Our country is facing a Free Speech crisis.

[NetJedi]

Admitting they are broadcasting partisan political propaganda is hot helpful to your case.

Luckyone already contradicted its own argument a while ago by intimating that Donald Trump was the primary benefactor to the major broadcast networks, so I imagine it doubling down on crushing its own premise is done purely for entertainment purposes.

Hope you got a good laugh out of the circus, I certainly did.

 

[Luckyone]

There is an extremely easy way to know if the left's position that this is an assault on the first amendment. Have any notable lawsuits been filed as result of ABC cancelling this show? If there is a free speech problem there would be free speech legal cases springing up everywhere. I don't see them. Can you point me to anything?

??? This happened just a few days ago! You expect lawsuits to have been filed ALREADY?

Oh, and by the way and answering your question:

AI Overview

President Donald Trump's administration's actions are the subject of several First Amendment lawsuits. Many of these recent lawsuits involve allegations that his administration suppressed speech or retaliated against critics. Trump himself is also actively involved in First Amendment issues, including having filed a massive defamation lawsuit against a news organization.

Lawsuits against the Trump administration

• Targeting of critics: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and others are challenging alleged retaliation by the Trump administration against those who have voiced opposition to his policies. One case involves a legal permanent resident who claims his detention was retaliation for organizing pro-Palestinian protests.
• Retaliation against universities: Federal courts have blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal research grants from universities like Harvard. The courts found that the administration unlawfully targeted the schools in retaliation for their First Amendment-protected activities, such as criticizing administration policies.
• Freezing of funds: Legal action has been initiated over the administration's freezing of funds for specific programs and organizations, such as grants related to climate change and foreign aid. Lawsuits allege that these moves were politically motivated and designed to punish perceived enemies.
• Restrictions on government employees' speech: There are legal challenges regarding the termination of thousands of federal employees. Unions allege that these firings were politically motivated and violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

 

[Luckyone]

Additional AI Overview
Comedians can be entertaining and thought-provoking, but relying on them as a primary source for news or political insight is risky. Their job is not to inform—it’s to entertain. That means their takes are shaped by what will get laughs, not necessarily what will give people a balanced or factual view.

• One-Sided Commentary
• No Obligation to Accuracy
• Simplification of Complex Issues
• Entertainment Incentives

Bingo! Comedians should NOT be targeted and punished for anything they say

 

[Dorian Mode]

Luckyone already contradicted its own argument a while ago by intimating that Donald Trump was the primary benefactor to the major broadcast networks, so I imagine it doubling down on crushing its own premise is done purely for entertainment purposes.

Hope you got a good laugh out of the circus, I certainly did.

It has been a blast listening to these neo-leftists ever since Trump won the election. Actually, it was hilarious the two weeks after the Trump Biden debate, and then watch them all flip on a dime about Kamala Harris and start supporting her like she was the next Obama. Then reality ***** slipped them again when Trump easily won. Now, their childish attempts to sound serious and pretend to be relevant in politics is cracking me up even more.

 

[BlindBoo]

I expect licensees to comply with terms of licensure which clearly states that "news distortion" is a violation of that license and cites "one-sided news reports" as an example of "news distortion". The FCC's own public documentation goes on to state that “rigging or slanting the news is a most heinous act against the public interest.”, If it cannot or will not comply with this commonsense standard, then they should lose their broadcast license whether they be left slanted or right slanted.

Of course, the FCC promises to investigate complaints of this practice but oddly enough they never seem to do anything about it, might be those big corporate donations and the revolving door of regulators going to work at big broadcast corporations that has something to do with that.

It is not a news show. Like Rush Limbaugh, Jimmy Kimmel is an entertainer not a newsman.

 

[westwall]

AI Overview

Comedians serve the public interest by acting as modern-day public intellectuals, using humor to foster social change, challenge authority, and facilitate conversations around complex or difficult topics. By creating a safe space for people to engage with and absorb challenging ideas, they can unify and inspire their audience.

So, you are incapable of mustering an original thought....

Does it hurt to be so vacuous?

Do you walk into closed doors a lot?

 

[BlindBoo]

Who the **** cares?

The LEFT promotes the mutilation of children as young as three years old in the name of ideology.

There is no ******* way the left gets to determine the public interest. You clowns cannot even look after the public interest of our children.

Don't hold back now. Go on. Tell me what it is that really bothers you?

Public interest requirements in the broadcasting license has never included a fealty oath.

 

[otto105]

So what if they have, not saying they have, but so what and what to you expect? The fairness doctrine was done away with nearly 40 years ago. There are a huge number of licensed broadcasters who broadcast one political perspective all day everyday. All because they stopped enforcing the fairness doctrine. Now you want to enforce it in a draconian way because of Benedict Donald? But only on TV, not radio broadcasters.

Public interest and alert systems are the public interests not the politics of the party in power.

maga whiners currently want a quota system based on political ideology.

 

[NetJedi]

AI Overview

Ladies and gentlemen, we have discovered yet another occupation that can be replaced by "AI" to add to the growing list.

Clueless Internet Poster

You can cut out the middleman and use poorly engineered prompts to argue minutiae with your favorite LLM directly.

 

[Seymour Flops]

Rant against the SITTING president? WRONG!!!!!

Trump is the ONLY president I have ever ranted on. In fact, in my 60 years as a voter, I had never even voted or made comments on any president (other than good comments about Obama) so that you can say that I am ranting on sitting president.

I think you misunderstand the term "sitting president."

I do rant against incompetence, lack of morals, ethics, principles and humanity but then again, I only rant on those that can actually do harm to my nation, my community, and my family.

