Bee-otches of the Day: Nexstar and Sinclair Broadcasting

Summarizing today's podcast...

*Jimmy Kimmel is back hitting his late night talk show after ABC suspended him.

*The media erroneously claimed that Kimmel was suspended for mocking Charlie Kirk's death. It was really because he blasted Trump for talking about the new Rose Garden instead of what he felt about losing Kirk.

*After Kimmel was suspended, Disney lost $4 billion and many discontinued their Disney + streaming service. 

*58 stations owned by Sinclair and Nexstar will not air Jimmy Kimmel's show. Sinclair wants Kimmel to donate to Turning Point. 

*Nexstar's two ABC stations in Michigan overlap with other ABC affiliates that air Kimmel. However, Sinclair's lone ABC in Michigan, Traverse City's WGTU 29&8, has long been a lousy station. 

*Chuck reminds people that he started this blog because local CBS station WWTV 9&10 dropped Howard Stern's Saturday night show for NRA infomercials.

*People have impersonated the president forever and most have a sense of humor about it. Not Trump.

*The sole social media post Kimmel made during his suspension was a picture of him and TV producer Norman Lear. Kimmel was to Trump as Lear was to Richard Nixon. 

*Chuck compares Trump to a businessman who ran his companies into the ground. He also talked about the incident where Joe Short of Short's Brewery in northern Michigan worked with a disgruntled customer after he trashed his brewpub because of poor service. 

*Chuck reads through a list of advertisers on Sinclair and Nexstar stations in Grand Rapids and northern Michigan. 

*Lastly, Chuck thinks that ABC should strip their affiliations from Nexstar and Sinclair. 

Bee-otch of the Day: Trump (Charlie Kirk and Kimmel)

(NOTE: This podcast was recorded after 3 p.m. this afternoon. Shortly afterward, ABC announced that they will restore Jimmy Kimmel's show to the schedule Tuesday night. Boycotts work.)

Summarizing today's podcast...

*When Donald Trump was shot last year, Michael Moore wrote an article about the first election he voted in back in 1972. He voted for Shirley Chisholm for the Michigan Democratic primary, but racist Alabama governor George Wallace won the state. Moore put the blame on his assassination attempt. 

*Charlie Kirk's funeral was held on Sunday at State Farm Stadium by Phoenix. 70,000 people attended, plus an additional 20,000 who saw the event at the former Glendale Arena next door, which has been seldom-used since they evicted the former Coyotes NHL team. Chuck saw a game there nearly 20 years ago and it was 50-50 Coyote and Red Wing fans.

*The funeral was more of a political rally than an actual funeral with many of Trump's staffers making speeches. There was hardly any praying and nobody hosted. 

*Trump made an ass of himself by talking about hating his enemies. 

*Erika Kirk praised people for not rioting and going to church instead. To Chuck, it only adds to why he doesn't go to church. 

*Trump's policies are hurting the tourism industry. 

*Howard Stern - who was attacked by the FCC back in his terrestrial radio days - supported Jimmy Kimmel by canceling his Disney + account. Stern called companies like Disney and others who kneel to Trump "spineless". 

*While the economy is crashing and burning, Trump is building a new Rose Garden and in talks to bring a UFC fight to the White House. 

*Chuck talked about how Bill Johnson and his American Decency Association screwed over Howard Stern by preying over the less fortunate. 

*In all, Chuck tells people to think when it comes to politics. "Vote Blue No Matter Who" is not the way to go. He also says that since the Lions play tonight's Monday Night Football, people should boycott their sponsors. (Of course, everything's moot now that Jimmy Kimmel's back tomorrow.)

Bee-otch of the Day: Trump (re: Jimmy Kimmel)

Summarizing today's podcast...

*Once again, Chuck gives a brief history of the FCC and how it evolved from working for the people to working for big corporations and the religious right. 

*Jimmy Kimmel's late night talk show has been suspended by ABC because of comments he made regarding the MAGA people calling Charlie Kirk's alleged assassin a leftist. FCC commissioner Brendan Carr went on a radio show hosted by a Kirk ally stating that he will clamp down on Kimmel and two TV station owners ended up yanking his show. As a result, ABC indefinitely suspended Kimmel. 

