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#ABC owner Walt #Disney Co., a massive organization with far-flung operations, frequently seeks #federal #regulatory approval to expand, buy or sell businesses or acquire licenses. And the #Trump admin has not spared the company from *investigations*, opening multiple inquiries in just the past few months to probe possible antitrust, programming & hiring *violations*.
#law #business #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #JimmyKimmel #media #consolidation #corporations #extortion #tyranny #MafiaState
#ABC owner Walt #Disney Co., a massive organization with far-flung operations, frequently seeks #federal #regulatory approval to expand, buy or sell businesses or acquire licenses. And the #Trump admin has not spared the company from *investigations*, opening multiple inquiries in just the past few months to probe possible antitrust, programming & hiring *violations*.
#law #business #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #JimmyKimmel #media #consolidation #corporations #extortion #tyranny #MafiaState
#JimmyKimmel was suspended from his show this week following comments suggesting that fans of #CharlieKirk were trying to capitalize on the conservative activist’s assassination [they are]. Federal Communications Commission [#FCC] Chairman Brendan Carr called the remarks “truly sick” & suggested his agency would look into them.
Carr answers to #Trump, who’s already on record as *disliking* [despising] Kimmel’s comedy.
#law #ABC #Disney #FirstAmendment #FreeSpeech #media #extortion #MafiaState
2 companies that operate ~¼ of #ABC #affiliates nationwide, #Nexstar Media Group & #Sinclair Broadcasting, also said they would not air #Kimmel’s show.
#Disney took a step last Dec to avoid a confrontation w/ #Trump by paying $15M to settle his *defamation* lawsuit against #ABCNews & #GeorgeStephanopoulos. It also made moves to dismantle some of its #DEI practices, including removing references in its annual report to its Reimagine Tomorrow program aimed at “amplifying underrepresented voices.”
Apparently that wasn’t enough.
In April, the #FCC sent a a blistering letter to #Disney CEO #BobIger saying it suspected the company was so thoroughly “infected” with “invidious” practices *favoring* *minorities* that it had no choice but to open an *investigation*.
Among other questions, the probe sought to determine whether Disney had really ended policies designed to ensure characters in its shows & its hiring practices favored “underrepresented groups.”
Meanwhile, a #Disney deal struck in January to buy a stake in the streaming service #FuboTV fell under scrutiny, too, with several reports that the #DOJ was investigating possible #antitrust violations.
The #FTC also launched a probe into whether Disney broke rules by gathering #personal #data from #children watching its videos without permission from parents. Disney settled the case earlier this month by paying $10M & agreeing to change its practices.
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