• Free Speech Everywhere But In America

    From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 06:49:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same <https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air>
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it
    appears, that concept no longer exists.
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 04:19:49 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same ><https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air>
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it
    appears, that concept no longer exists.

    "oWe hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang
    desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
    as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to
    score political points from it,o he said in a monologue."

    If that's all he said, I don't see the problem. Sure, it's a lie, but
    so what? Free speech doesn't include lying anymore?
    --
    Yo, pothead! I'll make thes even simpler for you.
    "Why is crime worse in red states than it is in blue states?"

    8647!
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 06:10:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >>repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same >><https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air>
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it >>appears, that concept no longer exists.

    "-oWe hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang
    desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
    as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to
    score political points from it,-o he said in a monologue."

    If that's all he said, I don't see the problem. Sure, it's a lie, but
    so what? Free speech doesn't include lying anymore?

    Where's the lie?

    Anyway, the capper was the clip of Trump being asked how he was
    holding up in the last day-and-a-half (after Kirk's death). He
    said okay, and immediately pivoted to the building of his White
    House ballroom. He doesn't *really* care about Kirk.
    --
    <miguel> `You have been unsubscribed from the high energy personal
    protection devices mailing list'
    <miguel> I dont remember getting into the mailing list
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 12:49:27 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:10:00 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >>>repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same >>><https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air>
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it >>>appears, that concept no longer exists.

    "?We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang
    desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
    as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to
    score political points from it,? he said in a monologue."

    If that's all he said, I don't see the problem. Sure, it's a lie, but
    so what? Free speech doesn't include lying anymore?

    Where's the lie?

    That Kirk's killer was MAGA. His family was Republican but Robinson
    himself was noted by family members as rebellious and was known to be
    dating a trans.

    On this point the left is starting to sound like the rightists blaming Democrats for the KKK.

    Anyway, the capper was the clip of Trump being asked how he was
    holding up in the last day-and-a-half (after Kirk's death). He
    said okay, and immediately pivoted to the building of his White
    House ballroom. He doesn't *really* care about Kirk.

    Exactly. Trump must be the center of attention. So what if he had to
    ride a martyr's ass onto the stage?
    --
    Yo, pothead! I'll make thes even simpler for you.
    "Why is crime worse in red states than it is in blue states?"

    8647!
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 13:33:26 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:10:00 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >>>>repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show, >>>>that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same >>>><https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air>
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it >>>>appears, that concept no longer exists.

    "?We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang
    desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
    as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to
    score political points from it,? he said in a monologue."

    If that's all he said, I don't see the problem. Sure, it's a lie, but
    so what? Free speech doesn't include lying anymore?

    Where's the lie?

    That Kirk's killer was MAGA.

    That not what he said. To repeat:

    "We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang
    desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
    as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to
    score political points from it,"

    Both points seem true to me, based on my own observations of
    the reactions from "the right".

    His family was Republican but Robinson
    himself was noted by family members as rebellious and was known to be
    dating a trans.

    On this point the left is starting to sound like the rightists blaming Democrats for the KKK.

    "The left" :-D

    Anyway, the capper was the clip of Trump being asked how he was
    holding up in the last day-and-a-half (after Kirk's death). He
    said okay, and immediately pivoted to the building of his White
    House ballroom. He doesn't *really* care about Kirk.

    Exactly. Trump must be the center of attention. So what if he had to
    ride a martyr's ass onto the stage?
    --
    Was there a time when dancers with their fiddles
    In children's circuses could stay their troubles?
    There was a time they could cry over books,
    But time has set its maggot on their track.
    Under the arc of the sky they are unsafe.
    What's never known is safest in this life.
    Under the skysigns they who have no arms
    Have cleanest hands, and, as the heartless ghost
    Alone's unhurt, so the blind man sees best.
    -- Dylan Thomas, "Was There A Time"
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  • From -hh@recscuba_google@huntzinger.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 13:43:51 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 9/18/25 13:33, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:10:00 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:
    ...
    Where's the lie?

    That Kirk's killer was MAGA.

    That not what he said. To repeat:

    "We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang
    desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
    as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to
    score political points from it,"

    Both points seem true to me, based on my own observations of
    the reactions from "the right".


    Yup. To be offended at that is "hyper-snowflakism"

    In the meantime, it appears that some news is coming out on how the FCC referred to Kimmel and Kirk with ABC/Sinclair, saying something to the
    effect of: "we can do this the easy way or the hard way".

    That's attempted coercion for a 1A violation.


    -hh

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  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 13:47:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 12:49:27 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:


    That Kirk's killer was MAGA. His family was Republican but Robinson
    himself was noted by family members as rebellious and was known to be
    dating a trans.

    His own mother said he had turned to the left, dumbass.
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 22:27:23 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 13:33:26 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:10:00 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    <snip>
    "?We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang
    desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
    as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to
    score political points from it,? he said in a monologue."
    If that's all he said, I don't see the problem. Sure, it's a lie, but >>>> so what? Free speech doesn't include lying anymore?

    Where's the lie?

    That Kirk's killer was MAGA.

    That not what he said. To repeat:

    Ah! Somebody paying attention! What a treat!

    "We hit some new lows over the weekend, with the MAGA gang
    desperately trying to characterise this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk
    as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to
    score political points from it,"

    Both points seem true to me, based on my own observations of
    the reactions from "the right".

    The point I was trying to make was that Robinson is NOT MAGA. Raised
    in a Republican family, yes, but himself? Not MAGA. You can't be
    MAGA and have a dick in your mouth at the some time.

    In any case, I don't see why Kimmel's comment should cause any great consternation. After all, Brian Kilmeade still has his job, right?

    His family was Republican but Robinson
    himself was noted by family members as rebellious and was known to be
    dating a trans.

    On this point the left is starting to sound like the rightists blaming
    Democrats for the KKK.

    "The left" :-D

    hehe They usually blame only Dems, not the entire left. ;)

    Anyway, the capper was the clip of Trump being asked how he was
    holding up in the last day-and-a-half (after Kirk's death). He
    said okay, and immediately pivoted to the building of his White
    House ballroom. He doesn't *really* care about Kirk.

    Exactly. Trump must be the center of attention. So what if he had to
    ride a martyr's ass onto the stage?

    NP: Led Zeppelin - Nobody's Fault But Mine
    --
    Yo, pothead! I'll make thes even simpler for you.
    "Why is crime worse in red states than it is in blue states?"

    8647!
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  • From Anonymous@anon@anon.net to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 18 23:57:51 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same <https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air>
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it
    appears, that concept no longer exists.

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Fri Sep 19 05:35:44 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.
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  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Fri Sep 19 04:29:32 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.

    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel
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  • From super70s@super70s@super70s.invalid to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.trump, nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 03:32:45 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, LeftistsAreFools said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.

    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

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  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 04:34:35 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, LeftistsAreFools said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.

    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Fri Sep 19 09:25:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 04:29:32 -0400, RighttistsAreFools didnrCOt write:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D-|Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.

    We can demonstrate peacefully en masse against IsraelrCOs genocide, with
    the police helping rather than hindering <https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/auckland/auckland-pro-palestine-march-draws-20000-calling-for-gaza-ceasefire/JCCMDNGJCNF7XD5G3LQIDGNW4Q/>.

    And nobody in power will try to denounce the participants as
    rCLanti-SemiticrCY or rCLterroristsrCY and look to revoke the immigration status of any of them.
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 06:57:23 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, LeftistsAreFools said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D-|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.

    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    Trump wants the FCC to <heh heh> "pull the licenses" of networks
    that say mean things about him. Wotta snowflake!

    We re-elected a preening, narcissistic, grievance-soaked, vengeful
    tabloid tallywhacker, and the Supreme Court removed all
    constraints from him.
    --
    If swimming is so good for your figure, how come whales look the
    way they do?
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  • From super70s@super70s@super70s.invalid to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.trump, nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 06:12:55 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, LeftistsAreFools said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, LeftistsAreFools said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.

    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

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  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 07:58:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, LeftistsAreFools said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, LeftistsAreFools said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.

    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.
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  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Fri Sep 19 14:07:09 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Anonymous wrote:

    Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same
    <https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-abo
    ut-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air>
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it
    appears, that concept no longer exists.

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.


    Free speech is over rated. All they do is say bad things about our President and our Government. It was never tolerated before, why now?
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  • From Brock McNuggets@brockmcknuggets@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Fri Sep 19 14:14:24 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= wrote:


    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same ><https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about >-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air> ><https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it
    appears, that concept no longer exists.


    Use the military to attack them. Who cares if it costs the lives of our troops? They will die serving Trump.
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  • From super70s@super70s@super70s.invalid to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.trump, nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 12:36:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel >>>>
    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 14:50:54 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:57:23 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    We re-elected a preening, narcissistic, grievance-soaked, vengeful
    tabloid tallywhacker, and the Supreme Court removed all
    constraints from him.

    Oh, man! That is soooooooooooo fscking SIGWORTHY!
    --
    Yo, pothead! I'll make thes even simpler for you.
    "Why is crime worse in red states than it is in blue states?"

    8647!
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  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 15:13:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel >>>>>
    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" should find ways to "take
    action" on Kimmel. FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 15:25:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    <snip>


    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    Jesus, does this guy even watch any kind of news?

    And "the leftists", as if "the leftists" are the only ones who
    care about adherence to the Constitution.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in
    violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even
    in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent
    President.

    And a wealthy network knuckling under to it.
    --
    <Deek> That reminds me, we'll need to buy a chainsaw for the office. "In
    case of emergency, break glass"
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 15:32:35 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    <snip>


    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    Jesus, does this guy even watch any kind of news?

    And "the leftists", as if "the leftists" are the only ones who
    care about adherence to the Constitution.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in
    violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even
    in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent
    President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is
    well within FCC's purview. Telling an outright lie is not in the
    public's interest. Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The
    fool thought he had a right to lie.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From super70s@super70s@super70s.invalid to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh, alt.politics.trump, nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 15:10:38 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-19 19:13:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel >>>>>>
    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" should find ways to "take
    action" on Kimmel. FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    Heh, there's no weaseling out of this one.

    In a few days we'll see if polls show a solid majority of Americans
    think Kimmel's firing was due to Trump regime pressure and if they
    approve of it.

