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    5 months ago

    The article says ABC suspended the show voluntarily applauded by government. Shitty? Sure. Illegal? Not clearly.

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          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.

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            5 months ago

            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?