I stopped watching the late night shows over five years ago because of their political bias and their character assassination goals rather than humorous and let us have a good night sleep. Kimmel is the worst.!
I used to watch Conan. His monologues could be hilarious. But when Trump started running in 2016, things changed. Initially, Conan continued to tell jokes about all the candidates. But he gradually just started smearing Trump. No jokes. Just hate speech. That's the last time I watched him.
Jay Leno was the last one I ever watched. He could be pretty funny, especially with his monologues. But everyone after him thinks they have to make some political statement and they all lean the exact same way as the rest of Hollywood. Why? I guess that unless you are really good and can sell yourself on that, you can't make it in Hollywood unless you are willing to give up your free will and go along with the propaganda machine. Kimmel is the worst. I never watch him. Even though I am old and tired and he would probably put me to sleep in no time, I can think of nicer ways to fall asleep than his shows.
They also all banned comedians who might have made jokes about the FUBAR Covid narratives. So they effectively cancelled those voices from the MSM.
Would George Carlin have had some great observations about what was happening in America and the world? He would have. Would Jimmy Kimmel (or Disney) have booked him and let him tell those jokes - no way.
This is all scripted theater. Wake up. The left vs right paradigm is fake, they work together to divide us and take away our liberties. The goal is to get people to willingly give up their rights. The script will soon be flipped. These are all actors playing a part. Please, wake up.
On one hand, the political left are in favor of hate speech laws, even though they do in fact, suppress free speech. The problem with hate speech laws is deciding who gets to determine what hate speech is. And such laws have in fact, been used to silence opposition. It happened in Canada when a preacher was arrested for preaching the gospel in a gay neighborhood for “hate speech.” And the political left would have been delighted if Charlie Kirk would have been silenced (canceled) by hate speech laws. But now they cannot believe they have been silenced for their speech.
On the other hand, conservatives have long championed ALL free speech. It is ironic that they now delight in seeing left-wingers being silenced and canceled, albeit be at by private employers. This is indeed a slippery slope.
Conservatives may be cheering now for people being silenced and canceled because of their speech. But it is no coincidence that Pam Bondy just spoke of stepping up enforcement on hate speech. Which as I have already stated does in fact, silence free speech.
And if we continue cheering anybody being canceled for their speech, even by an employer, it is a matter of time before the government takes up that mantle.
It’s always acceptable when these kinds of things happen to “ those people.” But what will we do when it happens to us?
There is a reason Martin Niemoeller wrote “First They Came.” There is a reason Martin Luther King said “Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.”
I believe conservatives are being conditioned to accept the silencing of free speech. And I believe if we stay on this course, we will find out that the saying is true; “Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.”
I've been shouted down by other conservatives because I make the exact same point.
ANY government interference on citizen speech, even if it's just words, pressures free speech, and case law is pretty hard on governments for this.
It's great that it's happening to the left now, but it is indeed a slippery slope. And I for one do not trust the current administration not to pressure citizens for "unacceptable" speech about Israel and other topics. They've already taken this up.
We worry too much about speech - we need to get on with the DOING while we have the power and moral imperative on our side.
And consider this, under Obama and Biden, big Tech and social media were used as a proxy by the government to silence free speech. Remember Twitter before Elon bought it? YouTube, Facebook. Same thing. Others as well.
So no, it is not beyond the pale to believe if private industry does it government is not far behind. Thanks for your comment.
I'm no fan of Kimmel, but what if the answer is, even being the "morons" that they are, they would STILL do more damage to Trump than to themselves when open-minded people are listening?
He was a paid to represententive of ABC and he tried to use it as a, platform to express his own hatred. There was no joke in what he said. It's because of him, MSM viewers have gone elsewhere. Thank you to the execs that really care how their network about morals, ethics and, standards. They had every right to fire him.
129,000 viewers for a $10-15 million/year salary is a spread sheet ROI no brainer. No brainer like Jimmy Cracked🌽 Kimmel.
And like you said, he was never funny anyway. He got his “comedy” platform getting under aged girls to put their hands in his pants pocket. Which in retrospect now, makes sense at Disney-ABC.
