ABC’s indefinite suspension of late night “comedian” Jimmy Kimmel sent a shockwave across the media landscape. On Friday, CNN This Morning claimed FCC Chairman Brendan Carr and President Trump’s reactions to the suspension constituted government pressure against First Amendment rights and were seemingly itching for someone to sue them.
The left believed it had found some sort of dystopian pattern now that two late night hosts had been canned this year alone. CNN host Audie Cornish floated the idea of suing (in the vaguest sense possible):
I'm wondering, at some point does somebody sue? And I'm asking because once you have actual government officials out there saying this shakedown language, at some point it feels like someone, even against their employer for being fired, like, help me out. Once the government is involved, it's not vibes, cancel culture from Twitter.
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