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FiftyShadesOfBroccoli
And Zaslav does the same with CNN. This won't be over until you guillotine the billionaires.
robingal1
If it does become practice, I wonder how long it will take Amazon to create Bluetooth Blades, the newest in political commentary? You'll lose your head at our prices! You'd need a new password for each slice or some shit. Everything is commodified.
Svartsinn
What about the good christian law-abiding officers who run our federal concentration camps where people are unlawfully detained and sometimes tortured without due process?
Khanamana324
And there enforcers (read: cops and the national guard).
NerdNerdburger
*their
khora
The good thing is you don’t even have to boycott them. Their programs will suck.
Cbouch4rd
Too many billionaires not enough Luigi's.
SecretAgentSuperBooger
Khanamana324
Don’t forget about their enforcers. They are equally as culpable for these horrors.
IfItQuacksLikeADuck
Trivia: we usually just refer to them as Liberals and Conservatives. They're pro-billionaire enablers who constantly make excuses for them and worship unlimited capitalism.
Rubbishtheresnoway9peopleusetaniwhida
Ellison is a bullshit artist.
He knows trump lost.
Ellison is a plain racist that wants a white American in my opinion.
Look into his past hiring practice.
ninjarnia
Don't anthropomorphize Larry Ellison.
weewaawoowoo
Further to ninjaria's response below: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Sep/17/bryan-cantrill/
myfirstandlastpostever
Looks like he’s using Mickey Rouke’s plastic surgeon.
TruthSlap
They both look like villains in a Bond movie
DemSumBigAssRidges
"I'm a self made man!" - Larry Ellison's son
UserMCP
DAMMIT and I just want to watch Star Trek for its *checks notes* utopian and inclusive content.
sideeyehussle
It’s simple, stop watching. Stop giving these asshole billionaires your time and money.
TheGriffin
I worry about Star Trek
Chalybos
How do these fuckwits ALL manage to look like comic book villains?
naughtyrev
Wait, you're telling me that jaw surgery nepo-son didnt' earn his gig via mertis?
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
This is DEFENITELY how Colbert got cancelled.
jasonboison
And South Park could be on the verge as well
Shaodyn
Everything that criticizes 47 is in danger.
ffllyyn
that includes the majority of imgur's users. take note and take precautions. people have already scrubbed their accounts here in response.
Druidhunter77
Well. If I disappear at least it’ll be funny why I disappeared. Never thought I’d be yeeted because of an Imgur comment calling 45 useless, but sure, why not
usingYourMomAsAHat
Without a doubt. It's fullblown fascism and its only getting worse for every day
IfItQuacksLikeADuck
Yep. The regime isn't "full-blown" yet but it's getting there because Republicans have already become full-blown fascists. It's already "mostly" fascist with the Gestapo, militarized police, repression/brutality, concentration camps, ethnic cleansing, purges, govt censorship, takeovers, corruption, domestic/stochastic terrorism, imperialism, foreign genocide and coup. And it's definitely gonna get worse.
DigiT00l
And now he has a year full of shows with no risks of being cancelled
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
The Daily Show will be next (because of Jon Stewart), I guarantee it.
DirectorFury
That's literally what the Paramount take over is about. Paramount is Comedy Central's parent company.
usernametakenisthestoryofmylife
I'd like to think someone would pick them up due to their popularity.
SealandIsARealCountry
Think hbo has the budget to include them on top of John oliver?
PolitiCat
Even HBO will throw out Oliver if the political climate (dictatorship) doesn't change.
GeorgeCostabaplaps
MERGE THE POWERS
LariCheltsy
Owl2017
I thought it was due to finances and low viewing audience against late night shows overall
idiotsonfire
No, it was because he used his free speech and the boss didn't like that very much.
dontrike
His is the only sort of show that gained viewers the past quarter and their highest viewed show overall. Why would you listen to obvious lies?
JackieTreehornProductions
it was the highest rated late night show
Owl2017
Oh I had no idea, good to know and makes me question the official narrative
EveryGOPAccusationIsActuallyAnAdmission
Always question the official narrative, especially in times like these. I learned that a long time ago, follow the money. Who is paying for the study? Who finances the show? Who stands to benefit from its rise or fall?
valen00
Two things can be true at the same time I'd say. Late night was never particularly great ratings wise but it did have "presence" and prestige networks like, these days late night gets lots of social media engagement too. Using an actual lack of profit (vs something imagined) to axe something is an expedient and popular way in the entertainment biz to get rid of something executives don't like for whatever reason. I.E Firefly.
