I think he’s a garbage poster but more censorship or controlling what people can and can’t have as an avatar is not the answer here
This is clearly more than a hockey forum
I mean there are a lot of words or talking points can get you banned or sin binned..having a child rapist, racist, in your avatar seems to cross that line.
Maybe the natural consequence is nobody respecting your opinion
I don't even have TV but watched Kimmel last night, the internet can be a wonderful thing. Hardly anyone was watching network TV but after Trumps meltdown everyone tuned in and Jimmy knocked it out of the park.
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How Did Late-Night Get So Political? It Didn’t Start With Trump
The hosts’ monologues may feel especially pointed right now, but the trend really took off during the George W. Bush administration before the Iraq war.
But searching for Jimmy Kimmel’s road to Damascus moment will only get you so far. The political shift of late-night television — and Kimmel — began with the influential program that followed “The Man Show” on Comedy Central: “The Daily Show With Jon Stewart.” Of course, there had been popular political comedy on late night before Stewart — from contentious episodes of “The Dick Cavett Show” in the 1960s and ’70s to Bill Maher’s “Politically Incorrect” in the ’90s (which aired on ABC and was replaced by, wait for it, “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”). But Stewart’s success gave birth to an entirely new genre of righteous comedy. He didn’t just comment on the news. For many, he provided a substitute news source.
Stewart cultivated a staff of correspondents (John Oliver, Samantha Bee, Stephen Colbert, among others) that became a major source of future talk-show hosts. Stewart consistently beat Conan O’Brien at the Emmy Awards, which in retrospect did display a certain bias toward the mistaken idea that political comedy is the more ambitious kind.
But the main reason that Stewart changed late night is simply that his show drew audiences, especially young ones. You started to see hosts like Letterman become more outspoken in their politics, not just battling with a vice-presidential candidate, Sarah Palin, but also regularly inviting an unfiltered businessman named Donald Trump to spout off about the news of the day.
Putting aside the political considerations, the economic model for talk shows collapsed for the same reason that print media’s did: The internet. Ad rates plummeted. Social media made topical jokes before late-night shows did. And the growing fragmentation of the culture changed the calculus of what would resonate.
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I don't even have TV but watched Kimmel last night, the internet can be a wonderful thing. Hardly anyone was watching network TV but after Trumps meltdown everyone tuned in and Jimmy knocked it out of the park.
He gained 500k subs and his monolog got 14 million views last night
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6.3 million viewers for his show’s return last night, which is triple the usual number of viewers, and that is despite the fact that Sinclair and Nexstar stations are still preempting it in several markets.
lol. ICE airing recruitment commercials right before Kimmel starts on ABC. I’m guessing they know a lot of conservatives are gonna be hate watching this week.
Seems crazy to me - those affiliate agreements are up next year and they need ABC more than ABC needs them. ABC dropped their Miami affiliate last year when they wouldn't pay ABC's price - they could easily drop Nexstar/Sinclair, and if those companies had to affiliate their stations with "mynetworkTV" they'd lose all their re-tramsmission revenue and be nearly worthless.
ABC has the Superbowl in 2027 as well, so they'd have an easy time attracting new affiliates (in Miami the Fox station added channel 7.2 to double-affiliate)
