The Federal Communications Commission is once again trying to muzzle those who poke fun at President Donald Trump.FCC Chair Brendan Carr ordered early license reviews of Disney’s eight owned-and-operated ABC stations on Tuesday, according to Reuters, signaling a significant escalation in its battle with the media and free speech.A source with knowledge of the development told NBC it’s “unprecedented.” The FCC is forcing Disney to reapply for licenses that don’t expire until at least 2028.The move seems like clear retribution for a joke that late-night host Jimmy Kimmel made about Trump’s age, in which he described first lady Melania Trump as having the glow of “an expectant widow.”Days later, an armed man opened fire at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner that the president was attending, prompting Melania Trump to demand that Disney’s subsidiary ABC fire Kimmel, who has insisted that the joke was “obviously ... about their age difference.”The late-night host didn’t back down in his monologue on Monday, when he described the joke about the first couple as “a very light roast about the fact that he’s almost 80 and she’s younger than I am.”“It was not, by any stretch of the definition, a call to assassination,” he added. “And they know that. I’ve been very vocal for many years, speaking out against gun violence in particular.”“I understand that the first lady had a stressful experience over the weekend, and probably every weekend is pretty stressful in that house. And also, I agree that hateful and violent rhetoric is something we should reject. I do,” Kimmel continued. “And I think a great place to start to dial that back would be to have a conversation with your husband about it.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fcc-disney-licenses-jimmy-kimmel_n_69f0d0fde4b01910ba196a7c
Disney confirmed in a statement that the FCC has initiated “an accelerated review” of the licenses and emphasized its long record operating in compliance with FCC rules.“We are confident that record demonstrates our continued qualifications as licensees under the Communications Act and the First Amendment and are prepared to show that through the appropriate legal channels,” the company said. “Our focus remains, as always, on serving viewers in the local communities where our stations operate.”Kimmel’s show was briefly pulled off the air last year — again after threats by Carr — because the late-night host made a comment about the murder of right-wing activist Charlie Kirk that irked conservatives.At the time, Kimmel described Carr as “Trump’s little ferret” who “is doing everything he can to shut us up the ‘easy way or the hard way.’”“It’s his latest attack on free speech, and it’s a joke,” Kimmel said.Anna Gomez, the FCC’s only Democratic commissioner, encouraged Disney to stand firm in the face of the White House’s “campaign of censorship and control.”“This is an unprecedented and politically motivated attempt to interfere with how broadcasters operate, and this unlawful overreach will fail,” Gomez said in a statement. “This should be a lesson to media companies that no amount of capitulation to this Administration will buy them protection. The only choice is to stand up and stand firm in defense of the First Amendment.”>As FCC chair, Carr has initiated formal investigations of every major broadcast network in the country with one lone exception: Fox, which leans overwhelmingly to the right and is owned by Trump ally Rupert Murdoch.
Funny how muh freeze peach became a liberal talking point.
>>1510353Free speech was always a liberal talking point. Reddit mods banning you for posting slurs isn't a violation of your freedom of speech. The regime cracking down on people for jokes against it is.
>>1510353Turns out the right actually only likes it when they can hide behind it to spread lies, but the moment they get control they immediately start trampling people for being critical of them.
>>1510354Entirely depends if a private entity is banning people on behalf of the government though.The government gets away with a lot of rights violations because they do it through several layers of abstraction. That doesn't mean they're not responsible when it happens though.
>>1510357>Entirely depends if a private entity is banning people on behalf of the government though.Well right now the government is actively punishing people, entire industries even, for mocking Trump.
>>1510357>That doesn't mean they're not responsible when it happens though.It literally does if the government isn't using a lever of power to achieve an outcome or the private entity isn't acting on behalf of the government in an official capacity.Just cause you can't book speaking engagements anymore because venues don't want to host someone on the sex offender registry, that doesn't mean the government is silencing you by putting you on that shit.
>>1510357>Imagine being butthurt that you can't spout your cousinfucker rhetoric without people telling you to go awayYeah go figure
>>1510346>kill all republicans>*dont worry i am a comedian*>noooo i said the magical word comedian you cant attack meeeeeeeedemocrats are retarded vile subhuman trash
>>1510371Oh go cry more about it maga bitch lol sorry that you lose.
>>1510371When did he say that exact quote?
>>1510354Well of course liberal regimes don't need to crack down on jokes, the media is so overwhelmingly biased towards them that they do it for them.
>>1510374make sure to protect that thin skin of yours ok shill anon
>>1510369>or the private entity isn't acting on behalf of the government in an official capacityNah. Google admitted that the Biden admin forced them to censor people it didn't like in a surreptitious manner. I'm sure some retard is going to respond to this post with a 'but it was justified though!' tier response without recognizing that rights infringements cut both ways every single time.
>>1510376it's too bad biden was surreptitious about shill faggots lying, i wish he made more grandstanding against you clowns
>>1510376How were they forced? What were the consequences for not complying?
>>1510378There weren't any listed consequences, there was only the Implication
>>1510379So they weren't forced. Glad we sorted that out. Stay away from elementary schools and Roblox.
