"On Friday's AC360 on CNN, Anderson Cooper asked Urban how the Trump supporters who backed Kimmel's suspension after government pressure can reconcile that with the president's past remarks about free speech. David, how does a supporter of the president square the president's comments from eight months ago, saying, I'm gonna pass this executive order protecting free speech, never again will the government use its immense power to silence anyone,' with these actions? Cooper said."
"I believe that he's exactly correct, Urban responded. Whether it's Elizabeth Warren pressuring Amazon to censor searches for books on Covid or whether it's Joe Biden pressuring Mark Zuckerberg during Covid to take things away, or whether it's Donald Trump and Brendan Carr pressuring, you know, in this situation, I think it's reprehensible. I think it's wrong. I think cancel culture in any form is wrong."
ABC, owned by Disney, suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! hours after FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened the network following Kimmel's erroneous suggestion that the alleged killer of Charlie Kirk was a Trump supporter. Carr warned companies that they could change conduct regarding Kimmel or face additional FCC work. Anderson Cooper questioned how supporters reconcile the suspension with the president's prior free-speech pledge. David Urban said he agreed with Sen. Ted Cruz's criticism of Carr and condemned political pressure across the spectrum, citing examples involving Elizabeth Warren and Joe Biden. Urban called such actions reprehensible and described cancel culture as wrong, noting comedians and satire as part of the American system.
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