cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/36374796
The abrupt programming decision quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America under the Trump administration.
By John Koblin, Brooks Barnes, Benjamin Mullin and Michael M. Grynbaum
Sept. 18, 2025Mr. Iger, Disney’s chief executive, and Dana Walden, his head of television, were also hearing from skittish advertisers and employees who had begun to receive threatening messages. When the team reviewed Mr. Kimmel’s planned remarks, they grew concerned that his monologue would only inflame the situation further.
So they made the call: “Jimmy Kimmel Live” would temporarily go dark.
That decision — the product of a spider’s web of interlocking political and financial pressures placed atop one of the country’s biggest corporations — quickly morphed into a flashpoint for free speech in America. Many Democrats, actors and comedians cried foul as right-wing activists celebrated. On a diplomatic trip in Britain, President Trump knocked Mr. Kimmel for “bad ratings” and proclaimed that ABC “should have fired him a long time ago.”
Being angry about Disney caving is stupid. During the Biden years, Disney soullessly pandered to women and minorities in the most shameless ways possible and now under Trump, they have backed from that heavily and are making Disney more conservative white focused
Disney can read the room. Sure they are a soulless sack of shit, but they are smart.
Sure except they still did the minorities thing under Trump’s first term also. So…
My point is Disney is a soul suckling leech of a company that we should not get bent out of shape over as should Dems ever get the country back, they’ll just pander there too.
Tl;Dr: For those who lack nuance which is half of the internet, Disney is trash, stop caring about them.