>>1510374Not really the left's fault the right-wing political comedy doesn't exist.
>>1510388Lol they have "The New Norm" and uhh... Rob Schneider? Damn
>>1510378https://judiciary.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/republicans-judiciary.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/2025-09-23-letter-to-hjc.pdf
>>1510390>8. Senior Biden Administration officials, including White House officials, conducted repeated and sustained outreach to Alphabet and pressed the Company regarding certain user-generated content related to the COVID-19 pandemic that did not violate its policies. While the Company continued to develop and enforce its policies independently, Biden Administration officials continued to press the Company to remove non-violative user-generated content>9. As online platforms, including Alphabet, grappled with these decisions, the Administration's officials, including President Biden, created a political atmosphere that sought to influence the actions of platforms based on their concerns regarding misinformation.10. It is unacceptable and wrong when any government, including the Biden Administration, attempts to dictate how the Company moderates content, and the Company has consistently fought against those efforts on First Amendment groundsThese lawyers for Alphabet don't really answer the question. If they were consistently fighting as they say, they should be able to point to something.
>>1510390>>1510394If I ask you to do something, and you do it, I didn't fucking force you to do that thing.
>>1510395The whole upshot of that letter is that the Biden Admin *didn't* make them do anything that they didn't want to. Just that they "sought to."
>>1510353>right accuses left of doing X>left isn't actually doing X, but whatever>time passes>right starts actually doing X>left accuses right of doing X>"Ooooh, so NOW you care about X?"MAGA does this shit all the fucking time.
>>1510398Honestly the most shameless part is where you point out that if they were against X in principle, they'd be against it now, and they just admit that their bitching before was for naked political gamesmanship.They feign outrage over shit they don't even believe is happening, and wouldn't honestly care about if it were.Remember kiddos, Republican concerns are never real.
>>1510346>>leftists cause 4 assassination attempts in a little over a year>media publications spent the last 8 years talking about shooting nazis>moronic leftists go lalala no correlation its trump's fault we're innocentYa maybe they should start by lynching the terrorists.
>>1510388the left literally thinks everyone who isn't siding with them is far-right wing. all the comedians you cancelled for being insensitive should be allowed to assault you
>>1510398>>1510401flip the sides and you'd have realitywe have pissbaby leftists who've spent the last 8 years self-projecting and blaming everyone but themselves.Maybe its about time you got iced
>>1510405>flip the sides and you'd have realityName a single political principle you actually hold.
>>1510403>Ya maybe they should start by lynching the terrorists.Maybe you should stop pardoning them?
>>1510407>>1510408Anon, please. Don’t engage with posts of that quality.
>>1510346When these idiots voted for trump, they voted for all these morons that came with him too.
>>1510353free speech is a liberal ideal
>>1510388It does, just not in mainstream media, which is the point.
>>1510418Explain why every right-wing media political comedy winds up being fucking ass then.
>>1510419>it doesn't count because I don't like itLmao, nice free speech you got there
>>1510420It doesn't count because they're universally cringe and unfunny. But please, keep insisting on how shit like Lady Ballers was some kind of work of comedic genius and not just a single joke stretched out over two hours to the point I'd argue it wasn't beating a dead horse, but shooting it, dicing up its body, and then having the individual parts thrown into a grinder.
>>1510405So the left now has their own Project 2025?
>>1510420>it doesn't count because I don't like itIt doesn't count because nobody likes it. There's a reason every right wing political comedian fails into podcasting or punditry. It's cause there's no fucking audience for their fucking stand-up.
>>1510520That's because right wing comedians are just not funny, or rely n being cruel by kicking those who are already down.Meanwhile non partisan or left wing comedy goes after those in power.
>>1510422no but they should
>>1510346I think the only upside to this is we've finally gotten to the point where conservatives have stopped LARPing like they want to live in democracy. They're finally admitting "Yeah, I kind of want to live in an authoritarian state ran by one guy". It makes it so much easier to organize media and messaging now that they're just owning their position now instead of dancing around it.
>>1510613We've been there awhile.
>>1510354>Free speech was always a liberal talking point. Reddit mods banning you for posting slurs isn't a violation of your freedom of speech.How about Biden's government pressuring social media to not talk about laptops?
>>1510614I mean, I feel like for awhile after 2024 they were still in mostly conspiracy land and making up lies to justify things. Once Trump's presidency actually kicked in and the news came out that the FBI and DHS were breaking the law almost every day I finally noticed their talking heads pivot to "You know? I actually don't care". It took awhile but I think they're actually just burnt out on trying to spin everything in a positive light. Between this and the Texas dude who put in a new law to strip anybody who promotes socialism of their citizenship I think the right is finally at a place where they're just ready to admit they want fascism. At this point they seem to agree with owning every thing other than the label. I think they're just looking for a rebrand at this point.
>>1510616>How about Biden's government pressuring social media to not talk about laptops?That didn't happen
>>1510621>Between this and the Texas dude who put in a new law to strip anybody who promotes socialism of their citizenshipJesus fucking christ.
>>1510629Yeah, its called "The Mamdani Act". Look it up. Whatever hesitation conservatives had about completely abandoning the constitution is long gone.
