Jimmy Kimmel Suspension and Hate Speech vs Free Speech
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FCC Brendan Carr defended his threat to investigate or take action against ABC as part of the agency’s authority to enforce broadcasters’ public interest obligations. After ABC announced that it was pulling Kimmel’s show indefinitely on Wednesday,
Following the killing of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a national debate is underway over the limits of the First Amendment.
Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche on Tuesday said hate speech is “of course” protected by the First Amendment, after Attorney General Pam Bondi came under criticism for her remarks about the
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s opaque threat to target “hate speech” following the assassination of conservative crusader Charlie Kirk would, if carried out, run up against a litany of Supreme Court precedent on an issue that has largely united conservative and liberal justices for decades.
The president’s suggestion that broadcasters should lose their licenses because of criticism of him indicated that his assault on critics’ language is driven in part by personal animus.