Press freedom advocates condemn the FCC's move to challenge Disney-owned ABC's licenses as the Trumps call for Jimmy Kimmel to be fired over a joke.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/46605116

April 28, 2026

Press freedom advocates on Tuesday forcefully condemned the Republican-dominated Federal Communications Commission—and FCC Chair Brendan Carr in particular—for moving to challenge Disney-owned ABC’s broadcast licenses as President Donald Trump again pressures to network to fire late-night television host Jimmy Kimmel.

“The First Amendment and the FCC’s mandate do not permit the agency to use broadcast licenses as weapons to punish broadcasters for constitutionally protected content they air,” declared Freedom of the Press Foundation chief of advocacy Seth Stern.

  • CharlesDarwin@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Exactly. This dumbfuck nation keeps giving only a modicum of power to the Democrats anyway. And even if they do get a majority, good luck on trying to overturn something like the now-very-much-abused presidential pardons…

    Democrats are going to honor pardon abuse even if it makes zero fucking sense. If they were anything like Republicans, they would have the perps arrested ANYWAY and then let it wind its way through the courts much later. When it comes to people like the J6 terrorists, they should absolutely do this, by the way.

    Good luck on getting the Democrats to do anything about pardon abuse.