*Chuck reminded people that the shooter was from an ultra-conservative, gun-toting home and that his family was Mormon. Chuck feels that Mormonism is a cult.

*One of the companies that pulled Kimmel, Sinclair, says that they will not put him back on the air until he donates to both Kirk's widow and his organization, Turning Point USA. Nexstar, meanwhile, is in the middle of a $6.2 billion buyout of TEGNA, and they're trying to make nice with Trump. Besides, they own NewsNation, the cable network formerly known as the national feed of WGN-TV Chicago. It is the current employer of Bill O'Reilly. 

*The Kirk family is worth $12 million. They are not broke and Kimmel doesn't owe them anything, especially an apology. 

*People are boycotting Disney and ABC. Chuck saw several screenshots on Facebook of people canceling their Disney + subscriptions.

*Trump lied to his followers that he would protect the First Amendment. 

*While Kimmel is pulled by ABC, Fox News's Brian Kilmeade is telling viewers that homeless people need to be euthanized. Chuck knows a homeless man and he was a Trump supporter. He also reminds people that there are homeless people who work a normal job, but can't afford a home.

*Here in Michigan, a Republican lawmaker has drafted a bill that would ban all internet porn in the state. The congressman, Josh Shriver is notoriously anti-LGBTQ and racist. Plus, he's from Oxford, the same town where a mass school shooting occurred. Chuck thinks it's sad when a lawmaker would rather protect all people from pornography while kids are being shot at.

*Shriver is allies with former state rep Neil Friske, who was busted for trying to shoot a dancer from Lansing's Deja Vu strip club in his house last year. Friske's father, Richard, fought with the Nazis in WWII and was a congressman himself who was notoriously racist.

*Chuck tips his hat to Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, who is allowing anyone to get a COVID shot against the federal government's wishes.

*Chuck reminds people that people will rebel against those who punish. When KLQ dumped Stern and GRD beefed up its rock, KLQ died a slow, pitiful death. Ditto with Conan O'Brien and how NBC treated him.

*Chuck wonders if Howard Stern will talk about Kimmel on Monday's show. He's been avoiding talking about Trump and even the Charlie Kirk assassination. 

*In the end, Chuck reminds those who try to censor freedom of speech that karma wins every time. 

Bee-otch of the Day: Trump (for blaming Charlie Kirk's death on the left)

Summarizing today's podcast...

*Trump is blaming Wednesday's murder of Charlie Kirk on liberals. But, the suspect in the incident is a Trump supporter. 

*Trump has a history of blaming the tragedies that occurred during his presidency on the left and former President Biden.

*Trump's policies are shutting down factories including west Michigan. 

*Chances are that Skydance - who recently bought Paramount for $8 billion - will buy Warner Bros. Discovery. Trump's policies are designed to allow for more mergers. Skydance owns CBS and if the WBD deal is approved, they'll now own CNN.

*Trump did a photo op with the New York Yankees on 9/11. MeidasTouch Podcast host Ben Meiselas - who was Colin Kaepernick's lawyer - labeled the Yankees sellouts. Chuck thinks that the Tigers intentionally lost Thursday's game to make Trump happy.

Bee-otch of the Day: Charlie Kirk

Summarizing today's podcast...

*Today marks the 24th anniversary of 9/11. Chuck talks about how life changed since that day.

*Conservative commentator Charlie Kirk was assassinated at an event at a university in Utah. He leaves behind a wife and two daughters who are a toddler and an infant. 

*Nobody as of the podcast has been arrested. Trump made major cuts to the FBI, which is making things more difficult. Even worse was why Trump fired the Utah head of the FBI.

*Yesterday evening, Trump made a speech blaming liberals for Kirk's death because they labeled him a "Nazi". The truth is, nobody knows who really killed Kirk yet.

*Kirk was notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ because of the same book in the Bible that prohibits the consumption of shrimp, getting a tattoo and having sex with a woman on her period.

*On one of Kirk's last interviews on Fox News Channel, he told Laura Ingraham that liberal women don't want to have sex with men because of their lifestyle.

*Kirk had a happy childhood, which might have led to him being an ultra-conservative. He was one of the stars of the lie-filled propaganda film "2000 Mules" which was recalled after a lawsuit.

