Sorry, Brendan Carr: Sinclair and Nexstar stop preempting Kimmel on ABC affiliates.

Conservative broadcaster Sinclair is putting Jimmy Kimmel Live! back on the air. In a statement today, Sinclair said it will end its preemption of the show on its ABC affiliates starting tonight, even though ABC and owner Disney haven’t accepted its request for an ombudsman and other changes.

  • taiyang@lemmy.world
    37·
    16 hours ago

    Apples and Oranges; all people had to do was cancel subscriptions (plus Jimmy was well liked in the industry). Clear target, low risk, no effort. Hell, if it was just Sinclair, people would have no idea which channels were theirs and have a harder time boycotting.

    Gaza is a lot less clear… I mean, anywhere from direct action and volunteering, to… not voting in 2024? That message is only now breaking through to (some) governments. And Palestine doesn’t really have powerful allies and have been tormented for decades, so it’s good that at least some people now want to do something just for the injustice of it all. Hell, now we even have the added risk of getting fired! (Edit: or fucking arrested if you’re in UK, oof).