DISNEY-ABC STOP BENDING TO AUTHORITARIAN PRESSURE. ACTION RESOURCE LIST

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On September 17th, Disney-ABC yanked Jimmy Kimmel Live off the air—just hours after the FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened the company over Kimmel’s comments about Charlie Kirk’s murderer. Make no mistake: this is what creeping fascism looks like—media silenced and censored for daring to dissent. It comes only months after The Late Show with Stephen Colbert was cancelled at the president’s request, and now Trump is publicly calling for Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers to be “next.”

And there's a bigger picture here… Nexstar Media Group  and Sinclair Broadcast Group own the largest number of local ABC affiliates. Nexstar is currently seeking approval from the FCC for business deals. You know who else is seeking approval, ESPN to buy the NFL Network. In other words these media giants have every incentive to bend the knee to authoritarian pressure coming from the FCC and the administration to get their deals across the finish line.

We’re done watching this unfold in silence. If Disney-ABC, Nexstar and Sinclair keep caving to this administration, it's time we speak in the only language they seem to respect - our voice as consumers. This living document lays out concrete ways to push back and take action against Disney-ABC, Sinclair and Nexstar, so this country keeps freedom of speech.

SIMPLE WAYS TO TAKE ACTION. BOYCOTT DISNEY-ABC, HULU and ESPN

  1. STOP WATCHING THE FOLLOWING SHOWS 
  2. HOW TO CANCEL YOUR DISNEY+ SUBSCRIPTION
  3. ADVERTISERS to SINCLAIR AND NEXSTAR 
  4. CALL, EMAIL or CONTACT COMPANIES 
  5. LET YOUR VOICE BE HARD JOIN or START AN IN PERSON ACTION 
  6. AMPLIFY COMEDY FOR KIMMEL LETTER

  1. STOP WATCHING THE FOLLOWING SHOWS THAT ARE CURRENTLY AIRING ON ABC’s FALL SCHEDULE + DO NOT STREAM : Post on social using #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC
  1. MONDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL
  2. DANCING WITH THE STARS
  3. 9-1-1
  4. THE GOLDEN BACHELOR (PREMIERS OCTOBER 1st)
  1. CANCEL YOUR DISNEY+ SUBSCRIPTION - Post your cancellation on social media using #BOYCOTTDISNEYABC
  1. UPDATE: The link is somehow down now! Here is step by step how to cancel
  1. Log into your Disney account
  2. Go to Profile, then Account.
  3. Select your Disney+ Subscription and then HIT CANCEL UNDERNEATH.
  1. Don't forget to cancel Hulu and ESPN+ if you have multiple subscriptions.
  2. What to do with the extra cash, in this economy? If you can donate to your local public radio, public television affiliate!
  1. Tell These Advertisers to Drop Sinclair Broadcast Group Unless they bring back Kimmel!
  1. McDonald’s
  2. Allstate
  3. Lexus
  4. Marshall's
  5. Jeep
  1. Call, Email, and Submit Comments to ABC, Sinclair and Nexstar: Free Press Has this Amazing Call tool that you can use to call your local ABC affiliate
  1. 📞📲☎️Phone Call Script
  1. “Hello (insert company name) my name is ____ and I'm a concerned viewer calling to object to the pulling of Jimmy Kimmel Live. Censoring voices undermines free speech and core values we believe in. I urge you to put people before partisan politics and defend artistic expression. Bring Jimmy Back! Thank you and have a nice day”
  2. 💬📧Sample Email or Comment Script;
  1. “I object to the cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel Live after pressure from the administration. This is censorship plain and simple and it's not what American values stand for. We need leaders to protect freedom of speech, not punish it.”
  1. Email or Call Nexstar Corporate Office 
  1. communications@nexstar.tv
  2. 972-373-8800
  1. SUBMIT A COMMENT TO ABC: Follow the selections for Brand, Show and Category below: 
  2. Submit a comment to Sinclair Broadcast Group—which owns several ABC affiliates—demanding they respect freedom of speech and stop pressuring ABC to pull Jimmy Kimmel.  
  3. Here is a list of ABC Affiliates from Free Press
  1. Let your voice be heard - Start a Picket* outside of Corporate Offices: Picket outside of ABC Headquarters and/or ABC affiliates:
  1. ABC TV productions is headquartered on Riverside Drive in Burbank, California, directly across the street from Walt Disney Studios and adjacent to the Team Disney – Roy E. Disney Animation Building.
  2. ABC Broadcast -  7 Hudson Square, New York, NY
  3. List of ABC television affiliates (by U.S. state) - Wikipedia
  1. Picket outside of Nexstar Corporate Offices
  1. 545 East Carpenter Freeway Irving, TX 75062  
  2. 1301 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY 10019
  3. 303 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601
  1. Picket Outside of Sinclair Broadcast Group
  1. 10706 Beaver Dam Road Cockeysville, MD 21030
  1. Check out the following organizations