Trump 2.0

[SirRumpole]

Reread my post above.

I did, and it doesn't make any more sense than the first time.

 

[wayneL]

I did, and it doesn't make any more sense than the first time.

I see, instructive.

 

[Value Collector]

It's fascinating how in the same take - he covers Trump making billions (Via the ABC question)....then promotes a book about how Trump squandered his fathers fortune. Elon musk (supposedly) was down to nothing at the early stages of Tesla and nearing bankruptcy. Thats just part of being an entrepreneur and businessman.

I rarely consume US late night talk shows anymore and the vast majority of Australians have never consumed them. Letterman, Leno, Carson, even the lesser known ones like Conan, Craig Ferguson, Jimmy Fallon managed to stay balanced and not preach. The content was generally pop-culture and celebrity related so at any given time anyone could tune in and likely be entertained. Now? Only a select group will be entertained.

Watching Kimmel do 15 minutes of Trump and 'right wing' bashing on a public broadcaster with a special licence to operate just demonstrates why these shows are dead and are getting cancelled. From the trusty interweb: Colbert's show hosted 176 liberal guests compared to just one conservative, former Rep. Liz Cheney. I'm too lazy to find the Kimmel stats but I'd bet they would be similar.

Because these networks are given exclusive rights to free to air TV slots - they have to follow some rules like giving equal airtime for political messaging. But that's drifted in the past 20 years and what these networks now do it bring political messages in to their entertainment shows and try to disguise it as simple interviews to get around equal airtime rules. It worked - but it has consequences - reduced viewership, and upsetting the other side.

Anyways long way of saying Kimmel has freedom of speech. He can start a podcast and say what he wants. He can start a website and write what he wants. But he can't use a government licenced TV slot to say what he wants when he wants about what he wants free from consequences.

Keep in mind that a Fox News host recently said homeless people should be given the lethal injection and nothing happened to him, the FCC didn’t care. This is about politics. If Trump is going to only crack down on people who don’t support him politically, that’s not a great thing, wouldn’t you agree?

 

[The Triangle]

Keep in mind that a Fox News host recently said homeless people should be given the lethal injection and nothing happened to him, the FCC didn’t care. This is about politics. If Trump is going to only crack down on people who don’t support him politically, that’s not a great thing, wouldn’t you agree?

What does that have to do with my comment?

 

[Value Collector]

What does that have to do with my comment?

Your comment was suggesting that it was ok for Jimmy Kimmel to be targeted because he made jokes about Trump and the right wingers, I was pointing out that the more right wing channels are far more aggressive and one sided than Kimmel and say atrocious things Yet go unpunished by the FCC.

 

[Craton]

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This is just gaslighting.

Where's the context?
Floyd was just one of the many "nonwhite" Americans killed by LEO's across the good ol'd US of A.

BLM is just as important as the Me Too movement but of course, one white christian MAGA sycophant's life far outweighs and trumps above all else.

If the number of "Charlie Kirk's" were killed as was the same as those of American nonwhites, well one can only imagine that peaceful vigils would be a thing of the past.

 

[mullokintyre]

If the number of "Charlie Kirk's" were killed as was the same as those of American nonwhites, well one can only imagine that peaceful vigils would be a thing of the past.

The only problem with the statement above is that according to ABC News ,

From the FBI's Universal Crime Report in 2014; 90% of Black people killed were killed by other Black people and 14.8% of white people killed were killed by Black people.

The problem about black deaths is not the US right, or the Police, or the likes of Charlie Kirk, its other Black Americans.

Mick

 

[Craton]

Fair enough @mullokintyre

To be clear, I'm not condoning Kirk's assassination. My point, comparing what led to BLM and the outrage as per that meme comparing to Kirk's vigil is just gaslighting which, IMHO, Kirk was very good at.