#broadcastlicenses — Public Fediverse posts
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Brendan Carr ‘Launches’ His Bogus FCC ‘Review’ Of ABC Broadcast Licenses And It’s Just Pathetic And Stupid
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FCC Leaks To Semafor They’re ‘Investigating’ ABC Because A Comedian Told A Joke. Again.
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A Weaponized FCC
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On Wednesday, #ABC pulled #JimmyKimmel’s show “indefinitely” after pressure from the #FCC chairman, #BrendanCarr, over the late-night host’s comments about Kirk.
#Trump on Thursday indicated that Carr should go even further & scrutinize the #BroadcastLicenses of local television stations that run programming from the major networks, suggesting that both their #news coverage & late-night #comedy shows were unfairly tilted against him. “They give me only bad publicity,” he said.
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#Trump said #federal regulators should consider revoking #BroadcastLicenses over late-night hosts who speak negatively about him, a day after #ABC pulled #JimmyKimmel’s show “indefinitely” after pressure from the #FCC chair. Trump & admin ofcls have long [claimed to have] championed #FreeSpeech, but their actions—as well as promises since Charlie Kirk’s killing—to guarantee it have been replaced by efforts to quash criticism.
#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #fascism
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/us/politics/trump-fcc-licenses.html?smid=url-share