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Kimmel and Disney’s political expedience, Exxon bought its vote, and algorithmic autocracy
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Disney Pulls Jimmy Kimmel’s Show After Kirk Remarks
Republicans Leverage Charlie Kirk’s Death to Declare War on Free Speech
Charlie Kirk assassination reignites debate over Section 230 protections for social media companies
"Section 230 needs to be repealed. If you're mad at social media companies that radicalize our nation, you should be mad," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Sunday on NBC's "Meet the Press." "I have a bill that will allow you to sue these people. They're immune from lawsuits."
Nexstar And Sinclair, Two Largest Station Groups, Wield Influence In ABC Decision To Pull Jimmy Kimmel In Light Of His Charlie Kirk Comments
A $6.2 billion deal looms over Jimmy Kimmel's suspension
Nexstar, the largest station group in the country, is a leading champion in the broadcast industry for the FCC to relax media ownership limits and has a major merger before the Trump administration, its proposed $6.2B acquisition of Tegna, creating a mega-company with 265 stations in 44 states and the District of Columbia, representing 80% of U.S. TV households.
Nexstar needs the agency to ease rules that currently limit the percentage a broadcaster can reach to 39% of the nation’s television households.
Sinclair also is seeking deregulation, and in its statement, it praised Carr. “We appreciate FCC Chairman Carr’s remarks today and this incident highlights the critical need for the FCC to take immediate regulatory action to address control held over local broadcasters by the big national networks,” Sinclair said.
Nexstar: founder/Chair/CEO Perry Sook
Sinclair: the Smith family: currently nepobaby David Smith; board is 44% Smith
What to know about Brendan Carr, the FCC chairman who went after Jimmy Kimmel
In response to an opinion column in The Washington Post by Mark Zuckerberg, the chief executive of Facebook, outlining his ideas for removing harmful content, Carr criticized Zuckerberg's call for government regulation as a violation of the First Amendment.
He later praised Zuckerberg's "instincts" to show Trump's posts that amplified COVID-19 misinformation unaltered.
Carr supported Trump's "Executive Order on Preventing Online Censors