    You won't like the results.

    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 16:23:43 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:10:38 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 19:13:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel >>>>>>>
    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" vv FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    Heh, there's no weaseling out of this one.

    In a few days we'll see if polls show a solid majority of Americans
    think Kimmel's firing was due to Trump regime pressure and if they
    approve of it.

    You won't like the results.

    Nexstar made the decision to drop Kimmel before Carr suggested anyone
    should find ways to "take action" on Kimmel.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Hunter's Crack Pipe@drugsrbad@mkay.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Fri Sep 19 16:45:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 9/18/25 2:49 AM, Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same <https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air>
    <https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it
    appears, that concept no longer exists.

    No kidding. I mean, Trump canceled Roseanne, Bob Grant, kicked himself
    off social media, pressured Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Amazon to
    suppress or flag content, tried to start a Disinformation Governance
    Board. Fascist!!!! Nazi!!!!! Racist!!!! When will his madness ever end!!!!
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From NoBody@NoBody@nowhere.corn to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.trump.is.a.filthy.lying.insurrectionist.and.rapist.and.shitbag,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 13:54:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    [Nazi filth newsgroup alt.politics.trump removed from followups]

    On 9/19/2025 1:23 PM, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:10:38 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 19:13:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D-|Oliveiro >>>>>>>>> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>> FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" vv FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    Heh, there's no weaseling out of this one.

    In a few days we'll see if polls show a solid majority of Americans
    think Kimmel's firing was due to Trump regime pressure and if they
    approve of it.

    You won't like the results.

    Nexstar made the decision to drop Kimmel before Carr suggested anyone
    should find ways to "take action" on Kimmel.

    That's a lie, fascist filth.

    Nexstar, the nationrCOs largest station owner, denied on Thursday that it
    pulled rCLJimmy Kimmel Live!rCY off the air due to pressure from FCC Chairman
    Brendan Carr.

    The company announced the decision hours after Carr threatened to take action
    against ABC affiliates over KimmelrCOs comments about Charlie KirkrCOs killer.
    Carr also urged affiliates to preempt the show.

    Asked whether NexstarrCOs decision was in any way influenced by CarrrCOs remarks,
    Gary Weitman, the companyrCOs chief communications officer, said rCLNo.rCY

    https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nexstar-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-fcc-pressure-1236523812/

    Weitman was lying, of course.

    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.trump.is.a.filthy.lying.insurrectionist.and.rapist.and.shitbag,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 17:09:28 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:54:02 -0700, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.corn>
    wrote:

    [Nazi filth newsgroup alt.politics.trump removed from followups]

    On 9/19/2025 1:23 PM, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:10:38 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 19:13:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said: >>>>>>>>>
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro >>>>>>>>>> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK. >>>>>>>>>>>
    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are >>>>>> behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>>> FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" vv FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    Heh, there's no weaseling out of this one.

    In a few days we'll see if polls show a solid majority of Americans
    think Kimmel's firing was due to Trump regime pressure and if they
    approve of it.

    You won't like the results.

    Nexstar made the decision to drop Kimmel before Carr suggested anyone
    should find ways to "take action" on Kimmel.

    That's a lie, fascist filth.

    Nexstar, the nationAs largest station owner, denied on Thursday that it
    pulled oJimmy Kimmel Live!o off the air due to pressure from FCC Chairman
    Brendan Carr.

    The company announced the decision hours after Carr threatened to take action
    against ABC affiliates over KimmelAs comments about Charlie KirkAs killer.
    Carr also urged affiliates to preempt the show.

    Asked whether NexstarAs decision was in any way influenced by CarrAs remarks,
    Gary Weitman, the companyAs chief communications officer, said oNo.o

    https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nexstar-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-fcc-pressure-1236523812/

    Weitman was lying, of course.

    Carr didn't say "the hard way or the easy way" until the next day.
    Kimmel was already on his way out.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Fri Sep 19 23:27:51 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-19, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    <snip>


    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    Jesus, does this guy even watch any kind of news?

    And "the leftists", as if "the leftists" are the only ones who
    care about adherence to the Constitution.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in >>violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even
    in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent >>President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is
    well within FCC's purview. Telling an outright lie is not in the
    public's interest. Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The
    fool thought he had a right to lie.

    The airwaves are public, not private.
    --
    Red vs Blue States
    For Swilly The Troll since I have answered his question 3 times at least and yet he keeps snipping my replies. At one time he was reasonable but now he is just another TDS infected troll. <https://wirepoints.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Red-states-blue-cities-Whos-to-blame-for-Americas-homicide-crisis-Wirepoints-Special-Report.pdf>


    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 02:06:51 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:

    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really??

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump> --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Anonymous@anon@anon.net to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 20 00:35:08 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired.

    I'll see your Jimmy Kimmel and raise you a Brenton Tarrant.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 01:36:16 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:06:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:

    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really??

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump>

    Indeed. If Trump worked for a licenced broadcaster he'd be in trouble.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 05:30:25 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:13:40 -0400, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel >>>>>>
    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" should find ways to "take
    action" on Kimmel. FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    However he did suggest license loss for or other penalties on
    Disney/ABC or at the very least, intense scrutiny. (additional work
    for the FCC head)
    --
    "We re-elected a preening, narcissistic, grievance-soaked, vengeful
    tabloid tallywhacker, and the Supreme Court removed all
    constraints from him.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 05:35:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    <snip>
    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in >>violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even
    in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent >>President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is
    well within FCC's purview.
    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really? Then why didn't the FCC do something to Fox for lying about
    the 2020 election?

    Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The
    fool thought he had a right to lie.

    According to the SCOTUS, news and information outlets ARE allowed to
    lie. There is no LAW that says they can't. If there was, Fox would
    have been shut down thirty years ago.

    Do you just not bother to think before you post?
    --
    "We re-elected a preening, narcissistic, grievance-soaked, vengeful
    tabloid tallywhacker, and the Supreme Court removed all
    constraints from him.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 05:42:49 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:06:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:

    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really??

    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump>

    SCORE!

    ---
    Many news organizations initially resisted describing Trump's
    falsehoods as lies, but began to do so by June 2019.[16] The
    Washington Post said his frequent repetition of claims he knew to be
    false amounted to a campaign based on disinformation.[17] Steve
    Bannon, Trump's 2016 presidential campaign CEO and chief strategist
    during the first seven months of Trump's first presidency, said that
    the press, rather than Democrats, was Trump's primary adversary and
    "the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit."[18][19] In
    February 2025,

    a public relations CEO stated that the "flood the zone" tactic (also
    known as the

    firehose of falsehood)

    was designed to make sure no single action or event stands out above
    the rest by having them occur at a rapid pace, thus preventing the
    public from keeping up and preventing controversy or outrage over a
    specific action or event.[20]
    ---

    This is why when asked what lie Trump has told, the answer is often
    stunned silence. There are so many it goes beyond being 'spoiled for
    choice'. The audacity of the question itself leaves the listener
    speechless.
    --
    "We re-elected a preening, narcissistic, grievance-soaked, vengeful
    tabloid tallywhacker, and the Supreme Court removed all
    constraints from him.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 07:11:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:30:25 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:13:40 -0400, LeftistsAreFools ><IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel >>>>>>>
    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" should find ways to "take
    action" on Kimmel. FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    However he did suggest license loss for or other penalties on
    Disney/ABC or at the very least, intense scrutiny. (additional work
    for the FCC head)

    It was a mistake for him to to that, but he did it after Nextar and
    Sinclair had already shut Kimmel off on their own volition.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 07:14:57 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:35:14 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    <snip>
    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>> FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in >>>violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even
    in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent >>>President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is
    well within FCC's purview.
    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really? Then why didn't the FCC do something to Fox for lying about
    the 2020 election?

    <chuckle> Fox News is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The
    fool thought he had a right to lie.

    According to the SCOTUS, news and information outlets ARE allowed to
    lie. There is no LAW that says they can't.

    Not laws, but FCC standards.

    If there was, Fox would
    have been shut down thirty years ago.

    Do you just not bother to think before you post?

    "Ding" goes the irony bell.....
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 07:16:05 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:42:49 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:06:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro ><ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:

    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really??
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump>

    SCORE!


    Trump is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From NoBody@NoBody@nowhere.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 09:12:34 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:10:38 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 19:13:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel >>>>>>>
    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" should find ways to "take
    action" on Kimmel. FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    Heh, there's no weaseling out of this one.

    Laughter!

    Is that the story you're going to stick with?

    "People across the country are calling for a boycott of Disney
    streaming services after ABC pulled Jimmy Kimmel's show from the air indefinitely on Sept. 17.

    Walt Disney-owned ABC confirmed on Wednesday, Sept. 17, that "Jimmy
    Kimmel Live!" would be pre-empted indefinitely" following comments he
    made regarding the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie
    Kirk on a Monday, Sept. 15 episode.

    The shock move came after Nexstar Media said on Sept. 17 that it would
    not air episodes of Kimmel's show across its ABC affiliate stations
    and after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr
    seemingly threatened ABC, Disney and Kimmel during commentator Benny
    Johnson's YouTube show.

    The decision prompted social media users to post pictures of their
    cancellation receipts under the hashtags #CancelDisney and
    #CancelDisneyPlus.

    Many of them are critics upset with ABC and, by extension, parent
    company Disney for silencing criticism of President Donald Trump and
    his administration at the expense of free speech."

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2025/09/19/disney-plus-cancellations/86249954007/

    Yeah it was Trump...

    In a few days we'll see if polls show a solid majority of Americans
    think Kimmel's firing was due to Trump regime pressure and if they
    approve of it.

    You won't like the results.

    Laughter!

    Be sure to remind us if that happens. Few in the public were even
    watching the guy.

    Have you condemned the murder of Charlie Kirk?
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From NoBody@NoBody@nowhere.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 09:13:08 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 16:23:43 -0400, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:10:38 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 19:13:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro >>>>>>>>> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>> FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" vv FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    Heh, there's no weaseling out of this one.

    In a few days we'll see if polls show a solid majority of Americans
    think Kimmel's firing was due to Trump regime pressure and if they
    approve of it.

    You won't like the results.

    Nexstar made the decision to drop Kimmel before Carr suggested anyone
    should find ways to "take action" on Kimmel.

    "super..."

