Comment by adamtaylor_13
5 months ago
I don't believe that the FCC threatening ABC's broadcasting license has anything to do with free speech. There were murmurs about lawsuits for defamation of character all over Twitter. I'm no lawyer, I don't claim to know if that's even possible.
But it's clear that with the emotional tension of the situation, ABC wasn't about to get itself in legal trouble over a second-rate, late-night show host.
So, while the FCC may have been threatening, we have a legal system designed to prevent such over-steps of power, should they occur. It seems pretty clear ABC wanted no part of the storm that was brewing.
> I don't believe that the FCC threatening ABC's broadcasting license has anything to do with free speech.
Even Ted Cruz is able to see it. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c1kwzgrwdd0o
And Vance is trying to play it off as a joke now: https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5521172-vance-fcc-carr-ki...
> we have a legal system designed to prevent such over-steps of power
That legal system recently immunized the President from the protections.