President Obama slams Trump's attack on free speech in wake of Kimmel suspension

[C_Clayton_Jones]

‘Former President Barack Obama on Thursday criticized media companies for buckling under the Trump administration’s censorship demands. His comments follow the decision by Disney-owned ABC to sideline late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for a joke about... Donald Trump’s response to the death of bigoted activist Charlie Kirk.

“After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like,” Obama wrote on Bluesky Thursday.

Referring specifically to Kimmel’s indefinite suspension, Obama added, “This is precisely the kind of government coercion that the First Amendment was designed to prevent — and media companies need to start standing up rather than capitulating to it.”’

Obama slams Trump's attack on free speech in wake of Kimmel suspension

Former President Barack Obama on Thursday criticized media companies for buckling under the Trump administration’s censorship demands. His comments follow the decision by Disney-owned ABC ...

www.dailykos.com

The right spent years lying about ‘cancel culture’ – conservatives are infamous for their hypocrisy.

 

[excalibur]

When Obama Went to War on Fox News

The Obama-Fox News feud is a reminder that presidents frequently clash with media outlets.

www.newsweek.com

 

[frigidweirdo]

When Obama Went to War on Fox News

The Obama-Fox News feud is a reminder that presidents frequently clash with media outlets.

www.newsweek.com

Did you read it?

"There are several key distinctions between then and now."

"Obama didn't tweet out doctored pro wrestling GIFs or obsessively rail about "fake news" and ratings."

"Obama's anger at Fox News was justified. In January 2007, Fox & Friends made the false claim that Obama had attended an Islamic school in Indonesia."

"Two months later, a Democratic debate that was to have been hosted by Fox News was cancelled after the network's chairman, Roger Ailes, deliberately confused Obama's name with that of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, telling media executives in a speech, "It's true that Barack Obama is on the move.""

"Not so, Obama countered. "I've got one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration.""

The difference being.... HUGE. Obama was fighting with Fox News. He said stuff, they said stuff.

Trump is threatening to take away the license of a media company because he doesn't like it.

There's a line and Trump's fat ass is so far over that line, it's turning into fascism.

 

[cnm]

"Silly Jimmy Kimmel. He should have just called for all homeless people to be killed and he'd still have a job."​

– Mehdi Hasan​

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The difference is that excalibur would approve of that, so that's fair free speech.

 

[Mack The Finger]

‘Former President Barack Obama on Thursday criticized media companies for buckling under the Trump administration’s censorship demands.

Even ObamaChrist has TDS !

 

[Bootstraps]

That's funny considering how Obama targeted Sharyl Attkisson and went after whistle blowers.

 

[22lcidw]

Did you read it?

"There are several key distinctions between then and now."

"Obama didn't tweet out doctored pro wrestling GIFs or obsessively rail about "fake news" and ratings."

"Obama's anger at Fox News was justified. In January 2007, Fox & Friends made the false claim that Obama had attended an Islamic school in Indonesia."

"Two months later, a Democratic debate that was to have been hosted by Fox News was cancelled after the network's chairman, Roger Ailes, deliberately confused Obama's name with that of al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, telling media executives in a speech, "It's true that Barack Obama is on the move.""

"Not so, Obama countered. "I've got one television station entirely devoted to attacking my administration.""

The difference being.... HUGE. Obama was fighting with Fox News. He said stuff, they said stuff.

Trump is threatening to take away the license of a media company because he doesn't like it.

There's a line and Trump's fat ass is so far over that line, it's turning into fascism.

President Obama spewed that marriage was between a man and a woman. A couple of years later the White House was outfitted in rainbow lights. The inner city African American gangs cheered that on.

 

[Lisa558]

Anyone remember how Obama wanted to push forward a “Ministry of Truth” to block media from disseminating what his administration determined to be “misinformation” (which of course would be anything that revealed the truth about his agenda)?

https://www.cato.org/commentary/barack-obamas-war-free-press

 

[Hafar1014]

Obama targeted reporters and had the FBI hack their laptops. He has always been a fraud. He had the chance to be great uniter but instead divided the country along race. He just never had the character of a great man. Hes an empty suit and partisan racist.

 

[j-mac]

Liberals are starting to choke on the standards, and precedents they set.

 

[1srelluc]

I see that The Halfrican had a shipment of consequences delivered to him too.

 

[elektra]

which employees at Disney worked in democrat administration's

Senior executives with government ties

• Kristina Schake: Before becoming Disney's Executive Vice President of Global Communications in April 2022, Schake was a strategic communications expert in the federal government. Her previous roles include:
  • Leading the Biden administration's COVID-19 vaccine education efforts at the Department of Health and Human Services.
  • Serving as a special assistant to President Barack Obama and as Communications Director for First Lady Michelle Obama.
  • Acting as Deputy Communications Director for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
• Bob Iger: The current CEO of Disney is a registered independent who previously identified as a Democrat. He has had significant interactions with Democratic administrations:
  • In his memoir, Iger details advising members of the Obama administration and members of Congress.
  • He also co-chaired a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
• Dana Walden: Co-Chairman of Disney Entertainment and a potential successor to Bob Iger, Walden was appointed by President Joe Biden to the President's Export Council in February 2023.
• Remi Yamamoto: A former advisor to President Joe Biden, Yamamoto was appointed Vice President of Media Relations for Disney's television division in August 2023. She most recently served as a Special Assistant to the President and a Senior Advisor in the White House.

Lobbyists with government connections

• Richard M. Bates: This longtime senior vice president of U.S. government relations for Disney, who passed away in 2021, was a former executive director of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. He was hired in 1991 to establish Disney's Washington lobbying office.
• Revolving Door: As of 2023, 19 of Disney's 31 lobbyists previously held government jobs, representing a common practice among large companies to hire former government staff.

Board members and other figures

• John Bryson: A former member of Disney's board of directors, Bryson stepped down in 2011 to become President Barack Obama's Secretary of Commerce.
• Jeffrey Katzenberg: A former chairman of Walt Disney Studios, Katzenberg was a major fundraiser for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign.
• Willow Bay: The wife of Bob Iger, Bay was a former broadcast journalist and has co-hosted fundraisers for Democratic politicians, though the connection is primarily through her husband