    Laughter!
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From NoBody@NoBody@nowhere.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.trump.is.a.filthy.lying.insurrectionist.and.rapist.and.shitbag,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 09:13:39 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 13:54:02 -0700, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.corn>
    wrote:

    [Nazi filth newsgroup alt.politics.trump removed from followups]

    On 9/19/2025 1:23 PM, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:10:38 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 19:13:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said: >>>>>>>>>
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|Oliveiro >>>>>>>>>> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK. >>>>>>>>>>>
    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are >>>>>> behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do
    this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to
    take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>>> FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" vv FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    Heh, there's no weaseling out of this one.

    In a few days we'll see if polls show a solid majority of Americans
    think Kimmel's firing was due to Trump regime pressure and if they
    approve of it.

    You won't like the results.

    Nexstar made the decision to drop Kimmel before Carr suggested anyone
    should find ways to "take action" on Kimmel.

    That's a lie, fascist filth.

    Nexstar, the nationAs largest station owner, denied on Thursday that it
    pulled oJimmy Kimmel Live!o off the air due to pressure from FCC Chairman
    Brendan Carr.

    The company announced the decision hours after Carr threatened to take action
    against ABC affiliates over KimmelAs comments about Charlie KirkAs killer.
    Carr also urged affiliates to preempt the show.

    Asked whether NexstarAs decision was in any way influenced by CarrAs remarks,
    Gary Weitman, the companyAs chief communications officer, said oNo.o

    https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/nexstar-jimmy-kimmel-suspension-fcc-pressure-1236523812/

    Weitman was lying, of course.

    Impersonation noted.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From NoBody@NoBody@nowhere.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 09:16:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:16:05 -0400, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:42:49 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:06:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro >><ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:

    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really??
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump>

    SCORE!


    Trump is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    Don't forget that the vast majority of what's at that wiki site
    contain author half-truths and out of context statements.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 15:28:04 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-20, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:30:25 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:13:40 -0400, LeftistsAreFools >><IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 12:36:59 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 11:58:40 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 06:12:55 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:34:35 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 03:32:45 -0500, super70s
    <super70s@super70s.invalid> wrote:

    On 2025-09-19 08:29:32 +0000, TrumpersAreProudFascists said:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 05:35:44 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D-|Oliveiro >>>>>>>>> <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:57:51 -0400, Anonymous wrote:

    There is no free speech in either New Zealand or the UK.

    We can repeat what Jimmy Kimmel said without anybody getting fired. >>>>>>>>>
    Depending upon how your boss takes that statement. Same as with Kimmel

    Kimmel's boss isn't Donald Trump and/or Brendan Carr.

    ...and neither one of them fired him.

    ...and John Gotti didn't actually rub out all those wiseguy rats personally.

    The leftists have no evidence that Donald Trump or Brendan Carr are
    behind Kimmel's firing.

    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do >>>>this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to >>>>take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>>FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Carr did suggest that "these companies" should find ways to "take
    action" on Kimmel. FWIW, he didn't suggest the action should be to
    fire him.

    However he did suggest license loss for or other penalties on
    Disney/ABC or at the very least, intense scrutiny. (additional work
    for the FCC head)

    It was a mistake for him to to that, but he did it after Nextar and
    Sinclair had already shut Kimmel off on their own volition.

    I oppose Trump going after stations, people who he doesn't agree with
    because that is approaching very shaky ground regarding free speech.
    He's behaving just like the previous administration in this regard.
    The optics are horrible and the left are chomping at the bit.

    The FCC can do whatever they find viable WRT violating their regulations.
    Trump using the FCC to go after his detractors is very wrong though.
    They need to remain independent.

    <https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fcc-and-speech>

    I suspect Kimmel could be a pawn for bigger things to come.
    This entire event may be a ruse.
    After all it's always about the money.
    --
    Red vs Blue States
    For Swilly The Troll since I have answered his question 3 times at least and yet he keeps snipping my replies. At one time he was reasonable but now he is just another TDS infected troll. <https://wirepoints.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Red-states-blue-cities-Whos-to-blame-for-Americas-homicide-crisis-Wirepoints-Special-Report.pdf>


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  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 15:28:56 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-20, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:35:14 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    <snip>
    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do >>>>> this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to >>>>> take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>>> FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in >>>>violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even
    in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent >>>>President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is
    well within FCC's purview.
    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really? Then why didn't the FCC do something to Fox for lying about
    the 2020 election?

    <chuckle> Fox News is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The
    fool thought he had a right to lie.

    According to the SCOTUS, news and information outlets ARE allowed to
    lie. There is no LAW that says they can't.

    Not laws, but FCC standards.

    If there was, Fox would
    have been shut down thirty years ago.

    Do you just not bother to think before you post?

    "Ding" goes the irony bell.....

    <https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fcc-and-speech>
    --
    Red vs Blue States
    For Swilly The Troll since I have answered his question 3 times at least and yet he keeps snipping my replies. At one time he was reasonable but now he is just another TDS infected troll. <https://wirepoints.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Red-states-blue-cities-Whos-to-blame-for-Americas-homicide-crisis-Wirepoints-Special-Report.pdf>


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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 21:36:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:16:01 -0400, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:16:05 -0400, LeftistsAreFools ><IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:42:49 -0400, Governor Swill >><governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:06:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro >>><ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:

    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really??
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump>

    SCORE!


    Trump is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    So? Doesn't make him any less a liar.

    Don't forget that the vast majority of what's at that wiki site
    contain author half-truths and out of context statements.

    You just can't stop lying either, can you?
    --
    "We re-elected a preening, narcissistic, grievance-soaked, vengeful
    tabloid tallywhacker, and the Supreme Court removed all
    constraints from him.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sat Sep 20 21:42:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:28:56 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    On 2025-09-20, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:35:14 -0400, Governor Swill >><governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    <snip>
    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do >>>>>> this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to >>>>>> take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>>>> FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in >>>>>violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even
    in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent >>>>>President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is >>>>well within FCC's purview.
    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really? Then why didn't the FCC do something to Fox for lying about
    the 2020 election?

    <chuckle> Fox News is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The >>>>fool thought he had a right to lie.

    According to the SCOTUS, news and information outlets ARE allowed to
    lie. There is no LAW that says they can't.

    Not laws, but FCC standards.

    If there was, Fox would
    have been shut down thirty years ago.

    Do you just not bother to think before you post?

    "Ding" goes the irony bell.....

    <https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fcc-and-speech>

    Hoisted by your own petards again. You never learn, do you?

    ---
    What is the FCC's responsibility?

    The limitations on the FCC's power to restrict or ban speech begin
    with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which decrees that
    the federal government "shall make no law a abridging the freedom of
    speech, or of the press." Accordingly, Congress through Section 326 of
    the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. o 326, explicitly declared that
    nothing in the statute

    shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of
    censorship over the [broadcast] communications or signals transmitted
    by any [broadcast] station, and no regulation or condition shall be
    promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the
    right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast
    communication.
    ---

    Further, from <https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcasting_false_information.pdf>

    ---
    Broadcasting false content during news programming
    The FCC is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing
    on First Amendment rights of
    the press. It is, however, illegal for broadcasters to intentionally
    distort the news, and the FCC may act
    on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from
    persons with direct personal
    knowledge. For more information, please see our consumer guide,
    Complaints About Broadcast
    Journalism (www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism).
    ---
    --
    "We re-elected a preening, narcissistic, grievance-soaked, vengeful
    tabloid tallywhacker, and the Supreme Court removed all
    constraints from him.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 02:17:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-21, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:28:56 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    On 2025-09-20, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote: >>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:35:14 -0400, Governor Swill >>><governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    <snip>
    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do >>>>>>> this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to >>>>>>> take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the >>>>>>> FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in >>>>>>violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even >>>>>>in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent >>>>>>President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is >>>>>well within FCC's purview.
    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really? Then why didn't the FCC do something to Fox for lying about >>>>the 2020 election?

    <chuckle> Fox News is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The >>>>>fool thought he had a right to lie.

    According to the SCOTUS, news and information outlets ARE allowed to >>>>lie. There is no LAW that says they can't.

    Not laws, but FCC standards.

    If there was, Fox would
    have been shut down thirty years ago.

    Do you just not bother to think before you post?

    "Ding" goes the irony bell.....

    <https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fcc-and-speech>

    Hoisted by your own petards again. You never learn, do you?

    ---
    What is the FCC's responsibility?

    The limitations on the FCC's power to restrict or ban speech begin
    with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which decrees that
    the federal government "shall make no law -a abridging the freedom of
    speech, or of the press." Accordingly, Congress through Section 326 of
    the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. -o 326, explicitly declared that
    nothing in the statute

    shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of censorship over the [broadcast] communications or signals transmitted
    by any [broadcast] station, and no regulation or condition shall be promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the
    right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast
    communication.
    ---

    Further, from
    <https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcasting_false_information.pdf>

    ---
    Broadcasting false content during news programming
    The FCC is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing
    on First Amendment rights of
    the press. It is, however, illegal for broadcasters to intentionally
    distort the news, and the FCC may act
    on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from
    persons with direct personal
    knowledge. For more information, please see our consumer guide,
    Complaints About Broadcast
    Journalism (www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism).
    ---

    Yawn.
    Everything that disagees with your ideaology is autmatically from a conservative
    site.

    The FCC is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing
    on First Amendment rights of
    the press. It is, however, illegal for broadcasters to intentionally
    distort the news, and the FCC may act
    on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from
    persons with direct personal

    Make my point as do other hotlinks.
    --
    Red vs Blue States
    For Swilly The Troll since I have answered his question 3 times at least and yet he keeps snipping my replies. At one time he was reasonable but now he is just another TDS infected troll. <https://wirepoints.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Red-states-blue-cities-Whos-to-blame-for-Americas-homicide-crisis-Wirepoints-Special-Report.pdf>


    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 03:40:45 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 21:36:01 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 09:16:01 -0400, NoBody <NoBody@nowhere.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 07:16:05 -0400, LeftistsAreFools >><IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:42:49 -0400, Governor Swill >>><governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:06:51 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro >>>><ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:

    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really??
    <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump>

    SCORE!


    Trump is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    So? Doesn't make him any less a liar.

