statement signed by more than 600 celebrities<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0is also making the rounds. <\/p>\nIt reads: \u201cIt\u2019s a dark time for comedians and, by extension, for all Americans.\u00a0Every culture needs humor. It\u2019s how we heal and how we connect with each other. Take it away, and what\u2019s left is fear, silence, and a bleak existence.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen the government targets one of us, they target all of us,\u201d the statement continues. \u201cThey strike at the heart of our shared humanity. They strip away the basic right every person deserves: to speak freely, question boldly, and laugh loudly. This double standard – where those in power can criticize and ridicule without consequence, but silence those who do the same in return – is an outrage. It\u2019s unlawful.\u201d<\/p>\n
While there is still the possibility that Disney and Jimmy Kimmel may sign an agreement leading to Jimmy Kimmel Live! returning to the air, growing calls for boycott of the company\u2019s platforms could create a significant financial loss \u2013 not to mention further tanking the group\u2019s reputation.<\/p>\n
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Considering Trump continues to use the apparatus of the federal government to pressure companies to reshape the media landscape, now is the time for mdeia companies to heed advice from former President Barack Obama, who wrote in the wake of Kimmel\u2019s cancellation: “After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.\u201d<\/p>\n
He added: “This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent, and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating it.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
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