Zack Beauchamp: ‘Let’s be clear about what happened to Jimmy Kimmel’

What just happened, in short, shows how far down the authoritarian road the United States has traveled in just eight months. […]

Kimmel’s aside – in a monologue mostly focused on mocking President Donald Trump – did not justify what came next. During a Wednesday podcast appearance, FCC head Brendan Carr threatened to revoke the broadcasting licenses of any stations that continued to air Kimmel’s content. […]

Carr’s threat should have been toothless. The FCC is prohibited by law from employing “the power of censorship” or interfering “with the right of free speech.”

The jig is up. If you were fooled that Conservatives cared about “free speech”, hopefully you’ve seen the light. If you haven’t, I don’t think you can’t be helped.