The FCC's Assault on Free Speech: A Pattern of Threats and Intimidation The Federal Communications Commission, under Chairman Brendan Carr, has been using its authority to intimidate broadcasters into self censorship.
This effort began long before the current controversy surrounding Jimmy Kimmel's late night show on ABC in 2020.
In that case, Carr threatened the network with regulatory action over a series of jokes made about President Trump. The threat was enough to prompt ABC to briefly pull the show from the airwaves.