As a Canadian I was not so aware of Charlie Kirk before he was killed. Murdering someone for saying things you don’t like is horrific. Hate only begets more hate, recrimination and revenge. From what I have read about Charlie he sounds like he had many fine human traits. I have also read that he thought the baby should be delivered if his young 11 year daughter was raped, that Martin Luther King was not a good person and that black women like Michelle Obama are not as intelligent as white women. This is just a few of the things that I can’t believe Charlie said if he was a truly Christian, peace-loving person. Perhaps someone can clarify for me that Charlie did not really say these things.
It appears some of the ugly things he’s been accused of saying are incomplete quotes or taken out of context. These days you have to watch it and decide for yourself. I’m constantly double checking stuff I see. No one is without an agenda, it seems.
Agree, but it mostly depends on what someone is willing to consider "ugly", and that willingness depends mostly on whether or not they LIKE the person in question. For example, most Trump supporters refuse to find fault with Trump for A) having over 300k US excess deaths within a few months under his watch in 2020 and a higher per capita death rate than almost any other Western country, after sweeping it under the rug for 2 months and squandering any chance to save lives, B) pressuring a GA Secretary of State to "find 11080 votes" and pressuring his own VP to throw away valid electoral votes and using fake electors in order to try to STEAL the election whether they admit it or not, and C) rushing the development of an experimental mRNA vaccine at Warp Speed before the 2020 election which they themselves mostly admit was unsafe, ineffective, and simply unnecessary, all for political and economic gain and the image of "American greatness". I could go on with many things about his personal history or his current leadership, but the key question is, if those EXACT SAME SINS were committed by Kamala or Joe Biden or Hillary or Obama, what would the Trump supporters say? BTW, I am not a Democrat, just a TRUTHocrat.
MLK spent time with prostitutes and hit women. His actions did not align with his public character. There was a great comparison I saw yesterday between the two men (tried to find it to post here, but to no avail).
Jimmy Kimmel was using the airways to promote hate...and needed to be removed. We need positive thinking to lift the people...as Charley Kirk was doing with his focus on healthy communication...not instant rejection of anything one had to say., because you simply hated the person or their ideas. I read that The View is on the ropes. The View doesn't have much longer. It is a total negative entity...There is nothing positive about it.
Steven A Smith is a media whore. He's just parroting his company's stance. If they had gone in a different direction, he would have had that "opinion."
Message to Jimmy: You are free to be as vile as you want to be, and to express that in any manner you desire. I'm very satisfied that you got it off your chest, and showed the entire world your true colors. Now that you did that, I can put you among a group of people that I wouldn't ever want to be friends with.
Based upon the evidence that is in, I am also certain that you lied beyond any reasonable doubt.
I hope you never decide to move into my neighborhood. But if you decide to make such a move, I will not greet you when you arrive. I'll just do my best to ignore you, because people who are so vile like you don't have anything to share with me.
Since I never watched any of your programming, I wasn't sure which side you were on. Now that you spoke, you left no doubt.
I've never been fond of kimmel but I do see his cancellation as an attack on free speech because he was cancelled for what he said. That is wrong. I don't want us to become a dictatorship.
Kimmel and Carrola were funny long ago. Adam still is, Jimmy turned into a sh-t storm years ago and I haven't watched since. He lost being funny. Disney did not fire because of politics - they lean far left, they fired because they had enoung of this loser. No more late night since Jay Leno was fired for no reason.
I honestly couldn't care less about Kimmel's show or its ratings, but I do care a lot about the following as a general question: how do we GENUINELY find the TRUTH, keeping the BIAS to a minimum?
I stopped watching the late night shows over five years ago because of their political bias and their character assassination goals rather than humorous and let us have a good night sleep. Kimmel is the worst.!
I used to watch Conan. His monologues could be hilarious. But when Trump started running in 2016, things changed. Initially, Conan continued to tell jokes about all the candidates. But he gradually just started smearing Trump. No jokes. Just hate speech. That's the last time I watched him.
Jay Leno was the last one I ever watched. He could be pretty funny, especially with his monologues. But everyone after him thinks they have to make some political statement and they all lean the exact same way as the rest of Hollywood. Why? I guess that unless you are really good and can sell yourself on that, you can't make it in Hollywood unless you are willing to give up your free will and go along with the propaganda machine. Kimmel is the worst. I never watch him. Even though I am old and tired and he would probably put me to sleep in no time, I can think of nicer ways to fall asleep than his shows.
They also all banned comedians who might have made jokes about the FUBAR Covid narratives. So they effectively cancelled those voices from the MSM.
