Originally Posted By u/Midnight_Warrior89 At 2025-07-18 06:25:31 AM | Source


  • ordinarylove@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    8 days ago

    yes young bandana-clad activist of color, it’s time to boycott that boomer broadcast company you definitely watch

    if you are still paying for or subsidizing corpo media at this point stop doing that

    • brucethemoose@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      This is a fair point, even if worded abrasively.

      Do y’all known anyone young who watches CBS regularly? For me, its just older folks, especially excluding Colbert.

      In other words, this feels like preaching to the choir, and anyone watching 50501 is probably more into streamers anyway. I guess that leaves Star Trek and stuff to boycott, but still…

      • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        8 days ago

        I honestly couldn’t even tell you the last time I had cable. I don’t think I’ve ever paid for it, so it might actually be all the way back when I was still a teen living with my parents. That being said, Paramount has their dumbass streaming service, so gen-x and zoomers still sometimes support them even without cable.

  • theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I already am, but because CBS is thinly veiled right-wing propaganda designed to make right wing talking points palatable to a liberal audience and to also act as controlled opppsition.

  • GratefullyGodless@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Shouldn’t we also be boycotting Skydance then as well? Why does it just single out CBS/Paramount, shouldn’t there be pressure on both ends of the deal?

  • MimicJar@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Is there any way we can convince Trump to cancel the Skydance/Paramount deal? That would do some real damage.

  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    Devil’s advocate says that Colbert got cancelled because late night talk shows aren’t profitable anymore. Apparently people don’t stay up to watch the show’s commercials but catch it on youtube instead the next day.

    Not that I would know, we’ve never had late night talk shows in Denmark, only two day old Letterman shows in the afternoon 20 years ago.

    • AlecSadler@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 days ago

      I feel this might be part of it. I love Colbert but I don’t like late shows and never watched his except a couple clips online. I know I’m not the only one.

      I don’t even watch the Daily Show anymore but I always watch Jon Stewart’s clips. Again, I can’t be the only one.

  • Serinus@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    I’ll still watch Colbert until it’s off the air. Other than that, absolutely not.

  • Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works
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    7 days ago

    I’m honesty glad.

    Ever since the election Colbert has seemed as if he is stuck between a rock and a hard place.

    He couldn’t morally ignore what was happening but he also had to keep things light and establishment approved. This was obvious when Luigi was big news and Colbert took the violence is always wrong stance.

    On the other hand, John Stewart made a neutral joke with a hint of support. Seemed obvious that even John Stewart was being restricted but his star power could almost overcome that.

    I think this is good for Steven personally, he can stop pretending he supports the establishment (assuming he doesn’t).