Republican lawmakers in both chambers of Congress have called for protecting the band.| Broadband Breakfast
Few pro-Trump bulldogs in the government have a sharper bite right now than the FCC chairman The post Is Brendan Carr a ‘great American patriot?’ appeared first on The Spectator World.| The Spectator World
Cruz said recent bipartisan interest could give the bill new momentum| Broadband Breakfast
From the Fairness Doctrine to Nixon’s “raised eyebrow,” government licensing power has long chilled broadcast speech—proving the First Amendment should apply fully to the airwaves.| Reason.com
Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, still wants to bar the agency from instituting similar policies in the future.| Broadband Breakfast
Two quick thoughts about Jimmy Kimmel’s return to ABC’s airwaves tonight. First, though I’m deeply skeptical about the power of boycotts and protests, this one seems to have worked. A combination of cancellations, petitions, announcements by creatives that they would no longer work for Disney, and former Disney CEO Michael Eisner’s trash-talking his successor, Bob … Continue reading "Jimmy Kimmel’s return is a rare success for boycotts — but there are still several shoes to drop"| Media Nation
FCC chair Brendan Carr’s thuggish threat to crack down on media companies following late-night comedy host Jimmy Kimmel’s monologue about Donald Trump and Charlie Kirk differed from past instances only in that he said it out loud. “We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said in an appearance on a … Continue reading "MAGA media threats call to mind previous episodes during the Nixon and Bush eras"| Media Nation
Boston Globe columnist Renée Graham has quit the paper’s editorial board in protest over last week’s editorial (sub. req.) praising the slain right-wing activist Charlie Kirk’s commitment to free speech — an editorial that was widely derided by critics who objected to Kirk’s often hateful rhetoric. Graham will remain as a columnist and will continue … Continue reading "Renée Graham quits Globe editorial board over Charlie Kirk editorial but will remain as a columnist"| Media Nation
The push from Republican officials to jam cellphone signals in prisons is about control, not crime.| Arkansas Times
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE September 23, 2025 FOR INFORMATION CONTACT: presscenter@nrb.org NRB Champions Free Speech, Encourages FCC to Safeguard Diverse Media Voices WASHINGTON, D.C. (NRB) — The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB), […] The post NRB Champions Free Speech, Encourages FCC to Safeguard Diverse Media Voices appeared first on NRB.| NRB
The National Religious Broadcasters (NRB) gathered September 10–12 in Washington, D.C., for the annual Capitol Hill Media Summit, convening members of NRB’s President’s Council with leading lawmakers, administration officials, and […] The post Christian Media Leaders Gather on Capitol Hill to Strengthen the National Voice of Faith appeared first on NRB.| NRB
The unraveling of Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night reign came in the aftermath of an explosive opening monologue about the murder of conservative activist Charlie Kirk—a moment so polarizing that ABC, pressured by affiliate owners and FCC politics, yanked “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” off the air indefinitely. The Biggest Joke – 145,000 Thousand Views In the hours after ...| Cruising The Past
Yesterday's return of Jimmy Kimmel to ABC is not a time to declare victory. Now is the time to use the notoriety that the censoring screeds have acquired to push back on their efforts to extort control over free speech. The post Sinclair Makes Itself Visible appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Jimmy Kimmel's suspension and the little-noticed continued effort to deport Mahmoud Khalil for his speech demonstrates the urgency of setting up alternative media outlets to bypass the oligarch-owned and multinational media companies susceptible to Trump's censorship. The post Speech appeared first on emptywheel.| emptywheel
Kimmel’s back, baybee; would ads make Wikipedia better, actually?; and Amazon gets accused of dark patterns.| AdExchanger
There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show host Jimmy Kimmel’s show “indefinitely” over comments that Kimmel mad…| Techdirt
State and federal officials gathered in Little Rock on Friday to announce a plan to let prisons and jails use jamming technology to prevent contraband cellphone use.| Arkansas Times
You may not know the name James Byrnes! But, for me, he comes to mind. Mr. Byrnes once declared: The nearest approach to immortality on Earth is a government bureau." | The Free State Foundation
'Certainly under this Chairman, it will not be abused,’ FCC's General Counsel vowed.| Broadband Breakfast
FCC Chair’s deregulatory blitz likely to target media ownership, copper decommissioning rules| Broadband Breakfast
Next iteration of ‘Delete’ initiative targets outdated broadcast policies| Broadband Breakfast
The Trump administration has made $1.1 billion in cuts to public broadcasting and has attacked the free press by filing a $10 billion defamation lawsuit against The Wall Street Journal, according to the ACLU, which argues that these actions violate the First Amendment.| Davis Vanguard
The agency is trying to protect its ability to levy fines.| Broadband Breakfast
Seit Jahren tobt der Kampf um Inhaltemoderation und damit die Meinungsfreiheit im Netz. Im Januar übernehmen die Republikaner in den USA die Macht. Dabei macht auch der frisch designierte Chef der Telekom-Aufsicht FCC klar: Online-Anbietern soll die Moderation auf ihren Diensten schwerer gemacht werden.| netzpolitik.org