Would George Carlin have had some great observations about what was happening in America and the world? He would have. Would Jimmy Kimmel (or Disney) have booked him and let him tell those jokes - no way.
I think you hit the nail on the head. I think they have all been censored.
Money!
This is all scripted theater. Wake up. The left vs right paradigm is fake, they work together to divide us and take away our liberties. The goal is to get people to willingly give up their rights. The script will soon be flipped. These are all actors playing a part. Please, wake up.
I agree it wasn’t a free speech issue; yet!
But there is a slippery slope factor still.
On one hand, the political left are in favor of hate speech laws, even though they do in fact, suppress free speech. The problem with hate speech laws is deciding who gets to determine what hate speech is. And such laws have in fact, been used to silence opposition. It happened in Canada when a preacher was arrested for preaching the gospel in a gay neighborhood for “hate speech.” And the political left would have been delighted if Charlie Kirk would have been silenced (canceled) by hate speech laws. But now they cannot believe they have been silenced for their speech.
On the other hand, conservatives have long championed ALL free speech. It is ironic that they now delight in seeing left-wingers being silenced and canceled, albeit be at by private employers. This is indeed a slippery slope.
Conservatives may be cheering now for people being silenced and canceled because of their speech. But it is no coincidence that Pam Bondy just spoke of stepping up enforcement on hate speech. Which as I have already stated does in fact, silence free speech.
And if we continue cheering anybody being canceled for their speech, even by an employer, it is a matter of time before the government takes up that mantle.
It’s always acceptable when these kinds of things happen to “ those people.” But what will we do when it happens to us?
There is a reason Martin Niemoeller wrote “First They Came.” There is a reason Martin Luther King said “Injustice anywhere is injustice everywhere.”
I believe conservatives are being conditioned to accept the silencing of free speech. And I believe if we stay on this course, we will find out that the saying is true; “Those who forget history are condemned to repeat it.”
THIS!!! Phenomenal comment and well put.
I've been shouted down by other conservatives because I make the exact same point.
ANY government interference on citizen speech, even if it's just words, pressures free speech, and case law is pretty hard on governments for this.
It's great that it's happening to the left now, but it is indeed a slippery slope. And I for one do not trust the current administration not to pressure citizens for "unacceptable" speech about Israel and other topics. They've already taken this up.
We worry too much about speech - we need to get on with the DOING while we have the power and moral imperative on our side.
And consider this, under Obama and Biden, big Tech and social media were used as a proxy by the government to silence free speech. Remember Twitter before Elon bought it? YouTube, Facebook. Same thing. Others as well.
So no, it is not beyond the pale to believe if private industry does it government is not far behind. Thanks for your comment.
Missouri v Biden, for sure.
Absolute power corrupts absolutely.
I'm with you.
Didn't the administration intervene via Brendan Carr, head of the FCC?
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way?"
Why not let morons like Kimmel destroy themselves for all to see instead of martyring them?
I'm no fan of Kimmel, but what if the answer is, even being the "morons" that they are, they would STILL do more damage to Trump than to themselves when open-minded people are listening?
Could be although I have a hard time imagining open-minded people watching Jimmy Kimmel.
He was a paid to represententive of ABC and he tried to use it as a, platform to express his own hatred. There was no joke in what he said. It's because of him, MSM viewers have gone elsewhere. Thank you to the execs that really care how their network about morals, ethics and, standards. They had every right to fire him.
129,000 viewers for a $10-15 million/year salary is a spread sheet ROI no brainer. No brainer like Jimmy Cracked🌽 Kimmel.
And like you said, he was never funny anyway. He got his “comedy” platform getting under aged girls to put their hands in his pants pocket. Which in retrospect now, makes sense at Disney-ABC.
If Trump doesn't use his presidency to promote hatred (and cruelty and corruption etc.), then I have a beach house to give you for a dollar.
As a Canadian I was not so aware of Charlie Kirk before he was killed. Murdering someone for saying things you don’t like is horrific. Hate only begets more hate, recrimination and revenge. From what I have read about Charlie he sounds like he had many fine human traits. I have also read that he thought the baby should be delivered if his young 11 year daughter was raped, that Martin Luther King was not a good person and that black women like Michelle Obama are not as intelligent as white women. This is just a few of the things that I can’t believe Charlie said if he was a truly Christian, peace-loving person. Perhaps someone can clarify for me that Charlie did not really say these things.
