Dan Gillmor

It is essential for everyone to recognize that ABC didn't just fire Kimmel for daring to speak things that the Trump regime and its cult don't want spoken out loud.

It was DISNEY that fired Kimmel. Disney owns ABC.

The principal cowardice in this butchery of free speech belongs to Bob Iger, CEO.

Sep 18, 2025 at 4:10amFedica
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@dangillmor

Excellent point. Too often we fail to recognize that there are people behind these decisions. And those people should be held responsible for their actions.

Show threadJeff McNeillSep 18, 2025
@dangillmor Did he get fired or simply indefinitely shelved? Seems that the FCC has no case and this is clearly a situation of "prior restraint".
Show threadChris HansonSep 18, 2025
@jeffmcneill @dangillmor If you believe we still have rule of law.
Show threadJeff McNeillSep 18, 2025
@eschaton @dangillmor We will see once the Supreme Court decides a few cases along these lines... But yeah, not sure about that...
Show threadChris HansonSep 18, 2025
@jeffmcneill @dangillmor That lack of surety means it has already failed.
Show threadThe Mïghty KräckenSep 18, 2025
@jeffmcneill @dangillmor The fact that this came down from the FCC makes this a pretty solid breach of the First Amendment.
Show threadBebadefaboSep 18, 2025
@dangillmor it's not even Disney. It's Sinclair. They own the majority of ABC affiliates. When they say they won't air a show, the ad revenue evaporates. Immediately. Boom, the program has no market, nowhere to air. Even if Disney was still going to produce the show, Sinclair says "no one's going to see it because we won't broadcast it" someone else could pick it up. But why but the show as is. If there's anything they want they'll let it crash. Strip it for parts and repackage on a new platform
Show threadeobetSep 18, 2025
@dangillmor isn't the root cause the shareholder market model where corporations are forced to make the number go up by any means?
Show threadklausfiend has movedSep 18, 2025
@dangillmor Having worked at TWDC, "cowardice" is one of the company's core values.
Show threadDavid GrieveSep 18, 2025
@dangillmor
As soon as Alien Earth is finished, subscription cancelled.
Show threadMartin MarconciniSep 18, 2025
@davidgrieve no need to wait. It's available in various torrent forms.
Show threadDavid GrieveSep 18, 2025
@gryzor
I want to pay the team who made that particular show for their work. I will be voting with my feet as soon as its done.
Show threadMartin MarconciniSep 18, 2025

@davidgrieve 👍 you'll want to save this for later.

https://mastodon.social/@mast0d0nphan/115222500019192866

Show threadDavid GrieveSep 18, 2025
@gryzor
I've never used a torrent in my life.
I'm in the UK, so I can get along quite well with the various free online services we have here (BBC, Channel 4, ITV, there are more). I'm currently working my way through Red Dwarf on the BBC iplayer.
My local tip (dump) has a charity shop attached to it, x20 dvds for £1. I got The Wire season 1+2 for 10p last month.
Show threadJeff Turner ⛵Sep 18, 2025

@dangillmor what would Walt have thought?

Waits for someone else to do the search which I could easily do about his politics.

Show threadJeff Turner ⛵Sep 18, 2025
@dangillmor did it myself, and Wikipedia seems to say that while he was accused of various racist views there was little proof and that he seemed to be against Nazis in WW2. So suspect he wouldn't have been happy about this.
Show threadSteve HoldenSep 18, 2025
@dangillmor colour me completely unsurprised.
Show threadAndrocatSep 18, 2025
@dangillmor Corporations should not own media.
Private persons should not own mass media.
Show threadOreo TeethSep 18, 2025
@dangillmor I canceled my Disney/Hulu/ESPN bundle when they fired Terry Moran. Now I guess I have to research who advertises on any Disney owned media and let them know I'm boycotting those companies as well.
Show threadTJC-Sep 18, 2025
@dangillmor What would MICKEY do?
Show threadGerard Cunningham ✒️Sep 18, 2025

@dangillmor

This cartoon will be republished in History books.

Show threadsix_grandfathers_mountainSep 19, 2025

@dangillmor
RE
cowardice in this butchery of free speech belongs to #BobIger, CEO

And #BrendanCarr and probably #disneyplus and #sinclair and the writers of #Project2025
Someone on #MSNBC ( #MichaelSteele and #SymoneSandersTownsend) said that this is on pages ⭕856✨ and ⭕857 ✨

#JimmyKimmel (below) says, I wroth that page back in 2003, see?