Jimmy Kimmel Says James Talarico Interview Won't Air on TV After Trump's FCC Threatened His Show
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Jimmy Kimmel says that his interview with James Talarico will not air on TV after the FCC threatened his show, ABC, and local stations.

The late night host announced that his interview with the Texas Senate candidate will only air on YouTube

Jimmy Kimmel says that his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico will not air on TV after President Donald Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) threatened Jimmy Kimmel Live!, ABC, their affiliates, and local stations.

During his Wednesday monologue, Kimmel said that while Talarico would stop by the show for an interview on Thursday, viewers at home won’t be able to watch it on broadcast television. Instead, the interview with the Democratic nominee has been relegated to YouTube.

“Tomorrow night, I’ll be interviewing James Talarico — tomorrow night, under unusual circumstances,” Kimmel began. “You know, for a lot of years, for the whole 20-plus years of our show, in fact, I’ve been interviewing Americans who are running for office with no problem at all, just like Letterman did, Leno did, Arsenio, et cetera, et cetera. I’ve interviewed a lot of political candidates from Hillary Clinton to Ted Cruz to Donald Trump himself.”

    • jaaake@lemmy.world
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      10 days ago

      Literally what happened with the same politician being interviewed by Colbert during his primary. FCC told them they couldn’t air the interview, they posted it on YouTube, Streisand Effect happens and it’s one of the most viewed Colbert videos ever. It won him that election. I think Jasmine Crockett was a better candidate and she may have stood a chance had she gotten that level of exposure.

    • volore@scribe.disroot.org
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      10 days ago

      nothing scares these christofascist clowns like an actual Christian using Christ’s teachings to tell everyone there’s nothing Christian about Trump and his ilk, and I am 100% here for it. That’s the only way we’re ever going to deprogram a large portion of these MAGA morons, whenever this bullshit ends.

  • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 days ago

    The Streisand effect again. I’ve never liked Kimmel. He’s not funny, but here I am reading about him again.

          • eurodyne@piefed.worldEnglish
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            10 days ago

            In casual conversation, when referring to an artist, an actor, comedian, etc., when someone says “I don’t like X“, it typically refers to their performance/art, not to them personally.

            For example, I never really liked Monet. I certainly never knew the guy, so I can’t comment on him personally, so what I really mean is that I never really liked his art.

            Yes, it’s vague and deserves clarification, but there it is. English is a messy language.