Ethan - thanks for writing this. I think the canceling of Jimmy Kimmel and many others before him - Mehdi Hasan, Stephen Colbert, even Tucker Carlson - will just lead to so-called mainstream media becoming increasingly irrelevant. No doubt Kimmel will find a following on his own that may be bigger than whatever he had on ABC, as will Colbert. The days when major media channels could be the gatekeepers are disappearing rapidly.
For me the issue isn’t whether Kimmel could have made a difference but that we have leadership in our country that is hell bent on shutting down any opinions they do not like. That is an ominous development.
Great statement.
And great suggestion for the book Defying Hitler.
Thank you, Ethan.
Ethan - thanks for writing this. I think the canceling of Jimmy Kimmel and many others before him - Mehdi Hasan, Stephen Colbert, even Tucker Carlson - will just lead to so-called mainstream media becoming increasingly irrelevant. No doubt Kimmel will find a following on his own that may be bigger than whatever he had on ABC, as will Colbert. The days when major media channels could be the gatekeepers are disappearing rapidly.
For me the issue isn’t whether Kimmel could have made a difference but that we have leadership in our country that is hell bent on shutting down any opinions they do not like. That is an ominous development.
Qaisar
Well said. Thank you
Thank you, Ethan, for this policy statement and for staying the course in these troubling times. The work that you are doing is important.