    The lies told by every President and every politician in history does
    not fall under the FCC's requirement to be in the public interest.

    Don't forget that the vast majority of what's at that wiki site
    contain author half-truths and out of context statements.

    You just can't stop lying either, can you?

    More Swilly Irony...
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 04:54:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 02:17:59 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    On 2025-09-21, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:28:56 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    On 2025-09-20, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote: >>>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:35:14 -0400, Governor Swill >>>><governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>>>>>>super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    <snip>
    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do >>>>>>>> this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to >>>>>>>> take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in >>>>>>>violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even >>>>>>>in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent >>>>>>>President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is >>>>>>well within FCC's purview.
    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really? Then why didn't the FCC do something to Fox for lying about >>>>>the 2020 election?

    <chuckle> Fox News is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The >>>>>>fool thought he had a right to lie.

    According to the SCOTUS, news and information outlets ARE allowed to >>>>>lie. There is no LAW that says they can't.

    Not laws, but FCC standards.

    If there was, Fox would
    have been shut down thirty years ago.

    Do you just not bother to think before you post?

    "Ding" goes the irony bell.....

    <https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fcc-and-speech>

    Hoisted by your own petards again. You never learn, do you?

    ---
    What is the FCC's responsibility?

    The limitations on the FCC's power to restrict or ban speech begin
    with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which decrees that
    the federal government "shall make no law ? abridging the freedom of
    speech, or of the press." Accordingly, Congress through Section 326 of
    the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. o 326, explicitly declared that
    nothing in the statute

    shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of
    censorship over the [broadcast] communications or signals transmitted
    by any [broadcast] station, and no regulation or condition shall be
    promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the
    right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast
    communication.
    ---

    Further, from >><https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcasting_false_information.pdf> >>
    ---
    Broadcasting false content during news programming
    The FCC is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing
    on First Amendment rights of
    the press. It is, however, illegal for broadcasters to intentionally
    distort the news, and the FCC may act
    on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from
    persons with direct personal
    knowledge. For more information, please see our consumer guide,
    Complaints About Broadcast
    Journalism
    (www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism).
    ---

    Yawn.
    Everything that disagees with your ideaology is autmatically from a conservative
    site.

    The FCC is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing
    on First Amendment rights of
    the press. It is, however, illegal for broadcasters to intentionally
    distort the news, and the FCC may act
    on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from
    persons with direct personal

    Make my point as do other hotlinks.

    Then why did the FCC do nothing about the 2020 election lies Fox and
    other broadcasters were telling?

    A: Because the FCC doesn't do anything about media lies even though
    that apparently falls within their purview.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald Trump's a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>
    "Trump loves his Vladdy Daddy. Oh, no! Are *we* the baddies?"

    8647 - 01,20,2029
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 04:59:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 04:54:21 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:


    Then why did the FCC do nothing about the 2020 election lies Fox and
    other broadcasters were telling?

    Fox news is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy. Neither is CNN and
    MSNBC.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Brock McNuggets@brockmcknuggets@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 21 09:54:45 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?= wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Here we have NZ and the UK reporting on same ><https://www.stuff.co.nz/world-news/360827879/what-jimmy-kimmel-said-about >-charlie-kirk-got-him-taken-air> ><https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c203n52x1y9o>.

    To normal people, that is just freedom of speech. But in the USA, it
    appears, that concept no longer exists.


    Bullshit. If this is true why does everybody in the whole wide world want to come here, be American and worship President Trump more than Jesus Christ himself?

    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 09:57:18 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    LeftistsAreFools wrote:

    On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 04:54:21 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:


    Then why did the FCC do nothing about the 2020 election lies Fox and
    other broadcasters were telling?

    Fox news is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy. Neither is CNN and
    MSNBC.


    Free Speech is a leftist lie. Everybody loves Trump and that's it.

    He used to be on the TV set and that earned him respect. Ever heard of the apprentice?
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 08:40:10 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    <potsnip>

    Further, from <https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcasting_false_information.pdf>

    ---
    Broadcasting false content during news programming The FCC is
    prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on
    First Amendment rights of the press. It is, however, illegal for
    broadcasters to intentionally distort the news, and the FCC may
    act on complaints if there is documented evidence of such
    behavior from persons with direct personal knowledge. For more
    information, please see our consumer guide, Complaints About
    Broadcast Journalism

    (www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism).

    Has the FCC acted on Fox News' transgressions yet?
    --
    When you dig another out of trouble, you've got a place to bury your own.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 09:44:10 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 08:40:10 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    <potsnip>

    Further, from
    <https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcasting_false_information.pdf> >>
    ---
    Broadcasting false content during news programming The FCC is
    prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on
    First Amendment rights of the press. It is, however, illegal for
    broadcasters to intentionally distort the news, and the FCC may
    act on complaints if there is documented evidence of such
    behavior from persons with direct personal knowledge. For more
    information, please see our consumer guide, Complaints About
    Broadcast Journalism

    (www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism).

    Has the FCC acted on Fox News' transgressions yet?

    <lol> The dumbshit leftists don't know that Fox News is not subject
    to FCC rules.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 14:51:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-21, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 02:17:59 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    On 2025-09-21, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 15:28:56 -0000 (UTC), pothead >>><pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    On 2025-09-20, LeftistsAreFools <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote: >>>>> On Sat, 20 Sep 2025 05:35:14 -0400, Governor Swill >>>>><governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:32:35 -0400, LeftistsAreFools wrote:
    On Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote: >>>>>>>>super70s wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
    <snip>
    "This is a very, very serious issue right now for Disney. We can do >>>>>>>>> this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to >>>>>>>>> take action on Kimmel, or there is going to be additional work for the
    FCC ahead." - Brendan Carr

    Imagine going after a talk show plus comedic opening monologue, in >>>>>>>>violation of the First Amendment, taking an action that's not even >>>>>>>>in the FCC's purview, in the service of a lawless and incompetent >>>>>>>>President.

    Nonsense. Insuring that the broadcasts are in the public interest is >>>>>>>well within FCC's purview.
    Telling an outright lie is not in the public's interest.

    Really? Then why didn't the FCC do something to Fox for lying about >>>>>>the 2020 election?

    <chuckle> Fox News is not under FCC jurisdiction, Dummy.

    Had Kimmel or ABC appologised and corrected it
    might have gone away, but Kimmel is a moron who wouldn't do it. The >>>>>>>fool thought he had a right to lie.

    According to the SCOTUS, news and information outlets ARE allowed to >>>>>>lie. There is no LAW that says they can't.

    Not laws, but FCC standards.

    If there was, Fox would
    have been shut down thirty years ago.

    Do you just not bother to think before you post?

    "Ding" goes the irony bell.....

    <https://www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/fcc-and-speech>

    Hoisted by your own petards again. You never learn, do you?

    ---
    What is the FCC's responsibility?

    The limitations on the FCC's power to restrict or ban speech begin
    with the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which decrees that
    the federal government "shall make no law ? abridging the freedom of
    speech, or of the press." Accordingly, Congress through Section 326 of
    the Communications Act, 47 U.S.C. -o 326, explicitly declared that
    nothing in the statute

    shall be understood or construed to give the Commission the power of
    censorship over the [broadcast] communications or signals transmitted
    by any [broadcast] station, and no regulation or condition shall be
    promulgated or fixed by the Commission which shall interfere with the
    right of free speech by means of [over-the-air] broadcast
    communication.
    ---

    Further, from >>><https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcasting_false_information.pdf> >>>
    ---
    Broadcasting false content during news programming
    The FCC is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing
    on First Amendment rights of
    the press. It is, however, illegal for broadcasters to intentionally
    distort the news, and the FCC may act
    on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from
    persons with direct personal
    knowledge. For more information, please see our consumer guide,
    Complaints About Broadcast
    Journalism
    (www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism).
    ---

    Yawn.
    Everything that disagees with your ideaology is autmatically from a conservative
    site.

    The FCC is prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing
    on First Amendment rights of
    the press. It is, however, illegal for broadcasters to intentionally >>distort the news, and the FCC may act
    on complaints if there is documented evidence of such behavior from
    persons with direct personal

    Make my point as do other hotlinks.

    Then why did the FCC do nothing about the 2020 election lies Fox and
    other broadcasters were telling?

    A: Because the FCC doesn't do anything about media lies even though
    that apparently falls within their purview.

    That's a reasonable question.
    Why weren't the democrats in an uproar over the censoring of the Hunter
    laptop, the Russia collusion lie, conservative media and others?

    All of a sudden when the tables get turned the democrats start whining
    1st amendment rights which do NOT apply to Kimmel in his capacity as
    an employee of the company who pays him. Those rights apply to the COMPANY. Not Kimmel directly.

    That's the way I understand it.

    Either way, there is more to this story. Follow the money.
    --
    Red vs Blue States
    For Swilly The Troll since I have answered his question 3 times at least and yet he keeps snipping my replies. At one time he was reasonable but now he is just another TDS infected troll. <https://wirepoints.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Red-states-blue-cities-Whos-to-blame-for-Americas-homicide-crisis-Wirepoints-Special-Report.pdf>


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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 13:09:29 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 21 Sep 2025 14:51:59 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    Then why did the FCC do nothing about the 2020 election lies Fox and
    other broadcasters were telling?

    A: Because the FCC doesn't do anything about media lies even though
    that apparently falls within their purview.

    That's a reasonable question.
    Why weren't the democrats in an uproar over the censoring of the Hunter >laptop, the Russia collusion lie, conservative media and others?

    For the same reason Trump is silent on Epstein and Republicans refuse
    to pass the immigration legislation we need.

    It's called "partisan hypocrisy".

    A noted historian of the sixteenth century noted of the Reformation
    struggle in Elizabethan England, "The Protestants were as silent about
    the abominations they practiced on Catholics as Catholics were on the Protestants Queen Mary burned."

    This is why I'm a moderate. This is why I consider information from
    all sources. In the end though, too often neither story is
    independently corroborated so I have to just flip a coin as to what to
    believe.

    All of a sudden when the tables get turned the democrats start whining
    1st amendment rights which do NOT apply to Kimmel in his capacity as
    an employee of the company who pays him. Those rights apply to the COMPANY. >Not Kimmel directly.

    That's the way I understand it.

    I disagree.

