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annoyingrelative t1_j6j34d5 wrote

"Even Bill Maher is against the Libs..." is something you regularly see from Twitter folks with the American flag emoji, despite no one thinking Bill Maher is liberal for at least a decade.

Maher's humor devolved into the stereotype of a Libertarian - A Republican who smokes pot.

Notice that while Bill embraces the new love from his right wing friends, he absolutely does not bring up his hatred of religion as much as he used to

When it was acceptable to be openly hostile to Muslims after 9/11, Bill frequently mentioned his Atheism, he loved to attack Islam back then. He would occasionally attack Christianity, but it was typically railing against the Catholic Church

Since he's also devolved into a hack Contrarian, the new Bill Maher will no longer have panels to discuss atheism, he'd lose the diehard MAGA, anti vax types who now make up his fanbase.

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annoyingrelative t1_j6fxly2 wrote

This has been a huge problem when watching the NFL on Fox the past few years.

Fox has been using the NFL to advertise their crappy online service Fox Nation, if you watch football, you get a bunch of adverts for Tucker and Kilmeade.

It's gross, but not unexpected from right wing hypocrites who tell athletes to stick to sports while only criticizing LeBron and Serena.

Fox News could face a drop in carriage fees over the next few years as contracts end and fewer people subscribe to cable. It's creating a new group of future insurrectionists

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annoyingrelative t1_ixbd5c1 wrote

Chapek was supposed to introduce Elton John last night, but cancelled during the afternoon.

Per the Article, news of the firing spread among the crowd just before it started, and Chapek's top lieutenant, Kareem Daniel left before the show began

Chapek famously screwed up the "Dont Say Gay" Florida fight with DeSantis, and implied Adults/Parents don't watch the Animated shows and movies on Disney+, they prefer Live action movies.

Chapek was a retail guy, not a good Parks guy. He kept cutting costs while raising prices and limiting passes. He was one of the most unpopular CEOs in their history, his firing has been celebrated on several Disney fan YouTube channels, videos were made minutes after the news dropped.

Robert Iger is a popular guy and rightly celebrated by Disney fans, but this is mostly a huge repudiation of Bob Chapek

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annoyingrelative t1_itkwdoj wrote

Holy hell, that entire answer is basically:

Miguel doesn't care about the millions of subscribers who aren't watching HotD on 70 inch OLED 4k TVs - He will film the show like you all have Dolby Atmos home theaters

House of the Dragon was very good, but it felt like Season 5 and 6 of Game of Thrones, not quite as great as the first 4 seasons of GoT.

That's when spectacle overtook story, and it seems as though Miguel is about spectacle

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