{"id":43012,"date":"2025-09-26T19:59:15","date_gmt":"2025-09-27T00:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=43012"},"modified":"2025-09-26T19:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T00:59:15","slug":"an-open-letter-to-disney-ctd-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2025\/09\/26\/an-open-letter-to-disney-ctd-2\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter To Disney, Ctd"},"content":{"rendered":"

And when it comes to<\/a> Jimmy Kimmel, another cave-in has occurred:<\/p>\n

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The blackout of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d is over.<\/p>\n

Sinclair and Nexstar, the two major station groups that preempted the talk show earlier this month, are allowing the show to return to their ABC-affiliated stations on Friday evening.<\/p>\n

This means that Kimmel will be\u00a0seen again in major cities<\/a>\u00a0like Washington, DC, Nashville, and Seattle, as well as several dozen other markets. [CNN\/Business<\/strong><\/a>]<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

And why? In this tense political atmosphere, it’s hard to say if this is to be trusted :<\/p>\n

Some affiliates of both Nexstar and Sinclair had been inundated with calls from frustrated Kimmel fans in recent days.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Believable, at least.<\/p>\n

Andrew Sullivan is caught on the horns of a smelly dilemma<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The difference between Kimmel and the rest, of course, is that Kimmel is on a broadcast network, which is supposed to serve the \u201cpublic interest\u201d and is subject to government licensing. And what those networks have done these last few years \u2014 especially in late night \u2014 has been to become aggressive, partisan opponents of Trump and MAGA and subsequently, much more unforgivably, craven apologists \u2014 and even propagandists, in the case of\u00a0Colbert<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 for Biden. They decided to cater to only one half of the country, and relentlessly mock, ridicule, and demonize the other half. Johnny Carson, they ain\u2019t.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

From what little I’ve read, the motivations of shooter Tyler Robinson are not at all clear. He was brought up in gun culture. That’s precious little to go on.<\/p>\n

For Sullivan, though….<\/p>\n

But the tit-for-tat is at Orb\u00e1n levels now, with state institutions directly canceling private entities. That is a difference in kind, not degree. It\u2019s where cancel culture becomes outright authoritarianism. FCC Chair Brendan Carr\u2019s mob-like threats against broadcast networks this week \u2014 we can do this \u201cthe easy way or the hard way\u201d \u2014 were pure Budapest. Nexstar needs FCC blessing for a merger, so within hours of Carr\u2019s encouragement, they and their 60 affiliate stations balked at Kimmel\u2019s lie. Disney, faced with losing 40 percent of a late-night audience that had already declined by\u00a0almost half in 2025<\/a>, swiftly caved.<\/p>\n

And the Trump right isn\u2019t coy or shy about any of this. They\u00a0love<\/em>\u00a0cancel culture, they now declare, and want the state to be fully involved in it. The leverage is federal and immense: funds for universities and schools, contracts with law firms, IRS and DOJ investigations of critics, ICE arrests of immigrant students for criticizing Israel, visa revocations for the ideologically problematic, and now open threats to broadcast licenses if they don\u2019t please Trump.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In Sullivan’t view, if Trump frightens you, the alternative is hardly better. Which is an echo of my own wish that both political parties lose and disband<\/a>, preferably in 2026, as these two parties have become corrupted by arrogance.<\/p>\n

Consider this Earl’s arrogance and self-importance<\/a>, and then get back to me. I’ll try to hose you off.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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