Some viewers don't care about being truthful or fair, they tune in to be entertained. Others choose to be lied to from a different political bent. This is fine.
The FCC guy going on Twitter was an own goal, he does have an obligation to objectivity, class and professionalism. This made the story about government overreach rather than stupid comments that some found offensive.
That the FCC took no action was unimportant to many. The appearance of bullying ABC over political speech became the problem.
ABC and the networks for the other failing late night shows are in a bind. Ratings will continue to fall as people have way more options at their fingertips. But now, if they end these shows people will cry about freedom of speech, when it is a simple job performance issue.
He has no obligation to be truthful nor fair, because it's not a news show.
Replies to: "He has no obligation to be truthful nor fair, because it's not a news show."
- Pretty good statement by Jimmy. [NT]
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- iairishcheeks - 10:55am 9/24/25
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- He spoke a lot, without really saying anything. He's an - ColeyO - 2:01pm 9/24/25
- I heard mostly about himself & the lie that he had close conservative friends & family. [NT] - ELP - 6:19pm 9/24/25
- The arrogance is on your part - More than likely, you did not watch his show last night to hear what - jimbasil - 2:20pm 9/24/25
- ‘ [NT] - Hensou - 6:40pm 9/24/25
- I enjoyed the contrite part, the sanctimonious part less so [NT] - LanceManion - 1:55pm 9/24/25
- I thought so. He acknowledged that he would have taken his comments the same way as the”other side” - BaronVonZemo - 11:43am 9/24/25
- I agree, although I don't think he will be on the air for a long time. - PaND - 12:29pm 9/24/25
- He has no obligation to be truthful nor fair, because it's not a news show. - iairishcheeks - 11:55am 9/24/25
- Agree generally, but you can't knowingly spread inflammatory false information on public airwaves - BaronVonZemo - 1:17pm 9/24/25
- Of course you can. But he didn’t. You should watch the original joke. [NT]
- Chris94 - 10:27pm 9/24/25
- I did, several times. I can’t imagine the twisting pretzel thinking it takes to see a joke in that - BaronVonZemo - 6:25am 9/25/25
- All the Trump "administration" does is lie - every single one of them. [NT] - ND521 - 4:52pm 9/24/25
- Censorship of the public airwaves is so 1984. - iairishcheeks - 1:26pm 9/24/25
- Of course you can. But he didn’t. You should watch the original joke. [NT]
- Chris94 - 10:27pm 9/24/25
- Agree generally, but you can't knowingly spread inflammatory false information on public airwaves - BaronVonZemo - 1:17pm 9/24/25
- Agree. [NT] - irish93 - 11:00am 9/24/25
- He spoke a lot, without really saying anything. He's an - ColeyO - 2:01pm 9/24/25