Conservative voice speaks out after the White House cracks down on critics of Charlie Kirk since his assassination

So I’m assuming that Sinclair will be demanding that Tucker apologize and donate and that the FCC will be threatening to cancel his podcast.

  • inclementimmigrant@lemmy.worldOP
    10·
    18 hours ago

    Except he is being silenced by the FCC too since Carr, in his official capacity as FCC Chairman, made the remarks,

    “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said. “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.”

    and

    “We at the FCC are going to force the public interest obligation. There are broadcasters out there that don’t like it, they can turn in their license in to the FCC,” Carr said. “But that’s our job. Again, we’re making some progress now.”

    Also, FCC Chair Carr says ‘we’re not done yet’ after Jimmy Kimmel suspension by ABC

    • 4am@lemmy.zip
      6·
      18 hours ago

      Correct. FCC threatens broadcast license. Sinclair superceeded the show. ABC network was threatened on two fronts and capitulated to save their jobs.

      The reason this is a big deal is that this isn’t some kind of court of public opinion, like being fired for saying we should exterminate homeless people with lethal injection (oh wait), this is literally the president of the United States coercing censorship of a major broadcaster. Pure 1A violation.

      It’s funny because if Trump had backchanneled this and kept his mouth shut this would be much harder to prove. But he just…he just said it on live TV.