Turnabout is fair play. If advertisers drop incendiary, offensive, asshole right wing hosts, they should drop Maher too.
This reminded me...I saw an episode of Finding Your Roots on PBS with Bill Maher and Bill O'Reilly ....and they are actually distant cousins. Neither of them were thrilled to find that out, but Bill Maher was actually a much bigger jerk about it.
I thought it was hilarious, since I think they are equally horrible people who shouldn't be making money for spouting their hateful views.
And I don't see that happening since still most people have HBO through their cable subscriber and it is bundled.
With optimum and directv it's an add on. You can have most if not all of your channels and dump HBO.
Anyone know about DISH? I sent an email asking, but haven't heard back yet. I know it's an add-on (ish), but am concerned that it's part of a bundle of premium packages. I.e. We'd have to cancel all premium channels to have a price impact in order to effectively impact the network to fire F'ng Bill Maher, which would be nearly impossible to convince my H (& other subscribing petition signers) to do. BAH!!!
With optimum and directv it's an add on. You can have most if not all of your channels and dump HBO.
Anyone know about DISH? I sent an email asking, but haven't heard back yet. I know it's an add-on (ish), but am concerned that it's part of a bundle of premium packages. I.e. We'd have to cancel all premium channels to have a price impact in order to effectively impact the network to fire F'ng Bill Maher, which would be nearly impossible to convince my H (& other subscribing petition signers) to do. BAH!!!
This is how it is for cable. And if you have all the movie channels in a bundle, it is cheaper than getting the rest and leaving out HBO. So people would have to be pissed enough to pay more money or be like us and have no premium channels.
We have to add HBO separately. We don't currently have it; we will get it sometimes just to watch one season of a show and then cancel after it's aired. I will not be getting HBO again if they don't fire him for this. Shame on them too for airing/re-airing it.
I have to say I have never watched Bill and truthfully didn't know a ton about him, but it sounds like it isn't surprising that he is a racist shit face. But still. He's a racist shit face.
Post by turnipthebeet on Jun 3, 2017 9:45:54 GMT -5
I don't have cable at all, so I'm just spitballing. But what if people just stopped watching his show and made a big deal about this? Would that be enough to get HBO to drop him? Would they drop him anyway if this becomes a PR issue? I feel like he pulls stupid shit regularly, maybe they are getting fed up?
I honestly don't know of anyone who does watch him, whats his viewership like?
The only people I know who watch him are Boomers. One of whom then likes to call out when liberals get pissed at the likes of Milo, Ann, etc., for their comments because Maher isn't PC, either. 🙄 I don't actually know anyone in my peer group who watches him. At most, I might see a clip of something he said shared on FB once in awhile.
The Guardian reported that HBO is already receiving pressure to cancel his show. I'd link, but I can't find it again (plus it didn't really give any new information AND PRINTED THE WORD! WTF??)
There are only two shows left in the season, and Game of Thrones starts in six weeks. I can't decide if that's a leverage point for angry subscribers or for HBO....
I cancelled my cable package with HBO on Thursday. I was going to add HBO to my prime account but not now.
I am hoping that HBO will remedy this soon. I assume lawyers have to look at his contract, consult with execs, etc. I figure I will give them until Monday to issue a statement and by the end of the week to cancel his show. But if they let him film an episode next week, I will tell H to cancel our HBO Go account.
Very perfunctory statement from HBO. Removing his "deeply offensive" statement from any future airings of his show. Cool story, bro, but a cancellation better be in the works.
Also, a friend posted on Facebook about hating Bill Maher, and a friend of his referred to the reaction as "an attack on comedy" and said he hears the word 20 times per day at the school where he teaches. The fuck, man? I cannot recall the last time I heard this word in person, and I definitely did not hear it 20 times per day in school. He's teaching at a fucked up school.
I've never actually seen anything with him on it, but I saw the twitter reaction to this, and what the fuck? He needs to be gone, now, and forever, for any platform that allows him to interact with people.
And WTF to you too, HBO. "Tasteless" is not the word here. Try deplorable, inexcusable, heinous. This is deeper than lack of taste.
"Hello babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. On the outside, babies, you've got a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies-"God damn it, you've got to be kind.”
Post by walterismydog on Jun 3, 2017 14:09:47 GMT -5
"subsequent airings"?!
Get the fuck outta here, HBO. How about "we will no longer air this racist asshole"?
FUCKERS. They've been on my list ever since mercilessly canceling Carnivale. But this? This is a whole other level. Get it together, grow a spine, and get rid of him. No second chances. Stand for something important because calling out and punishing this shit REALLY MATTERS.
As much as that would make me giggle with glee, apparently not.
I found this thread (and I'd forgotten all about this racist incident because I generally ignore Bill Maher): pandce.proboards.com/thread/516178/bill-maher-calls-activists-idiots. On page 2, one of her posts is quoted in which she calls him an asshole. Her assessment of that was correct.
People won't cancel HBO. Game of Thrones premieres July 16. Also, the whole reason he's on HBO is because he made a not-great comment in the wake of the Iraq invasion when everyone was fake-patriotic-as-fuck and advertisers bailed from his show on ABC. Politically Incorrect actually began on HBO, so they offered him a new show 11-12 years ago now. More "creative freedom." I'm in a nihilistic mood today, I guess. Same shit different day.
The only real possibility is that yeah, HBO prides itself on creative freedom and high quality entertainment that can be edgy, but they really mean explicit, not racist. I'm sure even HBO has a line.
As much as that would make me giggle with glee, apparently not.
I found this thread (and I'd forgotten all about this racist incident because I generally ignore Bill Maher): pandce.proboards.com/thread/516178/bill-maher-calls-activists-idiots. On page 2, one of her posts is quoted in which she calls him an asshole. Her assessment of that was correct.
Lol. Nice research. I swear there was a point in time when she did like him, but that may have been during the Nest days.
As much as that would make me giggle with glee, apparently not.
I found this thread (and I'd forgotten all about this racist incident because I generally ignore Bill Maher): pandce.proboards.com/thread/516178/bill-maher-calls-activists-idiots. On page 2, one of her posts is quoted in which she calls him an asshole. Her assessment of that was correct.
Lol. Nice research. I swear there was a point in time when she did like him, but that may have been during the Nest days.
You're welcome. I'm being SO LAZY today, so I figured why the fuck not do a search? I have showered, gone to breakfast, showered again (because the diner was so hot that I sweated through all my clothes), and made some muffins. It's 3:15.
Post by lyssbobiss, Command, B613 on Jun 3, 2017 16:58:03 GMT -5
I feel like the only people I've ever met who watch/enjoy Maher are insufferable white men who also enjoy arguing for the sake of arguing and who are a real pain to be around.
We literally just subscribed to HBO last week because I was thirsty for the documentaries and series but I will cancel if he is allowed to continue having a show.
"This prick is asking for someone here to bring him to task Somebody give me some dirt on this vacuous mass so we can at last unmask him I'll pull the trigger on it, someone load the gun and cock it While we were all watching, he got Washington in his pocket."
I feel like the only people I've ever met who watch/enjoy Maher are insufferable white men who also enjoy arguing for the sake of arguing and who are a real pain to be around.
I completely agree with this. My 2 coworkers love Maher and they are very similar to what you described.