Boycott ABC, ESPN & All Disney Products and Properties

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volinbham said:
So is the Disney boycott off?
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On the contrary; I believe Disney has basically accomplished the impossible. I think EVERYONE is boycotting them.
They have painted themselves into a corner from which any attempt to extricate themselves will only make things worse.
I don’t think it is possible to have handled this any worse.
 
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LouderVol said:
I blame laugh tracks. honestly take away the cued, or recorded laughter, and most people wouldn't recognize they were making a joke.

the use of the staged laughter relies on peer pressure on the audience to join in, rather than being actually funny.
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I thought the exact same thing when I watched the ill-fated JK kirk-killer joke.
 
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The one real takeaway lesson from all this for any network executive?
„Maybe don’t hire crazy people to long term contracts.“
Kimmel‘s questionable judgment calls were quite visible in his pre ABC antics. I still can’t believe they hired someone with a history of blackface and gross misogyny.
Now they are kind of stuck with him and nobody is happy with the way it is turning out.
 
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One of America’s biggest entertainment giants is rolling out another round of price hikes — its third in just two years — as Hollywood leans on streaming to squeeze out more profit.

Starting October 21, the cost of an ad-free Disney+plan will climb by $3 to $19 a month, while the ad-supported version will rise by $2 to $12 a month.

Disney has raised prices in October for the past years too, by 25 percent in 2024 and 27 per cent in 2023.

The news also lands as Disney continues to reel from the fallout involving late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. The longtime ABC star has faced mounting controversy over politically charged remarks that led to bosses pulling his late night show from the air. Jimmy Kimmel Live! is due to return tonight.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Major streaming service hikes prices by nearly 20%: 'Not again?!'

One of America's most popular TV and film streaming services is raising prices.
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volinbham said:
they have 23 other hours of programming - the Kimmel comments could be losing them viewers across the spectrum - hell, this thread is about boycotting an entire media conglomerate because of one decision.

point is, I doubt Sinclair is just being stubborn - they are running a business and weighing the options to maximize profits.
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True. Problem is when the FCC threatens to revoke your license... how precisely does that affect your weighing of options.

Yep.

I fart in the general direction of the apologists here that ignore (or can't comprehend) reality.
 
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OrangeTsar said:
On the contrary; I believe Disney has basically accomplished the impossible. I think EVERYONE is boycotting them.
They have painted themselves into a corner from which any attempt to extricate themselves will only make things worse.
I don’t think it is possible to have handled this any worse.
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Fans of SEC teams aren't boycotting them.
 
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MontyPython said:
True. Problem is when the FCC threatens to revoke your license... how precisely does that affect your weighing of options.

Yep.

I fart in the general direction of the apologists here that ignore (or can't comprehend) reality.
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I initially bought into a little of the FCC stuff you guys wandered but after what I have seen over the last 24 hours, it looks more like Disney’s sponsors wanted him gone. Show me evidence that FCC was involved.
 
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volbound1700 said:
I initially bought into a little of the FCC stuff you guys wandered but after what I have seen over the last 24 hours, it looks more like Disney’s sponsors wanted him gone. Show me evidence that FCC was involved.
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It was Disney's sponsors - If I am not mistaken, they have even said it was their decision. Folks sometimes under-estimate the power of the sponsors.
 
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Sea Ray said:
If licenses were threatened by the FCC then what changed in 6 days? No one’s talking censorship or overbearing government now. It all went away
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😆

FCC Chair backed down. Kimmel played it cool. Normal people who value free speech revolted. Consumers began boycotting Disney. Its own actors and writers revolted.

Former Disney CEO Michael Eisner criticized Disney's decision to suspend Jimmy Kimmel, calling it "out-of-control intimidation" and "yet another example of out-of-control intimidation" fueled by outside pressures and political self-interest, rather than leadership. Eisner posted on X, "Where has all the leadership gone?

Disney listened.

Disney reversed course and fixed the situation.

Carr laid bare as the politicized tool that he is.

Trump reduced to the vengeful, thin-skinned megalomaniac that he is.

"But, but, but... Disney said they fired him!"

😆 😆 😆
 
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