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SunSeeker

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9. A distinction without a difference. ABC exists to provide programming to its ABC affiliates.

Reply to ImNotGod (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 18, 2025, 01:08 AM

Sep 18

Nexstar owned local ABC TV stations dropped Kimmel from their lineup . If ABC's affiliate stations won't play a program, then it is no longer viable for ABC to produce it.

Earlier on Wednesday, Nexstar Media Group Inc. said it would stop airing the show on its 32 ABC affiliates. "Mr. Kimmel's comments about the death of Mr. Kirk are offensive and insensitive at a critical time in our national political discourse," said Andrew Alford, president of Nexstar's broadcasting division.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/09/17/jimmy-kimmel-live-suspended-charlie-kirk-comments/86209499007/

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"The FCC threatened to revoke Disney and ABC's license if they didn't remove Kimmel:" [View all] BlueWaveNeverEnd Sep 17 OP

They could have, should have, immediately filed for an injunction against the abuse of power. pat_k Sep 17 #1

And Disney and ABC should've told the FCC EnergizedLib Sep 17 #2

Fuck the FCC! This is grotesque and a blatant first amendment violation. Initech Sep 17 #3

How the hell can they do that? Did anyone even read D. Spaulding Sep 17 #4

FUCK the FCC.... in all of their orifices Jack Valentino Sep 17 #5

Nazis Need BLOWBACK! Cha Sep 17 #6

ABC has no integrity. Coldwater Sep 17 #7

The network doesn't need a license, licenses are granted to individual stations that air ABC. nt ImNotGod Sep 18 #8

A distinction without a difference. ABC exists to provide programming to its ABC affiliates. SunSeeker Sep 18 #9

I remember when extortion was a crime. sinkingfeeling Sep 18 #10

"comes with it an obligation to operate in the public interest," MagickMuffin Sep 18 #11

Pulling Kimmel is the OPPOSITE of "operating in the public interest" (nt) pat_k Sep 18 #12