Owl2017
Yeah and as others have said he was apparently more popular than most so that would be less understanding. I'm sure depends on what network and funding infrastructure. So idk but yeah seems dubious by many people here.
valen00
TBF many people here would blame a fart on a right wing political party at the moment. Don't misunderstand. Right wing nutters are trying to start WW3 as we speak and are vile assholes. But this is a pretty strong echo chamber for anything that feels good for leftish people to say. An ounce of caution is warranted (as with anything) before believing anything that feels good for anything politically motivated.
Owl2017
Yeah, the only stuff I heard officially so far was that it was canceled. Then an insider said it was more financially related and that was confirmed and reported by NPR. And thattttts about it. So I'm open to hearing more and finding out otherwise. But also there are others that might have gotten the cancellation too by similar metrics. I'll sit around and wait to hear more I guess but yeah super understanding of the critical questions around this being related to political retaliation.
IAmTheBadW01f
That's the official excuse, sure. But being the most watched late night show, you wouldn't expect him to be first
Owl2017
Oh didn't know it was number one that's important to know. Wondering why him than others I watch.
Asadsadsadclown
They just settled a lawsuit from Trump. He sued all the major news outlets just before taking office with the implication that he would punish them in an official capacity if they didn't pay him off with settlements. They are also going through a high level merger that requires government approval. It is 10000% appeasement of orange Hitler.
IAmTheBadW01f
He criticized the parent company of the network for folding on a lawsuit trump filed that they could have easily won and paying him millions of dollars as a bribe
origosaved
I wouldn't call being on air until next May "being cancelled".
Trelis
He has a contract, like a subscription when you cancel it, it just doesn't renew but continues until it's end.
DirectorFury
"They didn't cancel him until May so it doesn't count as being canceled." -fucking morons
origosaved
Is he silenced by the cancellation? No. If your arguments would be valid, the big bad CBS's goal would be to silence him.
Why don't you educate yourself on the ropic? The late night show, as a genre, are struggling for years, there were articles about it e.g. when James Corden ended his show.
DirectorFury
What's your definition of being canceled?
origosaved
Taken off air, discredited.
olafthrig
Did they forget that contracts are a thing due to oxygen deprivation from licking Cheetos and deepthroating boots? I had it the other way around but breathing wouldn't have been impaired.
DirectorFury
Contracts are more to keep "the talent" in line and aren't difficult for network/ to get around. Buying colbert out of his contract wouldn't affect CBS's bottom line much at all.
DukeDarkwood
Would kind of prove their comment about it being "purely financial" was a lie, though. They still care about the optics - at least until the MAGAt that bought them officially takes over.
Also, this is Stephen Colbert. I would not be surprised if the contract is sizeable.
Oatmealman1
Looks like someone tried to sculpt that Squidward statue but had no idea what they were doing so they just ordered one from temu
CiGr
Ellison didn't buy CBS. His son's company, Skydance, is trying to merge with Paramount, who owns CBS. Larry has put a lot of money into Skydance.
itypewerdsonline
that's just buying CBS with extra steps
CanisMaximus
Tell the whole story. The merger wasn't going to go through unless they paid Orange Hitler his extortion money by "settling" the lawsuit. Eat the rich.
DesdemonaMoor
So Paramounts payout to Trump wasn't a settlement, it was money laundering right out in the open.
shinagami091
The settlement payout was so that Trump wouldn’t have the FCC block the merger between Paramount and Skydance. I’m guessing the other part of that settlement was to fire Colbert.
MotherEffinSatan
Fuck, there goes Star Trek. Sucks because I really enjoyed strange new worlds.
ogdm
Being worth all that money wont fix that mess of a genetic make-up
mikeatike
Oracle: One Rich Asshole Called Larry Ellison
beaubrent
The left keeps selling out everything. It is exhausting.
michaelfire
Right wing Oligarchy conspiracy: Murdoch buys Wall Street Journal, MSNBC- Microsoft/Bill Gates, Twitter- Musk, Washington Post- Bezos, Facebook- another Right wing Billionaire oligarch, Breitbart- Mercer see Right wing election interference/SCL Elections (Google it). SCOTUS/ Federal judiciary- The Federalist Society/Leonard Leo, Barre Seid, ABC- Walt Disney/ Bob Iger, NBC- Comcast!- BlackRock/Brian Roberts, and Trump/Congress just demolished NPR, PBS. 1/
michaelfire
https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policycast/oligarchy-open-what-happens-now-us-forced-confront-it">utocracy">https://www.hks.harvard.edu/faculty-research/policycast/oligarchy-open-what-happens-now-us-forced-confront-its-plutocracy https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/02">co.com/n">nt-its-plutocracy https://www.politico.com/news/2023/05/02/leonard-leo-federalist-society-00094761https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna54034910 US is an oligarchy, not a democracy. Plutocracy. Kleptocracy. Tax breaks for the rich Trump thanks to cryptocurrency grift. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-echochambers-27074746 https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jun/17/trump-crypto-memecoin-corruption
Iaimtomisbehave
No more billionaires, we simply can't afford those parasites. https://aflcio.org/formaunion
Khanamana324
Don’t forget about their enforcers either. Those terrorists are as equally culpable as their owners.
