1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,239 Speaker 1: But first, casey, Jimmy Kimmel is Donzo. 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,440 Speaker 2: He's out of there. Has been pulled indefinitely by ABC 3 00:00:07,600 --> 00:00:13,560 Speaker 2: following controversial remarks made by him on his September fifteenth episode. Next, 4 00:00:13,600 --> 00:00:16,120 Speaker 2: Our Media announced that they would no longer air the show, 5 00:00:16,200 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 2: and then that was followed by Sinclair Broadcast Group. 6 00:00:19,640 --> 00:00:23,360 Speaker 1: Okay, so this was in regards to Charlie Kirk and 7 00:00:23,680 --> 00:00:27,160 Speaker 1: statements that he made about Trump supporters in the wake 8 00:00:27,320 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: of the death, the assassination of Charlie Kirk. Do we 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:31,960 Speaker 1: have the audio of that, Yeah. 10 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:33,959 Speaker 2: We do. This is what Jimmy Kimmel said that got 11 00:00:34,040 --> 00:00:34,680 Speaker 2: him in trouble. 12 00:00:35,240 --> 00:00:37,600 Speaker 3: We hit some new lows over the weekend with the 13 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:41,520 Speaker 3: Magga Gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered 14 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,000 Speaker 3: Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them, and 15 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 3: everything they can to score political points from. And in 16 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 3: between the finger pointing, there was grieving. On Friday, the 17 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,360 Speaker 3: White House flew the flags at half staff, which got 18 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:56,960 Speaker 3: some criticism, but on a human level, you can see 19 00:00:57,000 --> 00:00:59,000 Speaker 3: how hard the President is taking this. 20 00:01:00,160 --> 00:01:03,279 Speaker 1: On the Haftinger friend, Charlie Kirk asked, sir personally, now 21 00:01:03,360 --> 00:01:05,280 Speaker 1: are you holding up over the last. 22 00:01:05,160 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 2: Day and a half, sir, I think very good. 23 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,360 Speaker 1: And by the way, right there you see all the trucks. 24 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:12,480 Speaker 1: They just started construction of the new ballroom for the 25 00:01:12,480 --> 00:01:15,479 Speaker 1: White House, which is something they've been trying to get. 26 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:17,399 Speaker 3: As you know, for about one hundred and fifty years, 27 00:01:17,959 --> 00:01:21,600 Speaker 3: and it's going to be a beauty. Yes, he's at 28 00:01:21,600 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 3: the fourth stage of grief construction, so demolition. 29 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:31,920 Speaker 2: So next, our media has called Kimmel's comments offensive and insensitive. 30 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:36,360 Speaker 1: And so this was really the affiliates that air ABC 31 00:01:36,520 --> 00:01:39,080 Speaker 1: that pushed back on this. I think that's important. This 32 00:01:39,240 --> 00:01:43,200 Speaker 1: wasn't ABC doing this of their own volition. This were 33 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:47,800 Speaker 1: these were these television stations, local affiliates. Now these are 34 00:01:47,840 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: mega companies that own these local affiliates. 35 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,560 Speaker 2: So next our media group they have thirty two ABC affiliates. 36 00:01:54,480 --> 00:01:56,920 Speaker 1: Yeah, so I mean we're not talking about, you know, 37 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: some mom and pop operation that shut down Jimmy Kimmel. 38 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:04,000 Speaker 1: But first of all, like I mean, there's a time 39 00:02:04,480 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: for humor and you know, time for laughs. The wake 40 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:13,320 Speaker 1: of the assassination of Charlie Kirk, you know, is not 41 00:02:13,600 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: that and you cannot expect Look, Jimmy Kimmel's a vile 42 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:21,000 Speaker 1: nasty person, and I hate what he's become because at 43 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:24,960 Speaker 1: one point he and Adam Carolla were phenomenal, whether it 44 00:02:24,960 --> 00:02:28,160 Speaker 1: was The Man Show or the Crank Anchors. They did 45 00:02:28,240 --> 00:02:30,040 Speaker 1: so much in the in the late nineties, the early 46 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:32,920 Speaker 1: two thousands, so much super funny stuff, and he was 47 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:36,600 Speaker 1: a super funny guy and he just Jimmy Kimmel is 48 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:40,680 Speaker 1: a great example of how fame can absolutely rot someone 49 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:44,840 Speaker 1: at their core. Because when Jimmy Kimmel became or maybe 50 00:02:44,880 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 1: he always was that and just was afraid to show it. 51 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:50,240 Speaker 1: I don't think that. But the person that you saw 52 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: on stage and on screen after he got that television 53 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:58,760 Speaker 1: show was an incredibly different person than we saw publicly, 54 00:02:58,880 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 1: whether it's The Man Show, the Crank Geres, all the 55 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,359 Speaker 1: stuff he did for Comedy Central. It just morphed him 56 00:03:03,400 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: into a completely different human being. And like, first of all, 57 00:03:08,919 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: totally insensitive and on you know, horrible timing on his part, 58 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: but also part of being a broadcaster is you got 59 00:03:17,960 --> 00:03:21,800 Speaker 1: to know when things are acceptable and when things aren't. 60 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 1: And ultimately the system policed itself in which he didn't 61 00:03:25,760 --> 00:03:29,119 Speaker 1: need government intervention. We did need pan Bondy out threatening 62 00:03:29,160 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: people or jailing people. The system policed itself for these 63 00:03:31,919 --> 00:03:34,399 Speaker 1: affiliates just said, eh, we're not doing it anymore. 