I just watched the monologue in question. It was probably the tamest critique of the lot. This is stupid. And illegal, but definitely stupid. Like, at least go after a harsher critic?
Earlier in the day, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr called Kimmel’s comments “truly sick” and said his agency has a strong case for holding Kimmel, ABC and network parent Walt Disney Co. accountable for spreading misinformation. He said the comic appeared to be making an intentional effort to mislead the public that Kirk’s assassin was a right-wing Trump supporter.
Is every censorship action that the FCC takes illegal under the first amendment? If not, how is this one clearly a deviation from their normal censorship?
I just watched the monologue in question. It was probably the tamest critique of the lot. This is stupid. And illegal, but definitely stupid. Like, at least go after a harsher critic?
What makes it illegal?
Government suppression of free speech violates the 1st amendment. So being against the constitution makes it illegal.
I wasn’t aware that ABC was the government. They may be acting like Trump’s personal toadies, but I am pretty sure they are a private organization.
ABC acted after the chair of the FCC threatened ABC. The unconstitutional act was the FCC threat as a reaction to protected speech.
Hell, the President himself threatened ABC: https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/16/politics/video/trump-threatens-to-go-after-abc-news-reporter-digvid-vrtc
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No, that was Jonathan Karl of the American Broadcasting Company.
But you’re right in that he also threatened John Lyons of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation at the same event: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/sep/16/donald-trump-clashes-with-australian-abc-journalist-and-hints-at-albanese-meeting
And Trump did distinguish between the two ABCs, mentioning the leader of Australia to the Australian, and the lawsuit against ABC to the American.
Trump is literally using the government agencies to threaten “free speech “ that is blatantly unconstitutional
Private organizations that need gouvernement approval for their juicy merger. So its money + coercion organized at the highest level of your country.
Welcome to USA, the land of the nazis 2nd edition
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The article says ABC suspended the show voluntarily applauded by government. Shitty? Sure. Illegal? Not clearly.
“Voluntarily“ after the FCC threatened them. You know the FCC is part of the government, don’t you?
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And where in that article is that information?
Is every censorship action that the FCC takes illegal under the first amendment? If not, how is this one clearly a deviation from their normal censorship?
Now you’re just trolling. You were also trolling before, but now you are too.
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