    Either way, there is more to this story. Follow the money.

    ABC and Nextar want their deal approved by the FCC from what I've
    heard. That means pleasing Trump. It shouldn't, but it does.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald Trump's a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>
    "Trump loves his Vladdy Daddy. Oh, no! Are *we* the baddies?"

    8647 - 01,20,2029
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  • From chine.bleu@chine.bleu@yahoo.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Sun Sep 21 11:20:56 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote:
    That's a reasonable question.
    Why weren't the democrats in an uproar over the censoring of the Hunter
    laptop, the Russia collusion lie, conservative media and others?
    For the same reason Trump is silent on Epstein and Republicans refuse
    to pass the immigration legislation we need.


    Is there any case law of the FCC enforcing truthiness?

    Like the unorganised militia, we got laws that assert government powers,
    but without any attempt to enforce them, they have never been tested in
    court.
    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    Thank goodness my spare iron lung is working again! /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
    of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed
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  • From -hh@recscuba_google@huntzinger.com to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Mon Sep 22 07:49:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 9/21/25 08:40, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    <potsnip>

    Further, from
    <https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcasting_false_information.pdf> >>
    ---
    Broadcasting false content during news programming The FCC is
    prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on
    First Amendment rights of the press. It is, however, illegal for
    broadcasters to intentionally distort the news, and the FCC may
    act on complaints if there is documented evidence of such
    behavior from persons with direct personal knowledge. For more
    information, please see our consumer guide, Complaints About
    Broadcast Journalism

    (www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism).

    Has the FCC acted on Fox News' transgressions yet?


    Fox's use of "well actually, its entertainment, not a news channel" as a
    legal defense should really have opened them up to fraud lawsuits for
    customer deception and misrepresentation of their product.


    -hh
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  • From LeftistsAreFools@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Mon Sep 22 09:01:11 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Mon, 22 Sep 2025 07:49:02 -0400, -hh
    <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com> wrote:

    On 9/21/25 08:40, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    <potsnip>

    Further, from
    <https://www.fcc.gov/sites/default/files/broadcasting_false_information.pdf>

    ---
    Broadcasting false content during news programming The FCC is
    prohibited by law from engaging in censorship or infringing on
    First Amendment rights of the press. It is, however, illegal for
    broadcasters to intentionally distort the news, and the FCC may
    act on complaints if there is documented evidence of such
    behavior from persons with direct personal knowledge. For more
    information, please see our consumer guide, Complaints About
    Broadcast Journalism

    (www.fcc.gov/consumers/guides/complaints-about-broadcast-journalism).

    Has the FCC acted on Fox News' transgressions yet?


    Fox's use of "well actually, its entertainment, not a news channel" as a >legal defense should really have opened them up to fraud lawsuits for >customer deception and misrepresentation of their product.


    -hh

    No, Dumbass. Fox news is not a broadcast channel so they are not
    subject to FCC requirments.
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Tue Sep 23 18:30:57 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right-
    wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for rCLlow ratingsrCY for Kimmel!
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Tue Sep 23 14:52:01 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right-
    wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for rCLlow ratingsrCY for Kimmel!

    However, note that the Nexstar and Sinclair (aggressive right-wing
    owner) networks are still going to pre-empt Kimmel.

    :-D Kimmel's bits and interviews will be, as usual, available on
    YouTube.
    --
    The Commandments of the EE:

    (5) Take care that thou useth the proper method when thou takest the
    measures of high-voltage circuits too, that thou dost not incinerate
    both thee and thy test meter, for verily, though thou has no company
    property number and can be easily surveyed, the test meter has
    one and, as a consequence, bringeth much woe unto a purchasing agent. (6) Take care that thou tamperest not with interlocks and safety devices,
    for this incurreth the wrath of the chief electrician and bring
    the fury of the engineers on his head.
    (7) Work thou not on energized equipment for if thou doest so, thy
    friends will surely be buying beers for thy widow and consoling
    her in certain ways not generally acceptable to thee.
    (8) Verily, verily I say unto thee, never service equipment alone,
    for electrical cooking is a slow process and thou might sizzle in
    thy own fat upon a hot circuit for hours on end before thy maker
    sees fit to end thy misery and drag thee into his fold.
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  • From chine.bleu@chine.bleu@yahoo.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Tue Sep 23 16:19:30 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right-
    wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >> >lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for rCLlow ratingsrCY for >> >Kimmel!
    However, note that the Nexstar and Sinclair (aggressive right-wing
    owner) networks are still going to pre-empt Kimmel.

    Their customers can do their own boycott if it matters to them.
    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    Thank goodness my spare iron lung is working again! /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 12:14:05 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right-
    wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for olow ratingso for >Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 12:45:31 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for "low ratings" for >>Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    Jimmy showed some real emotion over the shooting and over the
    support he got from many people.

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Jimmy certainly got Lawsuit Larry's attention:

    rCLI canrCOt believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back.
    The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!
    Something happened between then and now because his audience
    is GONE, and his rCytalentrCO was never there. Why would they want
    someone back who does so poorly, whorCOs not funny, and who puts
    the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat
    GARBAGE. He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of
    my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign
    Contribution. I think werCOre going to test ABC out on this.
    LetrCOs see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me
    $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A
    true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad
    Ratings,rCY

    Let's repeat those last "thoughts":

    Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars.
    This one sounds even more lucrative.
    --
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    Sacred cows make great hamberders.
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  • From LeftistsAreMorons@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 12:51:39 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for olow ratingso for >>Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 13:25:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    LeftistsAreMorons Is A Moron wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>>wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>>lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for -olow ratings-o for >>>Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.

    Nah, that's like 20% of ABC stations at most, I believe.
    --
    It is a wise father that knows his own child.
    -- William Shakespeare, "The Merchant of Venice"
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  • From Mitchell Holman@noemail@aol.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 18:03:15 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    LeftistsAreMorons <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote in news:s888dk1v1ub07h03a8nef9a4elvv8hdnr1@4ax.com:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight
    in repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV
    show, that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the
    right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business >>>decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much
    for olow ratingso for Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.


    Show us these "poor ratings".


    Jimmy Kimmel Ratings Over The Years:
    He Was No. 1 With Young Adults
    Sep 19, 2025 https://www.forbes.com/sites/tonifitzgerald/2025/09/19/jimmy-kimmel- ratings-over-the-years-he-was-no-1-with-young-adults/







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  • From LeftistsAreMorons@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 14:58:28 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    LeftistsAreMorons Is A Moron wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >>>>> repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>>>wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>>>lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for ?low ratings? for >>>>Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.

    Nah, that's like 20% of ABC stations at most, I believe.

    More like 30%, but his ratings are already poor.
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  • From LeftistsAreMorons@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 15:03:59 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:03:15 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com>
    wrote:

    LeftistsAreMorons <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote in >news:s888dk1v1ub07h03a8nef9a4elvv8hdnr1@4ax.com:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight
    in repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV
    show, that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the
    right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business >>>>decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much
    for olow ratingso for Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.


    Show us these "poor ratings".


    Look them up yourself, Dumbass. Compare them to the Gutfeld show.
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  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.computer.workshop on Wed Sep 24 22:22:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-24, LeftistsAreMorons <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:
    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>>wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>>lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for -olow ratings-o for >>>Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.

    Once again my opinion is Kimmel is a pawn in all of this.
    Both networks are in the middle of negotiating merger deals for big money. Kimmel's ratings have been tanking and let's face it the guy isn't funny.

    So Trump enters this mess, wrongly IMHO, and has pull with the FCC who will in part
    determine the outcome of the mergers and bingo Kimmel is put on hold to please the FCC
    who want to please Trump.

    Kimmel is a POS however in this case it's not censorship but follow the money.

    And I do not believe that Trump or the FCC trying to please Trump should be involved in any
    of this.
    I also did not feel that Biden should have been pressuring tech media to censor COVID posts
    conservatives, Hunter laptop etc.

    So where were you "free speech" left wing lunatics when that was going on? Those incidents surely affected far more people than a single, 3rd rate stand up
    comedian.
    --
    pothead
    "I have a lot of friends who are Democrats, and theyrCOre idiots.
    I always say they have big hearts and little brains.
    Almost every single policy rolled out failed.rCY

    -- Jamie Dimon CEO JPMorgan Chase.
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  • From Brock McNuggets@brock.mcnuggets@gmail.com to alt.computer.workshop,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh,alt.politics.trump,nz.politics on Wed Sep 24 22:31:05 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sep 24, 2025 at 3:22:14rC>PM MST, "pothead" wrote <10b1qum$3uceh$3@pothead.dont-email.me>:

    On 2025-09-24, LeftistsAreMorons <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:
    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >>>>> repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>>> wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>>> lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for -olow ratings-o for >>>> Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.

    Once again my opinion is Kimmel is a pawn in all of this.
    Both networks are in the middle of negotiating merger deals for big money. Kimmel's ratings have been tanking and let's face it the guy isn't funny.

    Like all late-night shows, his numbers arenrCOt what they used to be (streaming,
    YouTube, and shifting media habits killed traditional ratings across the board). That's not some special failing unique to him. Pretending he's irrelevant while still frothing about him says more about you than him.

    So Trump enters this mess, wrongly IMHO, and has pull with the FCC who will in
    part
    determine the outcome of the mergers and bingo Kimmel is put on hold to please
    the FCC
    who want to please Trump.

    Kimmel is a POS however in this case it's not censorship but follow the money.

    Of course it was censorship.

    And I do not believe that Trump or the FCC trying to please Trump should be involved in any
    of this.
    I also did not feel that Biden should have been pressuring tech media to censor COVID posts
    conservatives, Hunter laptop etc.

    Cite?

    So where were you "free speech" left wing lunatics when that was going on? Those incidents surely affected far more people than a single, 3rd rate stand up
    comedian.

    Your what-about-ism, with no support, is noted.

    I do not think any content from the right should have been blocked, BUT when they push dangerous misinformation it should be countered. Facts matter. Let's have fact checking on social media.

    But right wingers HATE the idea of fact checking.
    --
    It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.
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  • From -hh@recscuba_google@huntzinger.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 20:03:55 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 9/24/25 15:03, LeftistsAreMorons wrote:
    Mitchell Holman <noemail@aol.com> wrote:
    LeftistsAreMorons <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:
    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:
    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote: >>>>> ...
    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the
    right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business
    decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much
    for rCLlow ratingsrCY for Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.

