The repression of the FCC against Jimmy Kimmel should be concerned about all of us | Features

Last week, ABC indefinitely suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s night show, just a few weeks after CBS announced the cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s program. The two were linked to the complaints of President Donald Trump and his appointed person, president of the Federal Communications Commission Brendan Carr.

These talk-show hosts have not revealed national security secrets or defend violence, two exceptions very limited to the large protections of the first amendment guarantee that the government cannot interfere with freedom of expression. Colbert, in the tradition of night hosts for over 50 years, has made jokes on the president. Kimmel, responding to the murder of Trump’s supporter, Charlie Kirk, said the following:

We have struck new stockings during the weekend with the gang Maga trying desperately to characterize this child who murdered Charlie Kirk as something other than one of them and do everything they can to score political points.

Between the finger at the score, there was mourning. Friday, the White House piloted the flags at half of the staff, which made criticism, but at a human level, you can see how hard the president takes it hard.

There is nothing inflammatory or misleading in Kimmel’s statement, which is sympathetic to the feelings of the president and criticism to those who made non -supported accusations before information on the suspect was made public.

President Carr appeared on a podcast organized by Benny Johnson and said the following:

We can do it the simplest way or the hard way. These companies can find ways to change driving and act, frankly, on Kimmel where there will be additional work for the FCC to come.

He now said that he intended to examine other programs, notably “The View”, a program which, since his first episode, has been careful to include a balance of political perspectives. He can go back now that ABC has announced that Kimmel’s show would return to the air. We can know more about all the concessions or limits that Kimmel must have accepted. But we have already seen the difference that freedom of expression does like the crushing perspective on ABC and Disney has delivered powerful messages from Media, Hollywood Stars, Aclu and, above all, their customers.

Charlie Kirk has often talked about the importance of a vast embrace of freedom of expression: “You should be allowed to say scandalous things.” He would have joined Trump Tucker Carlson and Ben Shapiro lovers to oppose the threats of Car and the capitulation of ABC. Journalists and actors are very good at revealing that the emperor has no clothes. This assault against information, comedy, journalism and difficult questions is reckless, undemocratic and terrifying.