>>1510630>The Mamdani ActJesus FUCKING christ.
>>1510630LOL BASED
>>1510408maybe leftists should stop running cover for them?>>1510407terrorists like YOU should die>>1510422Ya retard have you see how hard they've pushed for anti-woman stances in the lgbt debate. you're literally giving more rights to potential perverts and eroding female rights and anyone against you is labeled a turf and doxed.Your literal playbook is make absurd claims about how x group is going to be eradicated, anyone and anyone against your bullshit stances becomes a nazi facist ect and you think ur justified to assault them. I hope you kys.You won't even uphold any principals because every fucking time an issue comes up like that cunt lilytino who goes into a female bathroom to film and record underaged girls, you go on the defensive and claim the trans pervert was never a "real" member of the trans community.>>1510407Fuck you perverted scum
>>1510636>>1510643Weren't you that guy who's been humiliated across multiple threads for being a gigantic faggot as well as paradoxically a little bitch? You've been crashing out for two days now and no one wants to hear from you
If you watched the lamestream media, you would think it was enemy propaganda. Against all fact and logic, they have managed to propagandise and convince the American people that Operation Epic Fury wasn't a resounding, complete, utter success. Despite a dead ayatollah, destroyed navy, destroyed air force, successful regime change, and losing all ability to support it's proxies or project power, the lamestream media has managed to actually convince the American people that our military is losing. This is seditious, treasonous behavior. The media should be uniting our people in these times of uncertainty against the enemy. Instead they are spreading enemy propaganda. Well this proud veteran is standing up to say "Fuck that!". I'm happy our President has decided to reel in the lying leftist lamestream media. This is one of the most important battles our country has ever fought in its long, proud history. 47 years ago the Iranian regime started a war of terror and destruction against the people of the United States. For 47 years every single president has failed to do something about it. Until now. We didn't start this war, but by God we are gonna finish it.
>>1510646lol you are such a pathetic little bitch. Why do you keep posting here?
>>1510646>>1510636Damn bruh is being butthurt and inbred your job or something? You should post less or else you're just gonna get continuously made fun of. Even your choice of words is always faggoty and you can't conceive your own thoughts to even insult someone properly.
>>1510636This projecting wall of text.We get it, you're a bigot who likes to send death threats on the internet.
>>1510653Its literally the same retard every time for the last day and a half. He REALLY wants to be trolled or something. Humiliation kink probably
>>1510654It's very clear he's an election tourist from the Epstein board, /pol/, who delusionally thinks he'd find good company on /news/.
>>1510622>That didn't happenhttps://www.bbc.com/news/technology-54568785https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-62688532https://nypost.com/2024/10/15/media/npr-editor-slams-tech-firms-censoring-posts-hunter-biden-laptop/https://judiciary.house.gov/media/in-the-news/facebook-execs-suppressed-hunter-biden-laptop-scandal-curry-favor-biden-harrishttps://nypost.com/2024/11/04/media/fired-cbs-reporter-catherine-herridge-reveals-how-network-killed-hunter-biden-story-i-felt-sick/https://www.foxnews.com/politics/oversight-chair-comer-sets-sights-biden-admin-big-tech-collusion-hunter-first-hearing-kicks-off?msockid=29c13ee7046e67311af42b1f05ef6620https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-emma-jo-morris-slams-biden-congressional-democrats-for-elaborate-censorship-conspiracy-over-hunter-biden-laptop-story
>>1510663DELETE THIS
>>1510663Okay? One more pedo for the gallows, trump included.
>>1510663That didn't happen. Also next time, try posting shit other than right wing rags.
>>1510668>judiciary.house.gov>bbc>right wing ragHoly cope.
>>1510663You didn't read any of the links you posted. Biden's administration did not pressure them to not talk about the laptop story. They sent communications requesting help with the hacked materials that were published from the laptop, a thing that actively violated the platforms TOS at the time. You can't provide a single shred of evidence that Biden directed anybody to put any pressure on social media platforms to stop talking about the story. Twitter actually reversed their policy on hacked materials just to be able to host Hunter's laptop materials in the sake of transparency. You've been so inundated by conservative propaganda you don't even know whats real anymore.Even if I granted you that Biden "pressured" platforms in someway by sending e-mails that doesn't even remotely approach Trump threatening to shut down companies for saying things he doesn't like.
>>1510671>You can't provide a single shred of evidence that Biden directed anybody to put any pressure on social media platforms to stop talking about the storyhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DahzEtF0wUYhttps://www.congress.gov/event/118th-congress/house-event/115286“Protecting Speech from Government Interference and Social Media Bias, Part 1: Twitter’s Role in Suppressing the Biden Laptop Story”
>>1510692>someone said it on a podcast, it must be trueyour generation is pathetic
>>1510693>epstein said it in an email, it must be true?
>>1510695>he's not a pedophile please just say he isn't a pedophilelmaohttps://www.ibtimes.co.uk/trump-denial-unrelated-allegations-viral-1793793
This doesn't change the fact that Project 2025 is openly threatening the free speech of a comedian for making a joke that pissed trump off. When trump just mad the same joke too.
