How far can the government go when a president doesn’t like what a broadcaster says? Host Ari Cohn is joined by Berin Szóka (TechFreedom) and Bob Corn-Revere (FIRE) to unpack the escalating fight between ABC and the FCC. From The View and Jimmy Kimmel to ABC’s broadcast licenses, they examine what happens when political pressure collides with the government’s regulatory power—and what it could mean for free speech, the free press, and beyond. Links: TechFreedom and Protect Democracy’s amicus brief in ABC v FCC (https://tinyurl.com/yne9dkyx) TechFreedom coalition letter joined by 80+ scholars and organization on FCC abuse of the “public interest” standard (https://tinyurl.com/3psmna5v) TechFreedom’s Opposition to Petitions to Deny ABC License Renewals (https://tinyurl.com/t99sbu55) Bob Corn-Revere - Thank You Brendan Carr (https://tinyurl.com/5azdeaeu) Bob Corn-Revere - The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder (https://tinyurl.com/4e3d89ja) Berin Szóka - This Isn’t Ronald Reagan’s FCC (https://tinyurl.com/y2s57exf) Berin Szóka - Brendan Carr-leone’s war on the First Amendment (https://tinyurl.com/bdvxdusj) Ari Cohn - Commissioner, regulate thyself: The incoming FCC chair is threatening to censor views he doesn't like (https://tinyurl.com/mudkrhfm) JAWBONE Act (S. 4749) (https://tinyurl.com/ye2xbypa)
How far can the government go when a president doesn’t like what a broadcaster says? Host Ari Cohn is joined by Berin Szóka (TechFreedom) and Bob Corn-Revere (FIRE) to unpack the escalating fight between ABC and the FCC. From The View and Jimmy Kimmel to ABC’s broadcast licenses, they examine what happens when political pressure collides with the government’s regulatory power—and what it could mean for free speech, the free press, and beyond.
Links:
TechFreedom and Protect Democracy’s amicus brief in ABC v FCC
TechFreedom’s Opposition to Petitions to Deny ABC License Renewals
Bob Corn-Revere - Thank You Brendan Carr
Bob Corn-Revere - The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder
Berin Szóka - This Isn’t Ronald Reagan’s FCC
Berin Szóka - Brendan Carr-leone’s war on the First Amendment