It appears some of the ugly things he’s been accused of saying are incomplete quotes or taken out of context. These days you have to watch it and decide for yourself. I’m constantly double checking stuff I see. No one is without an agenda, it seems.
Agree, but it mostly depends on what someone is willing to consider "ugly", and that willingness depends mostly on whether or not they LIKE the person in question. For example, most Trump supporters refuse to find fault with Trump for A) having over 300k US excess deaths within a few months under his watch in 2020 and a higher per capita death rate than almost any other Western country, after sweeping it under the rug for 2 months and squandering any chance to save lives, B) pressuring a GA Secretary of State to "find 11080 votes" and pressuring his own VP to throw away valid electoral votes and using fake electors in order to try to STEAL the election whether they admit it or not, and C) rushing the development of an experimental mRNA vaccine at Warp Speed before the 2020 election which they themselves mostly admit was unsafe, ineffective, and simply unnecessary, all for political and economic gain and the image of "American greatness". I could go on with many things about his personal history or his current leadership, but the key question is, if those EXACT SAME SINS were committed by Kamala or Joe Biden or Hillary or Obama, what would the Trump supporters say? BTW, I am not a Democrat, just a TRUTHocrat.
MLK spent time with prostitutes and hit women. His actions did not align with his public character. There was a great comparison I saw yesterday between the two men (tried to find it to post here, but to no avail).
Jimmy Kimmel was using the airways to promote hate...and needed to be removed. We need positive thinking to lift the people...as Charley Kirk was doing with his focus on healthy communication...not instant rejection of anything one had to say., because you simply hated the person or their ideas. I read that The View is on the ropes. The View doesn't have much longer. It is a total negative entity...There is nothing positive about it.
Steven A Smith is a media whore. He's just parroting his company's stance. If they had gone in a different direction, he would have had that "opinion."
“Every human being who’s consumed by hatred goes down — every one,” O’Reilly remarked. “And that’s what happened to Jimmy Kimmel.”
When shall we expect Trump's turn?
Message to Jimmy: You are free to be as vile as you want to be, and to express that in any manner you desire. I'm very satisfied that you got it off your chest, and showed the entire world your true colors. Now that you did that, I can put you among a group of people that I wouldn't ever want to be friends with.
Based upon the evidence that is in, I am also certain that you lied beyond any reasonable doubt.
I hope you never decide to move into my neighborhood. But if you decide to make such a move, I will not greet you when you arrive. I'll just do my best to ignore you, because people who are so vile like you don't have anything to share with me.
Since I never watched any of your programming, I wasn't sure which side you were on. Now that you spoke, you left no doubt.
Did we have all of this angst when Roseann Barr was canceled from her show?
I've never been fond of kimmel but I do see his cancellation as an attack on free speech because he was cancelled for what he said. That is wrong. I don't want us to become a dictatorship.
I do not remember all of this discussion when Roseann Barr was canceled from her show because of a tweet.
Other than being a leftist pig, and a puppet with a stick up his keister, what is his real problem?
Kimmel and Carrola were funny long ago. Adam still is, Jimmy turned into a sh-t storm years ago and I haven't watched since. He lost being funny. Disney did not fire because of politics - they lean far left, they fired because they had enoung of this loser. No more late night since Jay Leno was fired for no reason.
Question? What were his ratings?
Just asking.
Down 16 percent year-to-year. Gutfeld's are up 36 percent. I included several paragraphs about his ratings (and Colbert's) in my Kimmel article.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/happy-cancellation-wheezy
Interesting, because according to this source, Kimmel down 3% versus Gutfeld down 9% from last quarter. And in young people, Kimmel up 24% versus Gutfeld down 22%. https://latenighter.com/news/ratings/late-night-tv-ratings-q2-2025/
I honestly couldn't care less about Kimmel's show or its ratings, but I do care a lot about the following as a general question: how do we GENUINELY find the TRUTH, keeping the BIAS to a minimum?
Glad to see these pundits making these excellent points.
Kimmel should have been fired long ago because A) half the country can't stand him and he's not funny to them/us and B) his ratings suck.
The bigger issue is The Cancel Culture, which he endorsed and supported for five years ... until it boomerganged and hit him in his buttocks.
https://billricejr.substack.com/p/happy-cancellation-wheezy