granted the fcc chair carr's comments on a podcast (easy way or hard way) are not what free speech advocates want to hear.
however: "The decision to preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ was made unilaterally by the senior executive team at Nexstar, and they had no communication with the FCC or any government agency prior to making that decision," a Nexstar spokesman said.
so, if we take this spokesperson at his word, the trump admin, did exactly what to undermine free speech?
compared to biden's systematic threatening of social media + moving dem leaning personnel from the fbi/cia/national security agencies to the legal and 'safety' groups inside big tech to censor americans throughout covid - trump's fcc actions look like nothing more than bluster.
remember when the ny post was kicked off of twitter for the hunter biden laptop story + how the fbi/intel groups tried to pre-debunk the story w/ big tech despite having the laptop for 1+ yr prior and verifying the details? when trump was kicked off twitter for questioning election integrity after the first ever wide use of mail in ballots?
i think carr's and bondi's comments are abhorrent and ignorant of the principle of 1A, but the trump presidency has some catching up to do if it wants to contend w/ the 1a violations of the autopen / weekend at bernie/biden's presidency.
I agree FCC should not make threats as it did and that issue should be addressed on its own. I’m not so sure, as you state, Kimmel was fired for “having an opinion.” I wonder if Disney felt the services they were paying Kimmel for (comedy that entertains a wide audience) were not what he was delivering. Does Disney have a right to suspend an employee who is not doing the job to the employer’s satisfaction? If Disney said on Wednesday, “Hey Jimmy, you need to dial it down tonight on the show we are paying you to work on.” And he replied, “No! I’m going to go on the show that you are paying me to do and double down!” Does the company have a right to make a business decision to suspend? Does Kimmel still have his free speech to make comments on social media, YouTube, or other outlets? Can he start a new show or did he make the decision to sign a “non-compete” clause in his contract which he agreed in advance would prohibit him from doing another talk show for a period of time? In short, is FIRE sure it has all the facts in this dispute? I wonder if we will find out more that complicates the story.
granted the fcc chair carr's comments on a podcast (easy way or hard way) are not what free speech advocates want to hear.
however: "The decision to preempt ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live!’ was made unilaterally by the senior executive team at Nexstar, and they had no communication with the FCC or any government agency prior to making that decision," a Nexstar spokesman said.
so, if we take this spokesperson at his word, the trump admin, did exactly what to undermine free speech?
compared to biden's systematic threatening of social media + moving dem leaning personnel from the fbi/cia/national security agencies to the legal and 'safety' groups inside big tech to censor americans throughout covid - trump's fcc actions look like nothing more than bluster.
remember when the ny post was kicked off of twitter for the hunter biden laptop story + how the fbi/intel groups tried to pre-debunk the story w/ big tech despite having the laptop for 1+ yr prior and verifying the details? when trump was kicked off twitter for questioning election integrity after the first ever wide use of mail in ballots?
i think carr's and bondi's comments are abhorrent and ignorant of the principle of 1A, but the trump presidency has some catching up to do if it wants to contend w/ the 1a violations of the autopen / weekend at bernie/biden's presidency.
I agree FCC should not make threats as it did and that issue should be addressed on its own. I’m not so sure, as you state, Kimmel was fired for “having an opinion.” I wonder if Disney felt the services they were paying Kimmel for (comedy that entertains a wide audience) were not what he was delivering. Does Disney have a right to suspend an employee who is not doing the job to the employer’s satisfaction? If Disney said on Wednesday, “Hey Jimmy, you need to dial it down tonight on the show we are paying you to work on.” And he replied, “No! I’m going to go on the show that you are paying me to do and double down!” Does the company have a right to make a business decision to suspend? Does Kimmel still have his free speech to make comments on social media, YouTube, or other outlets? Can he start a new show or did he make the decision to sign a “non-compete” clause in his contract which he agreed in advance would prohibit him from doing another talk show for a period of time? In short, is FIRE sure it has all the facts in this dispute? I wonder if we will find out more that complicates the story.