"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,"
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way,"
"These companies can find ways to change conduct and take actions on Kimmel, or there's going to be additional work for the FCC ahead."
ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show after Kimmel's comments about the shooting of Charlie Kirk. FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr, a Trump appointee, pressured Disney and warned of regulatory consequences, and local TV stations revolted before ABC acted. President Donald Trump and his allies praised the suspension, framing the action as appropriate. Democrats, Hollywood figures, and many politicians condemned the suspension as an affront to the First Amendment and rallied around Kimmel. Barack Obama warned that routine threats of regulatory action amount to dangerous government coercion and urged media companies to resist capitulation.
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