*Trump is giving Kirk a hero's treatment by giving him the Presidential Medal of Freedom and flying his body back to Arizona on Air Force Two. Chuck is outraged. 

*Chuck touched on Trump's birthday card to Jeffery Epstein. 

*Chuck thinks he knows who killed Charlie Kirk. 

*Kirk's show aired on WMKT 1270 in Charlevoix, which is owned by Trish MacDonald-Garber. Chuck said that the two were made for each other.

*Flags are flying half-mast for Kirk. Chuck said that if he had a flagpole, he would fly it upside down and at full mast.

Bee-otch of the Day: Rupert Murdoch (for lying about Howard Stern)

Summarizing today's podcast...

*Howard Stern was back on his radio show today and straightened out the rumors regarding him being "fired" from SiriusXM. The truth is that negotiations between him and the satellite radio company are going well. 

*The rumors regarding his dismissal were started by The U.S. Sun, which is owned by Rupert Murdoch, who also owns Fox News Channel and other sources of tabloid media.

*Howard claimed that he was off last week due to a cold he claimed he got from a Maren Morris concert. The reason why he didn't address the cancelation rumors when he was doing a special broadcast this past summer was because he felt better announcing it after he got back from his break.

*Howard talked about being fired for being "woke". He pointed out that there's people on both political sides who have shows on SiriusXM. Chuck says that when he has Coldplay or Maroon 5 on the show, he changes the channel. But, he still prefers Stern over most local morning shows such as Bob and Tom.

*Chuck mentioned that the reason for the show no longer featuring strippers is because of Howard's love of his wife, Beth. Chuck mentioned that the last time he was in a serious relationship, he wasn't turned on by most other women because his heart belonged to his girlfriend. Because of this, Chuck thinks it was a huge reason why Howard and his ex-wife, Allison divorced. 

*Howard told his audience that if you want the truth about him, ask him. Chuck agreed. It led to Chuck talking about how depressing his life was in northern Michigan, and being forced to listen to lame radio stations like WKLT and the first two years of 95.5 The Zone only made things worse. When The Zone adjusted their format in 2000 to carry more nu metal, someone begged Chuck to give the station's programming director the Bee-otch of the Day, claiming that he was her ex-husband and that she had drug problems. Chuck turned it down, because he refuses to be a mark for WKLT. 

*Chuck says that the reason why Murdoch and other media groups attack Stern is because of jealousy. 

*In the end, Chuck said that people need to start relying on news sources that tell the truth and not liars like Murdoch or even corporate media. If Howard is smart, he would sue Murdoch.

Bee-otch of the Day: Trump (for calling the Epstein files a Democrat hoax)

Summarizing today's podcast...

*Chuck gives his opinion regarding Howard Stern not returning to his show Monday. He hopes that if he retires, he'll still make appearances and not be another Johnny Carson. 

*Some complain that Howard has become too liberal in recent years. Chuck points out that even though Sen. Bernie Sanders told the FCC to leave Howard alone in the 1990s, Howard never cared for his politics. He has 650 million reasons why.

*Yesterday, several survivors of Jeffery Epstein stood in a press conference supporting a measure to release all of the files with zero redactions. Meanwhile, president Trump called the idea a "Democrat hoax". 

*Chuck compares the bill to England's Operation Yewtree, which was created after it was discovered that beloved media personality Jimmy Savile had sexually assaulted hundreds of people. The operation destroyed the careers of Gary Glitter and Rolf "Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport" Harris. Like Epstein's victims, Savile threatened his victims with legal action if they said anything. 

*Savile was caught molesting a 16-year-old girl on a 1977 episode of Top of the Pops. What he said on camera after he did so was very similar to what Trump said years later.

*Savile's downfall triggered the downfall of Harvey Weinstein and Bill Cosby. Chuck thinks that Weinstein's problems stemmed from his mother bullying him as a child.

*Reps Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are supporting the measure. One of the Epstein survivors, now a podcast host, is working with other survivors to create their own Epstein list. Greene wants to announce the list on the Capitol floor. Chuck thinks that in the end, Greene will find a way to screw Epstein's victims over since she's a notorious traitor. 

*Donald Trump has an issue with his hands. It could be very serious.