(September 19, 2025 at 11:59 pm)Belacqua Wrote:(September 19, 2025 at 11:51 pm)Thumpalumpacus Wrote: Funny thing is -- the consumer will decide that, your boss's taste in humor notwithstanding. That's capitalism, baby.
OK, so the directors of these companies have the choice to
1) get approval for a multi-billion dollar deal and make huge profits, or
2) keep a not-very-popular comedian on the air.
And you think that 2) is the wise business choice.
And you seem to think it’s a coincidence that Kimmel was fired the day after he said some things that were less than flattering about Kirk and Trump, even though Kimmel’s ratings have been slumping for almost a year. Here’s how it goes:
1) Kimmel showed that Trump loves his latest vanity project more than he loves Charlie Kirk.
2) Trump gets butt hurt over these facts.
3) Trump tells Carr to lean on the network.
4) Carr, ever loyal, does so by telling the network to fire Kimmel or he won’t approve the deal.
5) Trump completes the circle-jerk by telling the press that Kimmel was fired because of low ratings.
Ta da.
Boru
‘I can’t be having with this.’ - Esmeralda Weatherwax
