"So the question is, how did we get here? We have to look at Project 2025. There was a chapter called The Federal Communications Commission, and it was authored by Brendan Carr. He enacted some of this idea of the unitary executive theory. It takes away a lot of the checks and balances that the federal government has long had."
"We can do this the easy way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change conduct, to take action on Kimmel, or there's going to be additional work for the F.C.C. Disney, after hearing Brendan Carr's statements on Benny Johnson's podcast, they don't decide to push back. They don't decide to take a stand. They don't decide to protect their talent. They don't decide to be on the side of democracy because that's expensive."
ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel from the airwaves, and the suspension prompted claims of censorship. The phenomenon is identified as corporate censorship driven by regulatory leverage rather than direct government-imposed speech restrictions. Brendan Carr, head of the F.C.C., publicly pressured networks and suggested that compliance would be easier than provoking regulatory action. Project 2025 contained a chapter on the F.C.C. authored by Carr promoting unitary executive theory and reducing traditional checks and balances. Companies like Disney opted to bench controversial talent rather than push back, protect employees, or take a public stand. The dynamic gives the government regulatory approval as leverage, making corporate self-censorship a cheaper alternative to resisting potential government intervention.
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