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Perhaps I should have said muslim communist. To me that is an extremist but to each his own. mspart

I would say the english rules are showing an interesting juxtaposition. It was muslim extremists that killed all of those people in NYC just over 20 years ago. Now there is a muslim extremist running to be NYC mayor and ahead in the polls. You have to find that interesting if nothing else. mspart

The FCC guy essentially said that their license can be pulled if they are not broadcasting in the public interest as per the law. Spreading lies to an audience when the truth is known is definitely not in the public interest. ABC went to Kimmel who planned a major rebuttal to the FCC guy and MAGA in general and was going full on into the fracas. ABC asked him not to and he said NO. So ABC said no to him. When it has been amply explained that the shooter was influenced by leftist ideology to say that MAGA is doing everything they can to not have him be one of them. That is saying the shooter is MAGA in the face of the facts. The way he said it makes it so, he cannot back peddle that at all. It is out there for all to see. My personal opinion is that this kind of FCC scrutiny needs to be applied everywhere. You say something is fact, you better have the facts to prove it. Simple. Opinion is a different thing. But it needs to be known it is opinion, not fact. If we want our news to be all opinion so be it. But then how would we ever know what is true or not. That is essentially how we are living right now. We have to search many places to decide what is true and what is not. The broadcasters have an obligation to say what is true and back it up. And the back up has to have all the context, not snippets or sound bites taken out of context. Charlie Kirks statement about guns is classic. Everyone is all upset because he said a few deaths is worth it to maintain the 2nd amendment. But he stated before that that we don't criminalize cars even though there are 60k deaths a year. The general public has determined the risk is worth it for the convenience, automony, etc. Same with guns. But that isn't mentioned. So non of that kind of crap should be on broadcast news without full context. No more cheap shots. Just the facts ma'am, just the facts. mspart

You could prove that or not. mspart

Back in the 90s, many Ds thought America was or is great. Today in the 2020s, there is no D that thinks America was ever great or is great. Therefore, how can it be made great again? That obviously means then that Rs want to make America a horrible place again, because it never was great, it was always horrible. mspart

Wow, I entered the workforce kind of late at 26. My mom demanded that I invest in the company 401k. I did as instructed. I had the 70+ amount when I was 45. It is not at the 5 million mark I would like, but it is quite a bit greater than than that over the time from then to now. So I guess I am doing better than what the average dude is doing out there. With no pensions anymore in private enterprise, that kind of saving just isn't going to cut it. mspart

I have a feevah. A feevah for cowbell! mspart

This is true, and when she got that TD, she visibly relaxed with 3 seconds to go and almost got reversed. That is a mental error. Congrats to both for their outstanding performances but I did notice that. mspart

It is just too easy. mspart

And that means what exactly? Pritzker is fat. Does that mean he is as bad as Trump in your opinion? mspart

One thing is for sure. D's don't want to stop crime and R's do want to stop crime. There is a difference right there. mspart

If they refuse, they don't pay. If they don't pay, ABC loses more money. Seems like a financial decision and from what I've heard, it should have been made some time ago. mspart

Righties do it too if it serves their purpose. Lefties do it more, I would agree. It's their MO. mspart

Do you feel it would be a productive way for you to communicate in that way? Why or why not? mspart

Here is how I see it. On Monday, way before Kimmel taped his show, it was shown clearly that the shooter had turned to the left politically. He was not a maga person at all. Quite the opposite. Then later, Kimmel tapes his show and in his monolog states that the MAGA Rs are doing whatever they can to disassociate themselves with the shooter. This wasn't a mistake. Kimmel was clearly trying to equate the shooter with maga which was clearly demonstrated as incorrect. Talk about disinformation and no, he was not doing this as part of a joke. It was a statement. The rules for a licensee is to act in the public interest. Since when is it in the public interest to flagrantly lie to the public about an issue of the day. Opinions can be provided etc. But to present something as factual when it is a lie in not in the public interest and it is about time that action be taken on this kind of false reporting. Not only that, if Kimmel was a major money maker, Disney would not have rolled over. They would be able to demonstrate that the show is a profit center rather than a cost center. Unfortunately for Kimmel, he aped Colbert's use of the airwaves to lie to his audiences and his audiences tuned out. If Johnny Carson had alienated half of his audience like these useful idiots, he would not have been the King of Late Night. These useful idiots have alienated half the potential market and probably many on the other half as well. Hence low ratings. Kimmel is a victim of his own hubris. I think that is the main take away here. mspart