Jimmy Kimmel and Free Speech in the United States
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The aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s assassination and the suspension of late-night host Jimmy Kimmel are creating concerns and conversations about the state of free speech in the United States.
Rachel Abrams, Jim Rutenberg, Jeremy W. Peters and Adam Liptak, all journalists for The New York Times, discuss Mr. Kimmel’s removal and why the action is provoking fears and applause from different camps of a polarized country.
Guest:
- Jim Rutenberg, a writer at large for The New York Times and The New York Times Magazine.
- Jeremy W. Peters, a national reporter for The New York Times who focuses on free speech and the politics of higher education.
- Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court and writes Sidebar, a column on legal developments, for The New York Times.
Background reading:
- The Trump administration has wielded its full toolbox to bring media to heel.
- What to know about “hate speech” and the First Amendment.
- In Charlie Kirk killing, finger pointing began before the evidence was in.
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Custom Cleaning is misrepresenting events under the Obama Administration. The FCC at the time was still an agency independent of the whims of the current President. Under their own initiative, they began reviewing certain conservative political organizations under the pretext that their hates speech constituted a borderline incitement to violence. Incitement to violence has long been interpreted by both sides of the aisle and upheld by legal tradition to fall outside 1st amendment protections. Barack Obama's involvement wasn't to replace the FCC leadership with loyalists, but to condemn the actions of the FCC and throw his support behind the side of free speech, effectively ending the FCC's efforts. However, I know that you have become averse to such things as truth and reason in any other context than that posted on "Truth" Social. You say the "Liberal Media" lies, attacks you for your beliefs and you use it as an excuse to shut out reality. Reality is that the media doesn't lie; isn'
free speech was under attack during Obamas administration when they began the crazy new world order
You people always try to present everything that happens in terms of "evil Trump" verses "sensible left". there are other factors in the world that make things happen. In this case, any objective observer can see, the network was looking to unload a money losing turkey and when Jimmy stuck both feet in his mouth, they jumped at the chance.