President Donald Trump has applauded the suspension of Jimmy Kimmel's late-night show over comments he made about the man accused of murdering Charlie Kirk.
Classic government censorship. Just the threat qualifies. Kimmel and Colbert should be using their networks and the Trump Administration for censorship and violating their 1st Amendment Rights.
They probably don’t have standing to sue. The First Amendment is a restriction on government and not the networks, and the Trump administration’s assault on the First Amendment is against the networks and not the hosts.
The fascists are being more careful about who and how they target their enemies than people realize.
It has come out that most of the execs at ABC were against the Kimmel “suspension,” but the few top decision makers were concerned about Trump pulling their broadcast license.
So this was a decision to censor based on pressure from the administration. That is classic censorship, and a violation of the 1st Amendment.
It was the same for Colbert. If CBS wanted government approval for their sale, they had to shut him up. Again, classic censorship.
Each of those hosts makes millions each year, and probably had another 20 years on their careers. Then there are all the crew members out of work. It would be a great class action lawsuit.
Classic government censorship. Just the threat qualifies. Kimmel and Colbert should be using their networks and the Trump Administration for censorship and violating their 1st Amendment Rights.
They probably don’t have standing to sue. The First Amendment is a restriction on government and not the networks, and the Trump administration’s assault on the First Amendment is against the networks and not the hosts.
The fascists are being more careful about who and how they target their enemies than people realize.
It has come out that most of the execs at ABC were against the Kimmel “suspension,” but the few top decision makers were concerned about Trump pulling their broadcast license.
So this was a decision to censor based on pressure from the administration. That is classic censorship, and a violation of the 1st Amendment.
It was the same for Colbert. If CBS wanted government approval for their sale, they had to shut him up. Again, classic censorship.
Each of those hosts makes millions each year, and probably had another 20 years on their careers. Then there are all the crew members out of work. It would be a great class action lawsuit.
But against who?
The Trump admin didn’t fire them, and the networks can fire them. It’s the network that has standing to sue the administration, but they won’t.