That cannot be true. I scanned your posting history and found no rants about Joe Biden, whose gross incompetence lack of ethics, and inhumanity led the DNC to force him out even after you all voted him to run again.

You see that as being the wrong thing to do?

and as far as Free Speech crisis, have you ever seen a president that has had such SUCCESS in going after and accomplishing the goal of shutting those that oppose him?????

Trump has "shut down" exactly zero of those who oppose him.

NPR, for example, continues to rant against nearly nonstop. The pause occasionally to rant against Israel and then go back to bashing Trump.

Jimmy Kimnel is free to rant against Trump all day long and into the night until he finally falls asleep. ABC does not have to give him a platform and a salary to do so

You do not like Free Speech?

Love it! I want folks with your mindset to air their thoughts constantly, so we know what world we'd have if you ever gain power again.

 

[otto105]

Number one victim in our country wants a free speech crackdown on anyone who gives him “bad publicity”, right.

Advocates for a quota system for maga whiners to n media.

 

[Chuz Life]

I think it's great that the leftards are so worried about and defensive of the 1st Amendment right to free speech. . . It makes me wonder how far down the list their intentions to defend children's "right to life" is, however.

 

[NetJedi]

It is not a news show. Like Rush Limbaugh, Jimmy Kimmel is an entertainer not a newsman.

He should be an entertainer, unfortunately for him he decided to mix current events and political opinion into his entertainment routine and thus any reasonable observer would conclude that at least some his audience perceives it as "the news", which is what really counts and why that fig leaf doesn't work.

It's not really Jimmy's fault though, the major networks let the format decay into hybrid entertainment/opinion journalism ever since Johnny Carson and to a lesser degree Jay Leno departed. If they want the "Late Night" format to survive, they need to go back to the roots that made it successful in the first place, non-partisan, (mostly) non-political entertainment.

The networks should be firing the executives that allowed it to happen and keep happening.

 

[Nostra]

AI Overview

Comedians serve the public interest by acting as modern-day public intellectuals, using humor to foster social change, challenge authority, and facilitate conversations around complex or difficult topics. By creating a safe space for people to engage with and absorb challenging ideas, they can unify and inspire their audience.

You really shouldn't rely on fake intelligence so much. Oh wait.................

 

[otto105]

I think it's great that the leftards are so worried about and defensive of the 1st Amendment right to free speech. . . It makes me wonder how far down the list their intentions to defend children's "right to life" is, however.

I think it’s telling that righties have such disregard under this king Shitler! regime for the first amendment after years of carrying the constitution in their pockets.

Are you claiming state control of girls and women’s uterus’ for king Shitler!? Are 12-year-old girls under state control after being raped?

Is that your definition of freedom?

 

[Nostra]

??? This happened just a few days ago! You expect lawsuits to have been filed ALREADY?

Oh, and by the way and answering your question:

AI Overview

President Donald Trump's administration's actions are the subject of several First Amendment lawsuits. Many of these recent lawsuits involve allegations that his administration suppressed speech or retaliated against critics. Trump himself is also actively involved in First Amendment issues, including having filed a massive defamation lawsuit against a news organization.

Lawsuits against the Trump administration

• Targeting of critics: The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and others are challenging alleged retaliation by the Trump administration against those who have voiced opposition to his policies. One case involves a legal permanent resident who claims his detention was retaliation for organizing pro-Palestinian protests.
• Retaliation against universities: Federal courts have blocked the Trump administration from withholding federal research grants from universities like Harvard. The courts found that the administration unlawfully targeted the schools in retaliation for their First Amendment-protected activities, such as criticizing administration policies.
• Freezing of funds: Legal action has been initiated over the administration's freezing of funds for specific programs and organizations, such as grants related to climate change and foreign aid. Lawsuits allege that these moves were politically motivated and designed to punish perceived enemies.
• Restrictions on government employees' speech: There are legal challenges regarding the termination of thousands of federal employees. Unions allege that these firings were politically motivated and violated the Administrative Procedure Act.

More fake intelligence

 

[Nostra]

Bingo! Comedians should NOT be targeted and punished for anything they say

Even by the company paying him millions to lose millions?

 

[Dorian Mode]

No, the Constitution and the law determine what is public interest. Trump took an oath of office to protect the Constitution, and yet he is doing the opposite.

Ever hear of the First Amendment?

The First Amendment (Amendment I) to the United States Constitution prevents Congress from making laws respecting an establishment of religion; prohibiting the free exercise of religion; or abridging the freedom of speech, the freedom of the press, the freedom of assembly, or the right to petition the government for redress of grievances. It was adopted on December 15, 1791, as one of the ten amendments that constitute the Bill of Rights. In the original draft of the Bill of Rights, what is now the First Amendment occupied third place. The first two articles were not ratified by the states, so the article on disestablishment and free speech ended up being first.

When that is broken, this is a decision for the Courts not make, and not for Trump to make.

So I'm guessing you can't find any relevant lawsuits regarding these egregious attacks on free speech. Because there aren't any? Now, seeing as Trump has clearly crossed the line, how many federal judges have come out to stop him from threatening these media companies? Surely he is breaking the law, right? Let me guess, none? Has Adam Schiff and Nancy Pelosi started impeachment proceedings? No? So it seems that all this hyperbole about Free Speech is just typical democrap nonsense. Wouldn't you agree? You democraps are just embarrassing yourselves at this point. Why destroy what's left of the party's reputation? I am starting to think you democraps hate the democrap party more than you hate Trump.

 

[22lcidw]

It is not a news show. Like Rush Limbaugh, Jimmy Kimmel is an entertainer not a newsman.

Kimmel was forced on us.

 

[otto105]

Kimmel was forced on us.

How?

You small hands victim.