"Tapper offered the ominous warning as he slammed Jimmy Kimmel's suspension as a direct violation of the First Amendment. During a Thursday sit-down on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, Tapper outlined the sequence of events that led to Kimmel's ousting, highlighting remarks by Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr on a podcast on Wednesday. Tapper warned Carr was telling companies what to do and triggered a pile-on by affiliate conglomerates with merger ambitions."
"Host Stephen Colbert pressed Tapper on whether such agencies had been politicised before. Not to this degree, Tapper replied, adding that he had never seen an FCC chairman call for a direct action by local affiliates to do something to remove a speaker and speech that they don't like. He added, It's chilling and it's actually the exact opposite of, you know, [MAGA] were supposedly going to be the free-speech champions."
Jake Tapper warned that revoking Americans' ability to mock, criticize, or investigate leaders would fundamentally undermine the nation's identity. He condemned Jimmy Kimmel's suspension as a First Amendment violation and traced the action to FCC Chair Brendan Carr's podcast remarks, which Tapper said prompted affiliate conglomerates to pile on. Tapper criticized an FCC chairman calling for local affiliates to remove a speaker and speech they dislike, calling the behavior chilling and contrary to free-speech rhetoric. He contrasted this with prior promises from Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance about defending opposing views, noting audience boos and jeers during the exchange.
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