ItsACrazyWorld
Yea no shit.
laserfork
I mean, yeah. Fascists traditionally have made easy allies with corporations and industry leaders and such. There's a reason people know Hugo Boss made Nazi uniforms and IG Farben made Zyklon B for the concentration camps. The Nazis didn't offer anything more than money and freedom from considerations like workers' rights or safety.
beenbannedb4
And curiously enough, Ford helped both Nazis and Soviets. Other US enterprises also had deals with both sides before the war.
kInADress
They've entered the war as allies: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molotov%E2%80%93Ribbentrop_Pact
beenbannedb4
Yes, I know. But others may not, so thanks for the comment!
DJOldguy
Don't leave Coca Cola off that list and the American banks who have always supported fascists.
ThingsThatDontJustifyGenocide
What remained of IG Farben in the West was split in 1951 into its six constituent companies, then again into three: BASF, Bayer, and Hoechst.[b] These companies continued to operate as an informal cartel[citation needed] and played a major role in the West German Wirtschaftswunder. Following several later mergers the main successor companies are Agfa, BASF, Bayer and Sanofi.
ps238principal
Notice how no other party made their dictator-king do something like, for example, pull the licenses from outfits like Fox News for being blatant propaganda outlets.
lamontcranston
Fox is cable it doesn't have a public broadcast license. What should be noticed is the hysterics years ago when Venezuela chose not to renew the broadcast license of a station that encouraged the coup against Hugo Chavez in 2002.
Margrave9000
Too bad that rotten cesspools like Faux, Newsmax and OAN were allowed to exist. Democracy has lost its self-preservation instincts and here we are.
Chilichunks
But both sides tho /s
GrandmasterSpank
So what did we learn? We learned that next time, a Democrat should definitely pull the licenses of propaganda outlets and destroy them before they destroy the country.
IfItQuacksLikeADuck
Instead people listened to "free speech absolutists" liars like Musk and countless Reps and Dems before him.
I've been telling people for decades that they shouldn't allow hate speech and far-right propaganda to fester. I lost every debate: everyone downvoted me all the time so this means Dems too.
They all drank the cool-aid when Reps said they were for "small govt", "freedom" and "freedom of speech" despite the mountain of counter-evidences.They didn't want to listen so now it's FAFO time.
ministerm
Why would you ever expect Dems to do that when they're also a right-leaning party?
MakeItBackAlright
You don't get points for fighting fair.
GrandmasterSpank
You do IF there is a good judge and IF bad behavior gets punished. But SCOTUS is corrupt and bad behavior get REWARDED. And then you're just an idiot if you still continue to play by the rules.
TheN8
Friend, that ship has sailed.
leechdemon
Sure, but like... In a few hundred years, when the fallout settles, and the next country tries democracy...
GrandmasterSpank
Oh I know....
IfItQuacksLikeADuck
😖 I've tried to sail that ship for years but it was only shipwreck to shipwreck. You can't make listen someone who doesn't want to listen and nobody wanted to listen nor take it seriously. Almost all Dems downplayed the danger this propaganda outlets represented while Reps were openly supporting them.
IfItQuacksLikeADuck
And Dems are STILL downplaying them. They still refuse to get at them.
"..…but but it's cEnSoRsHiP 🥺" → They're authoritarians and fascists. They'll take all your rights away, including your own free speech. Use your goddamn brain 🧠, stop being so ideological and develop some sense of pragmatism FFS.
Whatdoyousaytoanicecupoftea
Err...no. Furthest that should go is properly enforced fact checking on social media. Banning what you don't agree with is a slippery slope.
Dontstopbelever2000ismyfavoritesoap
Fine. I've learned there's no quarter. They need to be destroyed, thoroughly
istry555
Except it's not just "banning what you don't agree with", it's not treating an outlet that outright lies and spreads misinformation with the same legitimacy as other news networks. They're free to keep their opinion shows, they shouldn't be allowed to continue to pass it off as fact and deflect lying as opinion and entertainment. Don't let them call themselves news and don't give them the same access because they refuse to stop lying. Both sides shouldn't get equal weight when one side is false.