64 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 2: So what you've got is these late night hosts. They've 65 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:42,480 Speaker 2: gone from being court gesters to court clerics. And what 66 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:46,760 Speaker 2: people are saying is that comments like these don't serve 67 00:03:46,800 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 2: the community, and that's what local broadcasters ideally are supposed 68 00:03:51,200 --> 00:03:54,680 Speaker 2: to be doing. And these messages that are being broadcast 69 00:03:54,680 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 2: out on these local affiliates, the like nexttur is saying, hey, 70 00:03:59,480 --> 00:04:02,600 Speaker 2: you know what, No, these messages don't have to be 71 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:07,320 Speaker 2: mandated from a studio in California. We have control over 72 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:10,880 Speaker 2: what messages are going to be placed in our local community. 73 00:04:11,240 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 2: And that's not it. Now there's a big picture here 74 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:18,200 Speaker 2: because you've got the next star, Tegna Merger and the 75 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:22,839 Speaker 2: FCC chair Brendan Carr. He you know, he obviously said 76 00:04:22,839 --> 00:04:26,839 Speaker 2: that Kimmel's got a concerted effort to lie to the 77 00:04:26,880 --> 00:04:32,359 Speaker 2: American people, and this plays the picture of all that. 78 00:04:32,440 --> 00:04:37,440 Speaker 1: But this is where this gets very squirrely, which is 79 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: there the system is policed itself in the sense of 80 00:04:42,800 --> 00:04:45,360 Speaker 1: these affiliates stood up and said we're not doing this, 81 00:04:46,040 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: and so it worked. But when you get into government, 82 00:04:49,680 --> 00:04:53,080 Speaker 1: people saying you can't lie about this or you can't 83 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: lie about that. This feels very bideny. And this is 84 00:04:57,120 --> 00:04:58,960 Speaker 1: the thing I'm screaming about right now, when you've got 85 00:04:58,960 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: the Attorney General saying the stuff. Now, she tried to 86 00:05:01,240 --> 00:05:05,720 Speaker 1: walk it back, but I didn't was not very impressed. Look, 87 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:09,480 Speaker 1: you have the right, you know. Now, there are obviously rules, 88 00:05:09,720 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: there are words you can't say, et cetera. But you 89 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:19,119 Speaker 1: have the right to say whatever you want about Charlie Kirk. 90 00:05:20,160 --> 00:05:23,640 Speaker 1: And then society has the right to push back on 91 00:05:23,760 --> 00:05:25,760 Speaker 1: you or the companies you work for, or the people 92 00:05:25,800 --> 00:05:28,479 Speaker 1: that you work for, or the institutions that you work for, 93 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: and there may be ramifications for that. What I get 94 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:37,640 Speaker 1: very concerned about, though, is the thought police stuff where 95 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:41,360 Speaker 1: the government and government We've seen multiple government officials come 96 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,400 Speaker 1: out and say this are starting to talk about things 97 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:46,120 Speaker 1: you can and cannot say. That is not that is. 98 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:50,719 Speaker 2: Not their job the government know, however, the company you 99 00:05:50,839 --> 00:05:53,159 Speaker 2: work for can say that totally. 100 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: And Casey, there are things in this mind. On a 101 00:05:57,200 --> 00:06:00,360 Speaker 1: daily basis, there are ten thousand thoughts some of the 102 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:03,359 Speaker 1: three hours of this radio program that I think of 103 00:06:03,440 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: things that I would like to say and then I 104 00:06:05,320 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: have to pause and realize I can't say that because 105 00:06:09,800 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: the company I work for would not tolerate me saying 106 00:06:13,040 --> 00:06:17,839 Speaker 1: that on these airwaves. And being on the airwaves, whether 107 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:21,800 Speaker 1: you're US or you're Jimmy Kimmel or you work at 108 00:06:21,839 --> 00:06:27,479 Speaker 1: the county radio station, being on public broadcast airwaves or 109 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:31,040 Speaker 1: broadcasting for any company is a gift. It's not a right, 110 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:35,039 Speaker 1: and you better be prepared for ramifications. 111 00:06:35,440 --> 00:06:38,520 Speaker 2: It is Kendall and Casey. It's ninety three WIBC.