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Skavau@piefed.socialM to Television@piefed.socialEnglish · 5 days ago

FCC Chairman Says His “Easy Way Or The Hard Way” Comment About Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t Meant As A Threat To Pull Licenses If ABC Didn’t Fire Him

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FCC Chairman Says His “Easy Way Or The Hard Way” Comment About Jimmy Kimmel Wasn’t Meant As A Threat To Pull Licenses If ABC Didn’t Fire Him

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FCC Chairman Brendan Carr sought to explain what he meant by "we can do this the easy way or the hard way" in addressing Jimmy Kimmel's remarks on Kirk shooter.
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    That didn’t happen.
    And if it did, it wasn’t that bad.
    And if it was, that’s not a big deal.
    And if it is, that’s not my fault.
    And if it was, I didn’t mean it. <-- You are here
    And if I did, you deserved it.

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      He basically combo’d “If it was, I didn’t mean it,” and “If I did, you deserved it,” honestly. He basically said “Kimmel deserved to be canned, but I wasn’t threatening to pull their license. That would be illegal.”

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    Bullies back down once challenged

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      This isn’t backing down, it’s muddying the waters so they were still able to threaten Disney, but now Republicans can say "but they didn’t ‘mean’ to threaten them.

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        Plausible deniability to skirt around any arguments that could be upheld in court.

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    BS

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    Someone get this guy a Reese’s mug.

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    -_-

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