from the thin-skinned-babies dept
Donald Trump and his earlobe nibbler (FCC boss Brendan Carr) are threatening to attempt to censor some extra comedians after their efforts to cancel Jimmy Kimmel went so nicely (learn: not nicely in any respect).
Over on the proper wing white propaganda web site previously often known as Twitter, Brendan Carr retweeted some whining from Donald Trump calling for the termination of late evening comic, Seth Meyers. Within the tweet, Trump requires NBC (which is hoping to realize Trump regulatory approval for an acquisition of Warner Brothers) to fireside Meyers instantly for the felony offense of… jokes:
That’s Carr posting a screenshot of Donald Trump posting to Fact Social:
NBC’s Seth Meyers is affected by an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). He was considered final evening in an uncontrollable rage, doubtless resulting from the truth that his “present” is a Scores DISASTER. Other than every thing else, Meyers has no expertise, and NBC ought to fireplace him, IMMEDIATELY!
Additionally, the bizarre factor is that Trump posted on November fifteenth that he considered Meyers “final evening,” which is spectacular since Meyers’ didn’t actually have a new present airing on the 14th.
Trump has made it clear that he’d favor it if his billionaire associates the Ellisons (new homeowners of CBS and Paramount) provide the profitable bid to purchase Warner Brothers (and HBO and CNN) to allow them to additional broaden their proper wing infotainment and propaganda secure area.
That implies that to win DOJ and FCC approval of their very own bid, Comcast/NBC Common might want to kiss Donald Trump’s ass with additional vigor, one thing that’s apparently already began with a giant fats Comcast donation to Donald Trump’s extraction class corruption ballroom.
It’s unlikely that NBC/Comcast executives would heed a name to fireside Meyers to realize regulatory approval, nevertheless it’s unsettling that on this age of immense company cowardice, you actually can’t make sure. Carr has actually made it clear that he’s greater than prepared to illegally abuse the FCC merger approval course of to attempt to bully firms into kissing Donald Trump’s ass. And Comcast is… Comcast.
So it’s actually attainable that NBC executives may fireplace Seth Meyers as a way to acquire regulatory approval of Warner Brothers, however they, in fact, received’t admit there could be any connection between the 2. However even then, it could be fairly a gambit with Trump’s recognition cratering.
You may recall that Trump and Carr labored with weak-kneed ABC executives and a few proper wing ABC affiliate firms to attempt to censor Jimmy Kimmel for some innocuous feedback a few useless racist influencer. Finally, after large public backlash, the precise wingers received completely nothing they requested for. If something, it pushed Kimmel’s comedy to a broader viewers, and price the businesses cash.
So in the event that they’re eager on making Seth Meyers extra well-liked than ever, they need to positively proceed.
The good irony is it’s not just like the comedians that almost all rile the president are even notably edgy or boundary pushing in actually any approach. A lot of the stuff that deeply riles our toddler king is fairly primary observational late evening comedy. Which makes you surprise how Trump would reply to trendy U.S. comedy if it truly had some George Carlin, Richard Pryor, or Lenny Bruce type enamel.
Exterior of a smattering of sunshine criticism of hackish “anti-woke” comedians by the likes of Anthony Jeselnik, Marc Maron, and the Elephant Graveyard man, U.S. comedy — very similar to U.S. media extra broadly — has been a feckless mess in relation to difficult authoritarianism. Which is unlucky given how even the lightest mainstream jokes about their competency clearly will get beneath their very skinny pores and skin.
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