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Jimmy Kimmel will return to air on Tuesday after his show was suspended following comments he made about the death of Charlie Kirk, Disney has said in a statement released in the last few moments.

"Last Wednesday, we made the decision to suspend production on the show to avoid further inflaming a tense situation at an emotional moment for our country," the statement says.

"It is a decision we made because we felt some of the comments were ill-timed and thus insensitive. We have spent the last days having thoughtful conversations with Jimmy, and after those conversations, we reached the decision to return the show on Tuesday."

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[–] FosterMolasses@leminal.space 60 points 2 days ago (2 children)

When TV's tamest talkshow host gets his show banned, you know we're in dystopian times.

So much for all the fascist right's posturing on "free speech" lol

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Freedom warriors scared of a comedian.

[–] BarneyPiccolo@lemmy.today 8 points 1 day ago

They know the tremendous power of strong propaganda, they have been developing the Conservative Propaganda Machine for decades.

They see this Blue Line at 11:30 pm, following the local news, and they know that even MAGAs, who tuned away from Fox News for a half hour to hear what happened in town, might accidentally end up staying tuned in, and hearing Colbert and Kimmel making fun of him.

They are far more than just comedians, they are chipping away at the wall in the brains of MAGA citizens. Every night they expose him for the buffoon he is, and eventually he is going to do something that even their MAGA followers think is buffoonery, and an entire brick will fall out of the wall. Once that happens, steady pressure will eventually make it crumble.

The Conservative Propaganda Machine understands all of this, and more. They have data tracking behavioral responses going back decades, and they have ALWAYS been hostile to the late night talk shows. Rather than adjust their behavior to reflect the rest of society, and thus avoid humiliation for their poor decisions, they would rather kill the messenger.

[–] Seleni@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

They always are. Mel Brooks pointed that out years ago.

[–] dan1101@lemmy.world 15 points 2 days ago

He might be tame but he leans liberal and that can't be allowed because it hurts MAGA sensitive feelings. The lessons here is that MAGA positions immediately collapse under any sort of criticism or examination.

Never mind the hateful content Fox spews out 24/7.