    Show us these "poor ratings".


    Look them up yourself, Dumbass. Compare them to the Gutfeld show.


    Wasn't my claim, but:


    <https://latenighter.com/news/ratings/late-night-tv-ratings-q2-2025/>

    "In the advertiser-coveted 18rCo49 demo[graphic]...Kimmel surged ahead
    with 220,000 viewersrCohis strongest performance in a yearrCoedging out Colbert (219,000) and leaving Fallon (at 157,000) in a distant third."

    and:

    "Earlier in the night, Fox NewsrCO Gutfeld!...viewers aged 18rCo49 (at an average of 238,000), down -9% and -22%, respectively, vs. last quarter."


    For the key 18-49 demographic, Kimmel **lead his time slot** with 220K viewers.

    Gutfeld! did more (238K) *but* that's an invalid comparison attempt,
    because he's in a different & better time slot with higher total overall viewership...plus his 18-49 demographic viewers plummeted QoQ by -22%.

    Summary: LAM was demonstrably wrong on both counts.

    -hh
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  • From chine.bleu@chine.bleu@yahoo.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 18:16:37 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    Contribution. I think werCOre going to test ABC out on this.
    LetrCOs see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me
    $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A
    true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad
    Ratings,rCY

    Let's repeat those last "thoughts":

    Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars.
    This one sounds even more lucrative.

    TACO will just run away again. Anybody who stands up wins.

    It cost ABC 16 million for their spine transplant.
    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    Thank goodness my spare iron lung is working again! /|\
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    of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed
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  • From chine.bleu@chine.bleu@yahoo.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Wed Sep 24 18:18:54 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
    LeftistsAreMorons Is A Moron wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >>>>> repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>>> wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>>> lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for -olow ratings-o for >>>> Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.

    Nah, that's like 20% of ABC stations at most, I believe.


    Who may face their own boycotts next. Ask Busch. Only Magoos are allowed
    to boycott.
    --
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    Thank goodness my spare iron lung is working again! /|\
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 25 11:29:37 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:45:31 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in
    repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>>wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>>lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for "low ratings" for >>>Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    Jimmy showed some real emotion over the shooting and over the
    support he got from many people.

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Jimmy certainly got Lawsuit Larry's attention:

    oI canAt believe ABC Fake News gave Jimmy Kimmel his job back.
    The White House was told by ABC that his Show was cancelled!

    Lie. The right seems to think that though. Probably because their
    media labeled it a firing because that's more dramatic and sensational
    than "temporarily suspended".

    Something happened between then and now because his audience
    is GONE, and his atalentA was never there. Why would they want
    someone back who does so poorly, whoAs not funny, and who puts
    the Network in jeopardy by playing 99% positive Democrat
    GARBAGE. He is yet another arm of the DNC and, to the best of
    my knowledge, that would be a major Illegal Campaign
    Contribution. I think weAre going to test ABC out on this.
    LetAs see how we do. Last time I went after them, they gave me
    $16 Million Dollars. This one sounds even more lucrative. A
    true bunch of losers! Let Jimmy Kimmel rot in his bad
    Ratings,o

    Let's repeat those last "thoughts":

    Last time I went after them, they gave me $16 Million Dollars.
    This one sounds even more lucrative.

    Amazing that we have a POTUS who sues public media for defamation in
    order to suppress the First Amendment.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 25 11:31:16 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    LeftistsAreMorons Is A Moron wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >>>>> repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show,
    that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>>>wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney >>>>lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for ?low ratings? for >>>>Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.

    Nah, that's like 20% of ABC stations at most, I believe.

    When those stations find their late night audiences tuning into
    Colbert and Fallon instead of reruns of Andy Griffith, they'll be
    picking Kimmel back up.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 25 11:34:36 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:58:28 -0400, LeftistsAreMorons <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    LeftistsAreMorons Is A Moron wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 12:14:05 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:

    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight in >>>>>> repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV show, >>>>>> that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him.

    Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the right- >>>>>wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business decision: Disney
    lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much for ?low ratings? for >>>>>Kimmel!

    His return monologue was a gem!

    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!

    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.

    Nah, that's like 20% of ABC stations at most, I believe.

    More like 30%, but his ratings are already poor.

    Can either of you cite any stats?

    AI overview: "National household reach: The combined blackout by
    Sinclair and Nexstar affects viewers in about 23u25% of U.S.
    households, effectively blocking millions of viewers from watching
    Kimmel's return."

    Second place out of four networks isn't poor. Especially since that
    third place network was #1 for forty years.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 25 11:41:22 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:03:59 -0400, LeftistsAreMorons wrote:
    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:03:15 +0000, Mitchell Holman wrote: >>LeftistsAreMorons wrote
    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 Governor Swill wrote:
    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:
    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight
    in repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV
    show, that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him. >>>>Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.
    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the >>>>>right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business >>>>>decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much >>>>>for olow ratingso for Kimmel!
    His return monologue was a gem!
    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!
    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.
    Show us these "poor ratings".

    Look them up yourself, Dumbass. Compare them to the Gutfeld show.

    Gutfeld isn't on late night, dumbass. He's on in prime time.

    Moron right wing loons STILL think they have any credibility!
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 25 11:56:13 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:58:28 -0400, LeftistsAreMorons <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 13:25:20 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    LeftistsAreMorons Is A Moron wrote ...

    More like 30%, but his ratings are already poor.

    Can either of you cite any stats?

    I figgered this estimate wasn't important enough to find a
    reference, 'cause Google. It's a pedant point.

    AI overview: "National household reach: The combined blackout by
    Sinclair and Nexstar affects viewers in about 23-u25% of U.S.
    households, effectively blocking millions of viewers from watching
    Kimmel's return."

    Second place out of four networks isn't poor. Especially since that
    third place network was #1 for forty years.
    --
    Set the cart before the horse.
    -- John Heywood
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  • From LeftistsAreMorons@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Thu Sep 25 12:09:40 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Thu, 25 Sep 2025 11:41:22 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 15:03:59 -0400, LeftistsAreMorons wrote:
    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 18:03:15 +0000, Mitchell Holman wrote: >>>LeftistsAreMorons wrote
    On Wed, 24 Sep 2025 Governor Swill wrote:
    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:
    On Thu, 18 Sep 2025 06:49:11 -0000 (UTC), I wrote:
    Every news network in the Free World must be taking great delight >>>>>>> in repeating the exact words that Jimmy Kimmel uttered on his TV >>>>>>> show, that got the Trump faction to force his network to sack him. >>>>>Kimmel was never sacked. He was temporarily suspended.
    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the >>>>>>right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business >>>>>>decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much >>>>>>for olow ratingso for Kimmel!
    His return monologue was a gem!
    His ratings will probably be up for a while over this!
    Not without Nexstar and Sinclair. I suspect the show is in a death
    spiral due to poor ratings.
    Show us these "poor ratings".

    Look them up yourself, Dumbass. Compare them to the Gutfeld show.

    Gutfeld isn't on late night, dumbass. He's on in prime time.

    Moron right wing loons STILL think they have any credibility!

    Credibility on Usenet is a joke. I don't believe anything I read on
    Usenet without seriously checking it out. Most of what I read on
    Usenet isn't even worth checking out.
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Fri Sep 26 21:58:20 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:19:30 -0700, chine.bleu wrote:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the
    right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business
    decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much
    for rCLlow ratingsrCY for Kimmel!

    However, note that the Nexstar and Sinclair (aggressive right-wing
    owner) networks are still going to pre-empt Kimmel.

    Their customers can do their own boycott if it matters to them.

    And now one of those right-wing affiliate networks has folded and
    returned Kimmel to its feed <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/sinclair-gets-nothing-it-asked-for-puts-jimmy-kimmel-back-on-anyway/>.

    No, reading further down, actually *both* of those affiliates have put
    Kimmel back on!

    One fun bit:

    Sinclair also announced it would air a special in remembrance of
    Kirk in Kimmel's time slot, but then decided to put it on YouTube
    instead.

    Money talks louder than religious or political ideology. Or at least
    it does to sensible people ...
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 07:17:48 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:19:30 -0700, chine.bleu wrote:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DrCOOliveiro wrote:

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the
    right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business
    decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much
    for rCLlow ratingsrCY for Kimmel!

    However, note that the Nexstar and Sinclair (aggressive right-wing
    owner) networks are still going to pre-empt Kimmel.

    Their customers can do their own boycott if it matters to them.

    And now one of those right-wing affiliate networks has folded and
    returned Kimmel to its feed

    <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/sinclair-gets-nothing-it-asked-for-puts-jimmy-kimmel-back-on-anyway/>.

    No, reading further down, actually *both* of those affiliates have put
    Kimmel back on!

    One fun bit:

    Sinclair also announced it would air a special in remembrance of
    Kirk in Kimmel's time slot, but then decided to put it on YouTube
    instead.

    Money talks louder than religious or political ideology. Or at least
    it does to sensible people ...

    Kimmel noted the big boost in his viewership a couple days ago,
    and, like the grateful and appreciative liberal he is, thanked
    President Trump.

    :-D
    --
    Now hatred is by far the longest pleasure;
    Men love in haste, but they detest at leisure.
    -- George Gordon, Lord Byron, "Don Juan"
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 13:24:38 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:58:20 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro
    <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:19:30 -0700, chine.bleu wrote:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DAOliveiro wrote:

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the
    right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business
    decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much
    for olow ratingso for Kimmel!

    However, note that the Nexstar and Sinclair (aggressive right-wing
    owner) networks are still going to pre-empt Kimmel.

    Their customers can do their own boycott if it matters to them.

    And now one of those right-wing affiliate networks has folded and
    returned Kimmel to its feed ><https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/sinclair-gets-nothing-it-asked-for-puts-jimmy-kimmel-back-on-anyway/>.

    No, reading further down, actually *both* of those affiliates have put
    Kimmel back on!

    One fun bit:

    Sinclair also announced it would air a special in remembrance of
    Kirk in Kimmel's time slot, but then decided to put it on YouTube
    instead.

    Money talks louder than religious or political ideology. Or at least
    it does to sensible people ...

