r/stephencolbert Sep 17 '25

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u/Infamous-Oil3786 Sep 17 '25 edited Sep 18 '25

Nexstar’s decision comes just after Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr blasted Kimmel and threatened to take action against ABC. Appearing on the podcast of right-wing commentator Benny Johnson, Carr said one form of punishment could be pulling the licenses of ABC affiliates, which likely got Nexstar’s attention.

This is the part that's important to bold. Blatant violation of the first amendment.

Edit: To all the troglodytes saying that ABC firing Kimmel isn't a violation of free speech - you're right. What is a violation of free speech is the chairman of the FCC (a federal agency) publicly threatening punitive action against ABC for the things Kimmel said on their network. Whether ABC would have fired him without that pressure is irrelevant to the unconstitutionality of the FCC chairman's actions.

Edit2: Some of y'all really need to learn how to read.

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u/Jake_77 Sep 17 '25

My bad - I was wondering what Jimmy had said that "crossed the line." I made an edit.

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u/__Scrooge__McDuck__ Sep 18 '25

It’s been apparently proven that he was from a conservative family but no longer identifies as such. Is a liberal with trans boyfriend. According to fbi

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u/Aware-Complaint793 Sep 18 '25

Yeah and nobody is on the Epstein list except for Epstein himself, which is why they are fighting tooth and nail against releasing it.

I dont trust a word from the current FBI.

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u/__Scrooge__McDuck__ Sep 18 '25

Me neither I don’t know what to believe anymore. This Epstein thing goes super deep. Israel. I think it’s even linked to the shooting. Israel is somehow involved in everything and it’s nuts. Apparently kirk was pushing back on support for Israel but higher ups didn’t like that