So Disney boss Bob Iger gave in to public opinion. He caved. He apparently told ABC to put comedian Jimmy Kimmel back on TV a few days after he axed him for speaking his mind about the Charlie Kirk murder. Even though Brendan Carr, Donald Trump’s FCC lapdog, threatened to take action against Disney and the other corporate entities if they didn’t muzzle Kimmel.

“I guess you mean Sinclair and Nexstar and them other corporates that own most of the stations that air Kimmel’s show,” my neighbor Swamp Rabbit said. “I never even heard of them before this. Can Disney really make them put Kimmel back on the air?”

l shrugged. All I know is what I wrote last time — a very small group of weasels are in charge of the big decisions regarding what us commoners can view or read in mainstream media, and they care about money, not free speech.

One thing’s for sure: Disney is an octopus with tentacles everywhere. Money was on Iger’s mind when he reconsidered axing Kimmel. He must have realized that the backlash from celebrities and the general public was hurting Disney’s bottom line worse than defying Carr would.

But the Trump-loving weasels at Sinclair are saying they still intend to keep Kimmel off their stations, probably because they think most of their viewers are Trumpers and won’t object. And what about Nexstar? It needs an OK from the FCC before it can go ahead with a merger that would make it the king of TV station owners. Is Nexstar counting on Iger to smooth things over with Carr? Meanwhile, an even bigger problem with the FCC looms for the Disney octopus, this one involving ESPN, one of its main tentacles.

Another thing that’s for sure: We’re not likely to learn the inside story about any of these attempted power grabs from Jeff Bezos’s Washington Post or other corporate media entities.

Swamp Rabbit zipped open a beer and said he’s decided to stop being pissed off. “Ain’t none of us can do a damn thing about them weasels, we’re out of the loop. Might as well just watch TV all the time.”