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   Dan Gillmor (dangillmor@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Sep-2025 16:41:56 JST Dan Gillmor

   It is essential for everyone to recognize that ABC didn't just fire Kimmel for daring to speak things that the Trump regime and its cult don't want spoken out loud.

   It was DISNEY that fired Kimmel. Disney owns ABC.

   The principal cowardice in this butchery of free speech belongs to Bob Iger, CEO.

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     Bebadefabo (bebadefabo@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Sep-2025 16:42:20 JST Bebadefabo

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     @dangillmor it's not even Disney. It's Sinclair. They own the majority of ABC affiliates. When they say they won't air a show, the ad revenue evaporates. Immediately. Boom, the program has no market, nowhere to air. Even if Disney was still going to produce the show, Sinclair says "no one's going to see it because we won't broadcast it" someone else could pick it up. But why but the show as is. If there's anything they want they'll let it crash. Strip it for parts and repackage on a new platform