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Thunderbeast

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6. I fear that Sinclair and Nexstar will flex their muscles now.

Reply to Miles Archer (Original post)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 07:27 PM

Sep 22

ABC may have caved, but the local station duopoly still has regulatory issues that will make them subservient to the authoritarian regime. I am preparing to catalog local advertisers on those stations, with a proposal to boycott those businesses if they continue to buy advertising on stations that ban Kimmel (or anyone else) to satisfy the Orange Man's ego.

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I am "less celebratory" about Kimmel coming back and "more pissed off" that it happened at all [View all] Miles Archer Sep 22 OP

If he has to make an apology, it won't matter to me at all that he came back Iris Sep 22 #1

Me, too. It should never have happened in the first place, Ocelot II Sep 22 #2

Educated guess? They rolled the dice and decided whatever Trump could do to them... Miles Archer Sep 22 #5

I'm happy Disney showed their ass. Iggo Sep 22 #3

DIS bumped up about 0.50 pc in last hour ending down 1.05 pc on the day and about 4.0 pc on four days trading. nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 22 #4

I fear that Sinclair and Nexstar will flex their muscles now. Thunderbeast Sep 22 #6