MothMonsterMan
And the slope we are currently on is...?
IfItQuacksLikeADuck
Far worse. You'd have neoliberal capitalism with bought democracy (status quo) like you still had 16 years ago instead of being accelerated into fascism at full speed. Don't get me wrong, the former sucks but anyone who doesn't yet understand how the latter, billionaires/corporations/capitalism on steroids, is far worse needs to buckle up because it's gonna be an enlightening experience or should I say, a "dark enlightening".
ontarioOT
Pretty fucking slippery.
AndroidSoul
Sure, but consider: you pull fox's broadcast license. All the people who watch it are mad about censorship. Many think the information was removed because the powers that be were afraid of the truth, which makes the fox bullshit feel even more true in their hearts. Now they go online looking for the truth and they find an even less regulated sphere of far right gobbledygook. Now you've got less accountability and crazier crazy people
RevolutionOnHerLips
As opposed to all the people who are already being fed far right gobbledygook on youtube, twitter, facebook, etc.? Somehow I doubt there are *that many* Fox News viewers who also aren't engaged with right wing content on social media.
Darkspire
Make them go to the fringes. Don't let it be mainstream.
arumunus
You know it only feels like yesterday that Drag Race had really started changing perceptions of mainstream to be more accepting.
Have a feeling Paramount is going to drop them real soon now.
EricAirheart
Talk about being woke snowflakes.
okbruh
Submarine party to celebrate!?
ironymus
Too complicated. Bullets are cheaper and easily available
mikeatike
Larry's thing is racing yachts. Maybe he can get killed on one of those
camn333
I hope they realize too late that there's not enough eyeballs out there to keep more than one propaganda channel alive. I hope it all burns down in their faces.
imakesoap
Not that I watch much network tv, but now I that I know this, will be sure not to tune to the local cbs
EroticZombiePants
The local CBS affiliate probably isn't owned by CBS itself. It's probably owned by some far right wing media conglomerate instead. Of course, that's probably also true for your local NBS, ABC, and Fox affiliates too.
EroticZombiePants
It's very easy to have multiple propaganda channels around when you make sure ALL channels are propaganda. This is the ultimate reason why the far right are buying up all of our media, to make sure everyone always has eyeballs on them whether we like it or not.
InfocalypseRising
They'll keep showing the popular stuff in between the brainwashing and most people are too oblivious to notice.
porphyre1e00
Probably. A bigger issue is that Fox "News" has always been an entertainment station masquerading as news.
CBS -is- a news network. That's why the whole 60 Minutes settlement is such bullshit.
If CBS does whatever shenanigans to claim they're now "entertainment", they're not going be publicizing the fact and none of the geriatric voters will know the difference. Hundreds of local affiliates rebroadcasting propaganda.
draek1
I think it would be cool if billionaires were prevented from buying all the important institutions in our society. I would also accept leftists using their money in these ways instead of wasting it on the fucking dnc
chewybrian
Elon lost billions on Twitter and didn't care. It's pennies to them vs dollars saved on taxes by getting Trump and his minions in there.
SarcasticComment
elon has more money than the typical stooge getting left holding the bag. imagine buying a cabal network in 2025 to crank out propaganda. they are on life support as it is
camn333
Well, at least the pillow guy did crash and burn with his TV network, and I'm sure that was painful for him. I'll take solace in that.
DaSauceSeeker
And thus came the death of Trek....
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
Trek? You can stream that. More concerning is that CBS is already cancelling The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show will be next.
DaSauceSeeker
Paramount is CBS... and they own the Trek franchise, so the writing style is likely to change with the change in ownership... if it doesn't get cut altogether
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
I'm not sure how to explain to you that Star Trek isn't as important as talk show hosts that are critical of Trump losing their shows.
Like....those two things are not comparable.
It's frustrating that I even have to say that.
NancyReaganSchoolOfGawk
They are equally bad things though. Don’t you get that?
PleaseRespectMyAsshole
No! What in the fuck is happening?! Are you guys fucking nuts?!
Colbert and Stewart are both being targeted directly by the Trump administration specifically because Trump does not like what they say about him. The network is bowing to that pressure and has cancelled Colbert already.
Trek could end up being censored, changed, ruined, and/or cancelled by the new owners but that is NOT because of direct pressure from Trump.
One of these is a clear 1st Amendment violation. How are they equal?!
DaSauceSeeker
I never made a comparison, so I'm not really sure what you're on about