    As I wrote a couple of days ago, when they find that Kimmel gets
    better ratings than re-runs of Andy Griffith, they'll be putting him
    back on the air.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 13:26:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 13:24:38 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:58:20 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro ><ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:19:30 -0700, chine.bleu wrote:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence DAOliveiro wrote:

    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the
    right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business
    decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much
    for olow ratingso for Kimmel!

    However, note that the Nexstar and Sinclair (aggressive right-wing
    owner) networks are still going to pre-empt Kimmel.

    Their customers can do their own boycott if it matters to them.

    And now one of those right-wing affiliate networks has folded and
    returned Kimmel to its feed >><https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/sinclair-gets-nothing-it-asked-for-puts-jimmy-kimmel-back-on-anyway/>.

    No, reading further down, actually *both* of those affiliates have put >>Kimmel back on!

    One fun bit:

    Sinclair also announced it would air a special in remembrance of
    Kirk in Kimmel's time slot, but then decided to put it on YouTube
    instead.

    Money talks louder than religious or political ideology. Or at least
    it does to sensible people ...

    As I wrote a couple of days ago, when they find that Kimmel gets
    better ratings than re-runs of Andy Griffith, they'll be putting him
    back on the air.

    Oh! I missed this paragraph!

    "Facing the threat of lost advertising dollars, Sinclair said it
    "received thoughtful feedback from viewers, advertisers, and community
    leaders representing a wide range of perspectives." Nexstar separately announced an end to its blackout of Kimmel shortly after this article published."

    LOL! So much for the Kimmel scandal. It's all over. Trump and the
    right got nothing.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 13:37:13 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Off topic ...

    The fuel shortage in Russia is so bad that kids didn't go to school
    yesterday in Nizhny Novgorod because there was no fuel for the busses.

    The Russian press are whispering at removal of Putin for gross
    mismanagement of the war.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 13:44:04 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:17:48 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:


    Kimmel noted the big boost in his viewership a couple days ago,
    and, like the grateful and appreciative liberal he is, thanked
    President Trump.

    That was gracious of him!
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 14:34:21 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:17:48 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:


    Kimmel noted the big boost in his viewership a couple days ago,
    and, like the grateful and appreciative liberal he is, thanked
    President Trump.

    Kimmel Youtube views:
    Sept 25, 4,268,475
    Sept 24, 8,055,728
    Sept 23, 22,394,398

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHNYV71fKQ4>

    He's doing better on Youtube than on Thetube.

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison are running Tik Tok, the world's
    largest social media platform.
    Elon Musk owns X.
    Mark Zuckerberg is running Facebook.
    Murdoch's son is in charge of Fox News, New York Post and the Wall
    Street Journal.
    Larry Ellison's son owns CBS and Paramount.

    And let's not forget that Kimmel's show is produced by Fox's 20th
    Television.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From LeftistsAreMorons@IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 15:11:37 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:34:21 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:17:48 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:


    Kimmel noted the big boost in his viewership a couple days ago,
    and, like the grateful and appreciative liberal he is, thanked
    President Trump.

    Kimmel Youtube views:
    Sept 25, 4,268,475
    Sept 24, 8,055,728
    Sept 23, 22,394,398

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHNYV71fKQ4>

    He's doing better on Youtube than on Thetube.


    I'll bet ABC/Disney wishes he was doing better on "the tube."

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  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 20:41:57 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-27, LeftistsAreMorons <IronWhite@Systemic_Patriotism.org> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:34:21 -0400, Governor Swill
    <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 07:17:48 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:


    Kimmel noted the big boost in his viewership a couple days ago,
    and, like the grateful and appreciative liberal he is, thanked
    President Trump.

    Kimmel Youtube views:
    Sept 25, 4,268,475
    Sept 24, 8,055,728
    Sept 23, 22,394,398

    <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHNYV71fKQ4>

    He's doing better on Youtube than on Thetube.


    I'll bet ABC/Disney wishes he was doing better on "the tube."

    It will all be short lived.
    People will once again realize that Kimmel is simply not funny.
    He isn't.
    He either needs to buy some talent, real fast, or fire his writers because
    they suck.

    Carson.
    Funny.
    Letterman.
    Funny
    Leno
    Funny.
    Arsenio
    semi funny.
    Colbert
    Semi funny

    Kimmel.
    Not funny.
    --
    pothead

    "Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
    Then our choices make us."
    -- Anne Frank
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 21:00:02 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:34:21 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Surely, in a competitive free market, the successful products/services are owned by the winners who offer them. rCLLeftrCY and rCLrightrCY donrCOt come into
    it: what matters is quality.

    Does the US have a competitive free media market or not?
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 19:49:58 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 20:41:57 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison are running Tik Tok, the world's
    largest social media platform.
    Elon Musk owns X.
    Mark Zuckerberg is running Facebook.
    Murdoch's son is in charge of Fox News, New York Post and the Wall
    Street Journal.
    Larry Ellison's son owns CBS and Paramount.

    Carson.
    Funny.
    Letterman.
    Funny
    Leno
    Funny.
    Arsenio
    semi funny.
    Colbert
    Semi funny

    Kimmel.
    Not funny.

    Blame Fox. It's their show.

    Funny is irrelevant. The point here is that Fox, ABC, Nexstar and
    Sinclair all bowed to a heavy public backlash. Clearly the First
    Amendment isn't dead yet.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sat Sep 27 19:51:42 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 21:00:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:34:21 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Surely, in a competitive free market, the successful products/services are >owned by the winners who offer them. oLefto and orighto donAt come into
    it: what matters is quality.

    Exactly my point.

    Does the US have a competitive free media market or not?

    Probably the most competitive on the planet. There's a saying,
    "Americans are the poorest informed but best entertained media
    consumers on earth."
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
    --- Synchronet 3.21a-Linux NewsLink 1.2
  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 00:00:54 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-27, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 20:41:57 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison are running Tik Tok, the world's
    largest social media platform.
    Elon Musk owns X.
    Mark Zuckerberg is running Facebook.
    Murdoch's son is in charge of Fox News, New York Post and the Wall
    Street Journal.
    Larry Ellison's son owns CBS and Paramount.

    Carson.
    Funny.
    Letterman.
    Funny
    Leno
    Funny.
    Arsenio
    semi funny.
    Colbert
    Semi funny

    Kimmel.
    Not funny.

    Blame Fox. It's their show.

    I don't give a hoot what network it's on.
    The little TV I watch is comprised of shows that interest me.
    CNN for example hosts excellent historical type shows on occasion
    that I watch. Biographies, the 70's, 80's etc and such are very well
    done.
    I don't care that it's CNN.

    And of course there is New Year's Eve and CNN blows away the competition with hosts who are downing shots and so forth. They also tend to cover more of the music
    acts which I appreciate.
    For the last couple of years, being a NYer their coverage is the best by far.


    Funny is irrelevant. The point here is that Fox, ABC, Nexstar and
    Sinclair all bowed to a heavy public backlash. Clearly the First
    Amendment isn't dead yet.

    I have no problem with that but it's still all about money and if Kimmel
    sinks again in the ratings, which I predict he will, he's gone.
    Just like any entertainer.

    And BTW, this was never a first amendment issue despite the left trying
    to push the narrative.
    --
    pothead

    "Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
    Then our choices make us."
    -- Anne Frank
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  • From pothead@pothead@snakebite.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 00:04:09 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On 2025-09-27, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 21:00:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:34:21 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Surely, in a competitive free market, the successful products/services are >>owned by the winners who offer them. -oLeft-o and -oright-o don-At come into >>it: what matters is quality.

    Exactly my point.

    Does the US have a competitive free media market or not?

    Probably the most competitive on the planet. There's a saying,
    "Americans are the poorest informed but best entertained media
    consumers on earth."

    That's a true statement.
    As I always say, the average American can tell you all about Dancing With the Stars,
    but has no idea who their state representatives are.

    That being said, with the exception of AM talk radio which is on life support, the left
    controls the media by far. At least the legacy media.
    They always have.
    --
    pothead

    "Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices.
    Then our choices make us."
    -- Anne Frank
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  • From Mitchell Holman@noeail@aol.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 02:00:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in news:10b9u1p$21grr$2@pothead.dont-email.me:

    On 2025-09-27, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 21:00:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:34:21 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Surely, in a competitive free market, the successful
    products/services are owned by the winners who offer them. -oLeft-o
    and -oright-o don-At come into it: what matters is quality.

    Exactly my point.

    Does the US have a competitive free media market or not?

    Probably the most competitive on the planet. There's a saying,
    "Americans are the poorest informed but best entertained media
    consumers on earth."

    That's a true statement.
    As I always say, the average American can tell you all about Dancing
    With the Stars, but has no idea who their state representatives are.

    That being said, with the exception of AM talk radio which is on life support, the left controls the media by far. At least the legacy
    media. They always have.


    Tell that to the millions who couldn't
    watch the Kimmel return because Sinclair
    stations all over the country refused to
    broadcast it.

    And the "liberal" ABC News who fired
    him. And the "liberal" CBS who fired
    Steven Colbert.




    The Conservative Agenda:

    Make life harder for veterans
    Make life harder for retirees
    Make life harder for teachers
    Make life harder for farmers
    Make life harder for consumers
    Make life harder for students
    Make life harder for disaster victims
    Make life harder for tourists
    Make life harder for gay people
    Make life harder for trans people
    Make life harder for sick people
    Make life harder for students
    Make life harder for voters
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 04:27:00 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:00:54 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    On 2025-09-27, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    <snip>
    Funny is irrelevant. The point here is that Fox, ABC, Nexstar and
    Sinclair all bowed to a heavy public backlash. Clearly the First
    Amendment isn't dead yet.

    I have no problem with that

    ... now that it's a fait accompli ...

    but it's still all about money

    ... is your opinion.

    and if Kimmel
    sinks again in the ratings, which I predict he will, he's gone.
    Just like any entertainer.

    But that's not why he was gone this time.

    And BTW, this was never a first amendment issue despite the left trying
    to push the narrative.

    <laughs and points>

    LUUUUUzer!

    The FACT is that the right is ignoring the First Amendment
    implications of the administration openly (via the FCC chair)
    threatening a network and a merger request BECAUSE OF SOMETHING SAID
    ON AIR the administration didn't like.

    Those are the FACTS no matter how deeply right wing media wants to
    bury them.

