Donald Trump might….
But he ain’t gonna be President forever….
(A Democratic Admin FCC?)
Lawmaker’s WILL be around after he leaves the stage…..
They NEED the Media in the long run…
And some do NOT want the Government making the step of actually controlling the media..
The First Amendments ‘Free Speech’ part still means something to some in the Republican party…
A handful of prominent Republicans on Capitol Hill said they were worried about the implications of Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr pressuring a TV network to suspend late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
Their comments suggest an emerging split in the GOP over the party’s views on free speech.
“We all should be very cautious,” said Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.). “The conservative position is free speech is free speech, and we better be very careful about any lines we cross in diminishing free speech.”
ABC suspended Kimmel indefinitely Wednesday over comments he made earlier in the week about Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The decision came after Carr warned ABC’s parent company, Disney, on a podcast that there could be consequences if Kimmel stayed on the air.
Moran was one of a half-dozen lawmakers who told POLITICO they were concerned by the implications of Carr’s blunt warning Wednesday….
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FCC commissioner: ‘We don’t have the authority’ to retaliate against broadcasters
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Commissioner Anna Gomez said Thursday that the independent regulatory agency does not “have the authority” to retaliate against broadcasters over what they choose to run on air.
“That’s exactly the point, because we don’t have the authority to do this, because it’s against the law. We would not be able to actually take that final action, because on appeal, the FCC would be wrong on the facts and the law if, in fact, it retaliated against the … broadcasters, the local licensees, because of what they air,” Gomez, an attorney who has served at the FCC for two years, said during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett Outfront.” …
Note…
Trump & Co. are trying to hide from Trump’s ego by saying Kimmel ‘s yanking had to do with ratings, NOT Trump, who crowed about his influence in the pulling the day before…
Uh oh
Republicans are “ concerned.”