Jimmy Kimmel Says Net Neutrality Repeal “Despicable”

Deadline ^ | December 15, 2017 | Greg Evans

[EdnaMode]

Put the axing of net neutrality on Jimmy Kimmel’s naughty list, just below the defunding of affordable health care. Calling the FCC’s repeal of Obama-era net neutrality rules “absolutely despicable,” Kimmel said on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live that the actions of the Ajit Pai-led FCC were in opposition to the wishes of 83 percent of Americans.

“I just want to say thank you President Trump,” Kimmel said. “Thanks to you and this jackhole you appointed to run the FCC, big corporations are about to take full control the internet. So merry christmas everybody!”

Kimmel also took the opportunity to remind viewers that today (Friday) is the “last day maybe ever to enroll for health care under the affordable health care act.”

And, he added, “once net neutrality’s gone, we might not even have WebMD anymore.”

Kimmel directed viewers to healthcare.gov to enroll.

Check out Kimmel’s slam above.

[ScottinVA]

I don’t watch him anymore, but it sounds to me Kimmel’s show has morphed into a platform for political screeds and away from late-night comedy. Did Kimmel bring his kid out for this diatribe, too?

[chris37]

Damn, Jimbo!

You’re funnier than stage 4 pancreatic cancer.

WOOOOOO!

[Eddie01]

Same as SNL.

The globalists have weaponized every aspect of American life.

[windsorknot]

God, I miss Johnny Carson.

[llevrok]

still trying to deflect attention away from his sexual aggression charges I see....

[montag813]

big corporations are about to take full control the internet.

That's funny. I always thought Google was a pretty big corporation. In fact, Google's market cap is 4 TIMES that of Verizon, and 7 TIMES that of Comcast. That's pretty darn "big" there, Jimbo. And they control the internet in a big ass way right now. Just ask (former #1 YouTuber) PewDiePie, who had his income cut in half when he made a joke about the "alt-right" and Google destroyed him for it.

[Grampa Dave]

If anyone on FR had any doubts about NN, this bs statement by this late night rectum should tell that it was a good thing for most of us.

Kimmel fits the descriptions below perfectly!

“The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance!” (please read the date this was published) “But there seems to have been an actual decline in rational thinking. The United States had become a place where entertainers and professional athletes were mistaken for people of importance.

They were idolized and treated as leaders; their opinions were sought on everything and they took themselves just as seriously — after all, if an athlete is paid a million or more a year, he knows he is important… so his opinions of foreign affairs and domestic policies must be important, too, even though he proves himself to be both ignorant and subliterate every time he opens his mouth. (Most of his fans were just as ignorant and unlettered; the disease was spreading.)”

To Sail Beyond The Sunset (1987) – Robert A. Heinlein Posted on 11/27/2017, 5:57:44 AM by x1stcav (We have the guns. Do we have the will?)

If Kimmel, keeps this bs going he can join the jerk below, who felt that, his insane rants and screaming were great!

[GnuThere]

Why doesn’t he just move to MSNBC and then the night show could get an actual comedian.

[John W]

Amen!

[Oldeconomybuyer]

When I need thoughtful political philosophy I turn to Jimmy Kimmel.

Spit.

[DouglasKC]

All I know that if liberals are for something I’m against it.

[Sans-Culotte]

God, I miss Johnny Carson.

And to think they used to call these late-night shows "entertainment".

[savedbygrace]

So, late night hosts don’t have as much responsibility as news reporters have to tell the truth.

Whoa, that’s confusing.

[Sam Gamgee]

I have heard Pai talk about this a year ago and what he said made 100% sense. Trying to fix a non-existent problem.

Sorry, but I don’t get as worked up about corporate control as I do about government control.

[Mozilla]

Take Colbert away with Kimmel. Both Despicable. Haven’t watched late night since Leno and Ferguson left.

[Sam Gamgee]

The only thing that bothers me is my Netflix costs $14.00 a month, but my internet costs me $80.00! But I also live in Canada so that might tell you something.

[Mariner]

the dumb bastard doesn’t know or doesn’t care that those big corporations own and built the internet.

[Seruzawa]

Any idea of professionalism in entertainment is lost. We have mostly 10 years olds now spewming the stupidest crap imaginable.

[Pearls Before Swine]

I thought late night hosts were suppose to be funny and calm people down after a long day?

Obama, with his talk show TV appearances, and even BJ Clinton with his sax, blurred the distinction between politics and entertainment.

[Eagles6]

What an ignorant tool.