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.
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