    Brendan Carr:
    "We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find
    ways to change conduct, to take action, frankly, on Kimmel, or, you
    know, there is going to be additional work for the FCC ahead."


    TMI

    Vance claims this was a joke. Don't you think "it was only a joke" is
    wearing pretty thin coming from MAGA?

    Trump, as usual, has only made the problem worse.

    South Park is ripping the administration into little pieces (ObRef:
    Pink Floyd) and now, Trump can't do a thing about it.

    Storyline: Satan is having Trump's baby and The Donald, running
    around waving cigarettes and coat hangers, is trying to arrange an
    abortion or an accident to kill the fetus because Vance told Trump the
    new baby would become the center of attention instead of the
    President.

    Then there's their treatment of Carr:

    "In a recent episode of "South Park," Federal Communications
    Commission chairman Brendan Carr is humorously depicted as suffering a
    series of injuries. These include falling down stairs, experiencing
    explosive diarrhea from tampered soup attributed to President Donald
    Trump, and being crushed by a giant pile of cat litter. These comedic
    mishaps occur as Carr attempts to bring an issue to the White House, highlighting the show's satirical take on current political events and
    figures.

    "This portrayal is part of the narrative where "South Park" addresses
    the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel following Kimmel's remarks about the
    killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. This incident was
    prompted by Carr, who pressured ABC to take action against Kimmel. The
    episode uses these exaggerated situations to mock the political
    tensions and CarrAs involvement in the media controversy surrounding
    Kimmel's comments."

    If the administration had just kept it's yap shut, NONE of this
    controversy would have happened. All they've done is draw attention
    to Kimmel, South Park and the First and tied their own hands. They
    don't dare touch "Hollywood" now.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 04:37:06 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 00:04:09 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    On 2025-09-27, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 21:00:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D Oliveiro wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:34:21 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Surely, in a competitive free market, the successful products/services are >>>owned by the winners who offer them. ?Left? and ?right? don?t come into >>>it: what matters is quality.

    Exactly my point.

    Does the US have a competitive free media market or not?

    Probably the most competitive on the planet. There's a saying,
    "Americans are the poorest informed but best entertained media
    consumers on earth."

    That's a true statement.
    As I always say, the average American can tell you all about Dancing With the Stars,
    but has no idea who their state representatives are.

    That being said, with the exception of AM talk radio which is on life support, the left
    controls the media by far. At least the legacy media.
    They always have.

    Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison are running Tik Tok, the world's
    largest social media platform.
    Elon Musk owns X.
    Mark Zuckerberg is running Facebook.

    So much for leftist control of social media.

    Murdoch's son is in charge of Fox News, New York Post and the Wall
    Street Journal.
    Jeff Bezos owns the Washington Post.
    Larry Ellison's son owns CBS and Paramount (which airs South Park).
    And let's not forget that Kimmel's show is produced by Fox's 20th
    Television.

    PROOF the left controls the media.

    <laughs and points at the luzer once again>
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 04:39:17 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 02:00:06 +0000, Mitchell Holman <noeail@aol.com>
    wrote:

    pothead <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote in >news:10b9u1p$21grr$2@pothead.dont-email.me:

    On 2025-09-27, Governor Swill <governor.swill@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 21:00:02 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro wrote:

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 14:34:21 -0400, Governor Swill wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Surely, in a competitive free market, the successful
    products/services are owned by the winners who offer them. -oLeft-o
    and -oright-o don-At come into it: what matters is quality.

    Exactly my point.

    Does the US have a competitive free media market or not?

    Probably the most competitive on the planet. There's a saying,
    "Americans are the poorest informed but best entertained media
    consumers on earth."

    That's a true statement.
    As I always say, the average American can tell you all about Dancing
    With the Stars, but has no idea who their state representatives are.

    That being said, with the exception of AM talk radio which is on life
    support, the left controls the media by far. At least the legacy
    media. They always have.


    Tell that to the millions who couldn't
    watch the Kimmel return because Sinclair
    stations all over the country refused to
    broadcast it.

    Update: All the Sinclair and Nexstar affiliates have since picked
    Kimmel back up after their late night ratings collapsed.

    And the "liberal" ABC News who fired
    him. And the "liberal" CBS who fired
    Steven Colbert.

    CBS/Paramount is owned by Larry Ellison's son. Hardly a liberal.

    The Conservative Agenda:

    Make life harder for veterans
    Make life harder for retirees
    Make life harder for teachers
    Make life harder for farmers
    Make life harder for consumers
    Make life harder for students
    Make life harder for disaster victims
    Make life harder for tourists
    Make life harder for gay people
    Make life harder for trans people
    Make life harder for sick people
    Make life harder for students
    Make life harder for voters

    Make life harder for everybody who isn't a billionaire.
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From chine.bleu@chine.bleu@yahoo.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 03:31:14 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote:
    That's a true statement.
    As I always say, the average American can tell you all about Dancing
    With the Stars, but has no idea who their state representatives are.

    That being said, with the exception of AM talk radio which is on life
    support, the left controls the media by far. At least the legacy
    media. They always have.


    Tell that to the millions who couldn't
    watch the Kimmel return because Sinclair
    stations all over the country refused to
    broadcast it.
    Update: All the Sinclair and Nexstar affiliates have since picked
    Kimmel back up after their late night ratings collapsed.

    The for profit media is not liberal or conservative. They are only
    interested in profit.

    They predict what will sell, invest in creating that, see what actually
    sells. Correct and continue. Just like any other business. Nobody making
    the business decisions cares if Kimmel is leftist. They care that the
    boycott reduced their profits. If Kimmel loses his audience, he is gone.

    Their product can be interpretted as liberal or conservative, and then
    the yakking heads have something to whine over. This nonsense can be
    applied to other products with equally ridiculous results. Clowns like nightpot interpret gasoline engines as conservative and electric as
    liberal. So sane discussion about impact on humans, cost to society, availability, efficiency, etc gets subsumed by political demands to
    stick it to the hippies.
    --
    Siri Seal of Disavowal #000-001. Disavowed. Denied. @
    Thank goodness my spare iron lung is working again! /|\
    The Church of the Holey Apple .signature 3.2 / \
    of Discordian Mysteries. This post insults Islam. Mohamed
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 06:49:49 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Fri, 26 Sep 2025 21:58:20 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D|+Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 16:19:30 -0700, chine.bleu wrote:

    Chris Ahlstrom wrote:

    On Tue, 23 Sep 2025 18:30:57 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D-AOliveiro wrote: >>>>>
    So, Kimmel is going back on air. The political pressure from the
    right- wing nutjobs was ultimately outweighed by a pure business
    decision: Disney lost about $5 billion of its stock value. So much
    for -olow ratings-o for Kimmel!

    However, note that the Nexstar and Sinclair (aggressive right-wing
    owner) networks are still going to pre-empt Kimmel.

    Their customers can do their own boycott if it matters to them.

    And now one of those right-wing affiliate networks has folded and
    returned Kimmel to its feed >><https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/sinclair-gets-nothing-it-asked-for-puts-jimmy-kimmel-back-on-anyway/>.

    No, reading further down, actually *both* of those affiliates have put >>Kimmel back on!

    One fun bit:

    Sinclair also announced it would air a special in remembrance of
    Kirk in Kimmel's time slot, but then decided to put it on YouTube
    instead.

    Money talks louder than religious or political ideology. Or at least
    it does to sensible people ...

    As I wrote a couple of days ago, when they find that Kimmel gets
    better ratings than re-runs of Andy Griffith, they'll be putting him
    back on the air.

    I like the episodes where Opie is accused of doing something
    wrong, and Andy is mean to him, and then later Opie is vindicated.

    Also the episodes about Barney "One Bullet" Fife's love life.

    <https://www.weaversdepartmentstore.com/products/cool_gifts/securitybyfife_license_plate_good_one.jpg>
    --
    All of the people in my building are insane. The guy above me designs synthetic hairballs for ceramic cats. The lady across the hall tried to
    rob a department store... with a pricing gun... She said, "Give me all
    of the money in the vault, or I'm marking down everything in the store."
    -- Steven Wright
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  • From Chris Ahlstrom@OFeem1987@teleworm.us to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 06:55:52 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    Governor Swill wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:

    On Sat, 27 Sep 2025 20:41:57 -0000 (UTC), pothead
    <pothead@snakebite.com> wrote:

    For those who complain that the liberal left owns American media:

    Rupert Murdoch and Larry Ellison are running Tik Tok, the world's
    largest social media platform.
    Elon Musk owns X.
    Mark Zuckerberg is running Facebook.
    Murdoch's son is in charge of Fox News, New York Post and the Wall
    Street Journal.
    Larry Ellison's son owns CBS and Paramount.

    Carson.
    Funny.
    Letterman.
    Funny
    Leno
    Funny.
    Arsenio
    semi funny.
    Colbert
    Semi funny

    Kimmel.
    Not funny.

    Blame Fox. It's their show.

    Funny is irrelevant. The point here is that Fox, ABC, Nexstar and
    Sinclair all bowed to a heavy public backlash. Clearly the First
    Amendment isn't dead yet.

    Kimmel.
    Sometimes knee-slapping funny.

    Crockpot.
    Cray-cray.
    --
    These days the necessities of life cost you about three times what they
    used to, and half the time they aren't even fit to drink.
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  • From Governor Swill@governor.swill@gmail.com to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 10:38:43 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 06:49:49 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom
    <OFeem1987@teleworm.us> wrote:

    <https://www.weaversdepartmentstore.com/products/cool_gifts/securitybyfife_license_plate_good_one.jpg>

    BWAAAAAAAAAHAHA! Oh man! I have SO got to have one of those!
    --
    "One half dick and one half tater, Donald is a Vlad fellator." <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhlwPOrccww>

    8647 - 01.20.2029
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  • From Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOliveiro?=@ldo@nz.invalid to nz.politics,alt.politics.trump,alt.fan.rush-limbaugh on Sun Sep 28 19:45:51 2025
    From Newsgroup: nz.politics

    On Sun, 28 Sep 2025 03:31:14 -0700, chine.bleu wrote:

    The for profit media is not liberal or conservative. They are only interested in profit.

    How is it that right-wingers see the profitable, successful Efc|Efc+ media as rCLliberalrCY?
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