Robert Corn-Revere
fIRE chief counsel
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The First Amendment does not allow anyone in government, least of all the president, to punish people under the banner of ‘fake news.’ That may work for him as a campaign slogan, but it is not a thing in the law,
- FIRE chief counsel Bob Corn-Revere saidCNNcnn.com/2026/09…
The FCC may claim these actions are based on DEI policies and have nothing to do with Jimmy Kimmel, but its timing makes it clear these justifications are a fig leaf,
- said Bob Corn-Revere, counsel at the Foundation for Individual Rights and ExpressionNBC Newsnbcnews.com/business/media…
This campaign against a disfavored broadcaster violates the First Amendment, pure and simple,
- Corn-Revere said,NBC Newsnbcnews.com/news/us…
By putting pressure on late-night talk shows critical of the Trump administration while openly admitting that conservative talk radio is immune from the FCC’s ire, he’s making himself the poster boy for big government putting its thumb on the scale of political debate,
- Corn-Revere saidCNNcnn.com/2026/02…
Earlier
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The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…FCC boss Brendan Carr maintains early ABC license renewal is about DEI probe, not Jimmy Kimmel controversy
Fox Newsfoxnews.com/media/fcc…The FCC, which regulates the broadcast industry, announced its early review on Tuesday, a day after President Donald Trump publicly called on ABC to fire late-night host Jimmy Kimmel for a joke he made about first lady Melania Trump last week
NBC Newsnbcnews.com/business/media…US regulator orders review of ABC license after Trump criticizes Kimmel
The Manila Timesmanilatimes.net/2026/04…Washington, The US Federal Communications Commission has ordered an early review of American Broadcasting Company's local station broadcast licences, after US President Donald Trump called for firing of the network's late night host Jimmy Kimmel
Hindustan Timeshindustantimes.com/world/news…FCC Chair Brendan Carr claps back at Stephen Colbert over ‘Late Show’ interview controversy
The Independentindependent.co.uk/news/world…Brendan Carr, the avowedly pro-Trump chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), made his comments after Colbert accused the Trump administration and CBS of censorship
Guardiantheguardian.com/tv/and…