• DominusOfMegadeus@sh.itjust.works
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      8 days ago

      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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        8 days 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?