 were at the expense of conservatives, and 97 percent of his political guests were left-leaning." https://www.dailymail.co.uk/media/article-15117605/jimmy-kim... |
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| ▲ | lokar 12 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| He is a comedian, he can make fun of whomever he wants, on TV. |
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| ▲ | wilg 12 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| "Bias" is biased here. There's no reason that jokes should be 50-50% in favor of however political parties are configured. It's entirely possible (and currently the case) that one side of the political aisle is worse and more deserving of ridicule. |
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| ▲ | chasil 12 hours ago | parent [-] | | There is no lack of bad behavior on either side of the aisle, for sure. Is this warranted? I don't know. | | |
| ▲ | lokar 11 hours ago | parent [-] | | Comedians making fun of public figures, organizations, parties, movements etc is not bad behavior. It’s an open society. | | |
| ▲ | chasil 7 hours ago | parent [-] | | I don't mean talk show hosts. I'm taken aback by a president who recommends bleach as an antiviral. I'm taken aback by a member of congress who married her brother as part of her visa process. It just gets worse. How are we living like this? My exit strategy is more fluid than I like. | | |
| ▲ | pseudalopex 6 hours ago | parent [-] | | > I'm taken aback by a president who recommends bleach as an antiviral. Trump asked if disinfectant could be injected. He did not recommend injecting or drinking bleach.[1] > I'm taken aback by a member of congress who married her brother as part of her visa process. There is no credible evidence Ilhan Omar married her brother.[2] [1] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/trump-inject-bleach-covid-... [2] https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/ilhan-omar-marry-brother/ | | |
| ▲ | wilg 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Regarding the bleach, it's true he didn't recommend it, but the full quote of him saying it makes it clear that he is a very stupid person. Also, just today, he promoted bunch of fake science and medicine about Tylenol causing autism, so he's only gotten worse at this since his big bleach idea. | | |
| ▲ | chasil 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | I believe that all people are apertures to the divine, and bear that signature. I believe that each and every one can show us something, not that we must demand it, but in that moment that it reveals itself, we should understand. Perhaps I am very foolish in this way. I prefer to be a fool. | | |
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| ▲ | nerpderp82 11 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| And? He is comedian that runs a late night show. Why do we hold women and comedians to some sort of high standard but there is a whole montage of right wing grifters actively calling for liberal lives? And it wasn't even a joke, it was a statement about what was going on. It isn't even about what he said, or even Kimmel. Unless he wasn't slathering all over the fake mythos of white washing this Kimmels racist, bigoted hateful grift, the right was going to go after him for literally anything. Kimmel's crime is laughing at Trump and pointing out his brain dead hypocrisy. This is it, the whole thing. https://youtu.be/U6NJJ0FcvYY?t=252 |
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| ▲ | netsharc 12 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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