Earlier on Monday, ABC announced Kimmel’s return, after a backlash in the creative community and among others who said that The Walt Disney Co. was capitulating to the Trump administration
Earlier on Monday, ABC announced Kimmel’s return, after a backlash in the creative community and among others who said that The Walt Disney Co. was capitulating to the Trump administration
Makes sense. They want to make money. Getting fucked by the FCC would do the opposite of that. Losing some viewers is better than losing all viewers.
E: For maximizing profit in the context they operate. Not for the benefit of society.
Capitulation 101
Yes. Expecting anything but a cost-benefit analysis that maximizes profit in the given conditions is all we can expect from capitalist for-profit corporations. If capitulation is the more profitable route, most of them would take it.
For-profit corporations managed to create this veneer of taking a stand on social issues during the last 15 years and many of us fell for it to some degree. So when the mask started falling off over the last little while it was somewhat surprising. But it shouldn’t be.