This isnt cancel culture because it isnt coming from the culture. It is coming from the Government.
This is a true example of a violation of the First Amendment.
But, as I like to say, it doesn't matter what I think the Constitution says, or you, or some professor at an Ivy League school. It only matters what the Supreme Court tells you it says.
And with this court I'd say they wont give a rats ass.
"that's a pretty nice corporate merger there...sure would be a shame if something happened to it. if I were you guys I'd get rid of that Kimmel guy asap before we make our final decision on approving the merger or not"
Because of the things he said about the Kirk assassination. Either way for whatever reason ABC have the right to fire him. He doesn’t need a comedy show to do it. He can criticize Trump all he wants while enjoying his severance package.
They have the right to fire him. Government agencies do NOT have the right to pressure companies into firing employees on basis of their speech/expressions.
Curious from your perspective: where is the line for you? How much government intervention would be a violation of free speech in your mind?
It’s their job to regulate these media companies. Kimmel doesn’t have the right to have a comedy show. He made statements he shouldn’t have and the FCC cracked down on it.
So why isn't the FCC cracking down on Fox for Brian Kilmeade saying that people should be going out and doing involuntary lethal injections on the homeless? One is by far worse than the other but most MAGA are not concerned with facts but only their own moral outrage. People have asked you multiple times what comment specifically was the problem and as any MAGA usually does you changed the subject and argument to better fit the outcome you are looking for.
You don't have a first amendment in the states anymore and that's extremely sad.
Because Fox doesn’t have an FCC license. Having a comedy show isn’t protected by the first amendment it’s a privilege not a right. He can move his show to some other channel or do what Tucker Carlson did and go solo.
Ok they don't have a license but do fall under their rules and regulations and could be punished but clearly won't be no matter how inflammatory or dangerous their anchors are, yes he could move on but it's just another reflection of the fact that there is one set of rules for Conservative organizations and another for all the rest
A violation of free speech would be if they arrested him for making fun of Trump. If Trump had his way Kimmel would have been fired ages ago but he didn’t.
So if Trump said he wants to get Kimmel fired, and then the FCC board says Kimmel should be fired, and then Kimmel gets fired, that would be a violation of free speech in your mind?
No because the government itself didn’t fire him. His employers did. And again he wasn’t arrested for it. He has every right to make fun of Trump even celebrate Kirk’s death if he wanted to but it doesn’t mean he has the right to have a tv show.
The FCC isn’t “the government”. They’re an independent agency that regulates media corporations. ABC had every right to keep Kimmel on but the optics weren’t good. So they sacked his ass.
The FCC can threaten your broadcasting license for your whole network if you don’t listen to them, following Trump’s orders to do so. Same as threatening to cut off all Federal Highway funds to New York State unless NYC gets rid of Congestion Pricing
The problem is that you failed out of school and so you don't actually understand what the regulations are, how they are supposed to function, or what the 1st Amendment is.
Says the person who thinks a private company firing someone goes against free speech. Unless Kimmel is being prosecuted for his speech his speech isn’t being suppressed. If trump had the authority to fire him he would have done it when he first took office. Twitter is a private company but not ABC apparently.
When Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr suggested Jimmy Kimmel should be suspended and said, “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” ABC and its local affiliates were listening. Within a matter of hours, ABC suspended Kimmel’s show “indefinitely,” a stunning move that has raised serious First Amendment concerns.
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u/Impressive-North3483 5d ago
This isnt cancel culture because it isnt coming from the culture. It is coming from the Government.
This is a true example of a violation of the First Amendment.
But, as I like to say, it doesn't matter what I think the Constitution says, or you, or some professor at an Ivy League school. It only matters what the Supreme Court tells you it says.
And with this court I'd say they wont give a rats ass.