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Re:YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid a... by typeofhuman on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @09:50PM (#45355340)
If you're referring to Jimmy Kimmel. You should probably consider that while the FCC member made that comment, Sinclair (the largest ABC affiliate group) and others had been demanding ABC cancel his show for its horrible ratings, and awful rhetoric which inhibited them from selling advertising. His show was bad for business. It's worth suspecting ABC let no good opportunity go to waste: save Kimmel's reputation and scapegoat the termination as political.

More here: https://sbgi.net/sinclair-says-kimmel-suspension-is-not-enou...

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Re:YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid a... by alphabettsy on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:17AM (#45356237)
Personally, not going to take Sinclair‘s press release at face value.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/06/trump-fcc-sinclair...

https://upriseri.com/sinclair-nexstar-duopoly-right-wing-con...

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Re:YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid a... by brookst on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:31AM (#45356308)
I can’t figure out what you’re trying to say. It’s no big deal that the head of the FCC says they’ll pull licenses for media outlets that mock the president, because one media outlet says that would be the right commercial decision anyway?

That can’t be your point, but I also can’t think of a more charitable interpretation.

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Re:YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid a... by typeofhuman on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @07:51AM (#45359067)
It wasn't for mocking the President. It was knowingly lying about at a catastrophic event which is a violation of FCC rules. IIUC it was because Kimmel said in more words that the coward that murdered Charlie Kirk was MAGA. Which is false and Kimmel knew it.
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Re:YouTube says it'll bring back creators banned for Covid a... by mafuy on Friday September 26, 2025 @05:27PM (#45391192)
This is simply not true. And even if it were, far worse things have been said without complaints on channels aligned with MAGA for years, so it cannot be a sound foundation for such a sudden and drastic action.
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