How the FCC torpedoed Jimmy Kimmel - About That - CBC News

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Jimmy Kimmel Live! has been suspended indefinitely after the late-night host's comments about the political leanings of Charlie Kirk's alleged killer. Andrew Chang breaks down Kimmel's controversial monologue and why some experts are concerned about an attack from the Trump administration on free speech. - Aired on 09/19/2025.

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1. See how far we have fallen. We have to get the truth from Canada

CBC News is NOT a US entity

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2. I knew both CBC and CTV when I was responsible for the TV listings for newspapers in the Pacific Northwest

And I live fairly close to Canada, except on the other coast. Just north of where I live is a major summer tourist destination so I'm used to seeing license plates from every state and also Canada, mostly Quebec and Ontario. But this year I haven't seen even one from Canada.

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3. Interesting

I live about 275 miles from the Mexican border. We used to see the occasional automobile with Mexican plates a couple of decades ago, although this became rare after 9/11 and rarer yet after the voting chumps went in for the blowhard in the suit.

I speak a little Spanish, but never put in much effort to seek out Mexican radio or TV for their news casts. I suspect that good journalism is far more difficult south of the border, where the Cartels long ago overwhelmed Mexico’s civil and legal structures and good journalists risk dying early. I fear there’s a LOT of self-censorship in their media.

As for the folks from the Great White North, I fully understand why they’re choosing to stay away. If I was a Canadian snowbird and the Florida hotel where I usually stayed asked me why I wasn’t there this year, I’d send them a card showing What’s-his-name’s face captioned “That’s why.”

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4. Ah! That must be interesting, I went into Mexico when my grandmother was spending the winter in Arizona

When I was in high school, so my Dad and I went to visit her for Spring vacation. It sure is different from New York, beautiful country, and I can't help wishing I was there when we get hit with the inevitable snowstorms!

And I certainly understand why the Canadians are avoiding us. We got a hint when TFG first took office and his first foreign trip was to Saudi Arabia! It's traditional for a new president to make his first "foreign" trip to Canada, our closest neighbor and ally.

My cousin and his wife visited Canada a few months ago and I was worried, and they said though there were a lot of Canada First signs, everyone was friendly. I'm not sure if that's the case now. And we've heard that those Canadians who winter in the U.S. are selling their properties and going elsewhere. *sigh*

And I live close enough to Canada that they started teaching us French in 7th grade. My Dad loved going to Ottawa, he was a world traveler, but this was one "foreign" country he could drive to. I went to summer camp in nearby Vermont and we had a lot of Canadian fellow campers, but I'm guessing that's ended, too. I'm still friendly with a former counselor and his wife who live in Quebec and come to reunions which we had before Covid. I'm especially friendly with his wife and during one visit she gave me quite a lecture on the dangers of TFG... They knew, even back then.