"After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn't like,"
"This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent - and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it,"
"This is the United States Government silencing voices that they disagree with. FCC chair Carr put this out. ... Look, if they can come for Kimmel, they can come for anybody,"
Former President Obama condemned regulatory threats that pressure media companies to muzzle or fire reporters and commentators, calling the actions dangerous and coercive. FCC chair Brendan Carr warned the agency could pull or revoke broadcast licenses for airing "garbage" content and praised Nexstar for preempting Jimmy Kimmel Live on its ABC affiliates. Nexstar removed Kimmel’s show for the foreseeable future and ABC later pulled the program. Kimmel initially condemned political violence but criticized the "MAGA" gang for politicizing Kirk’s killing. High-profile firings over related comments and condemnations from comedians have intensified accusations of government-driven censorship.
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