The Shadow of the FCC: How a Pulled Interview Exposes the Limits of Free Speech Jimmy Kimmel's pulled TV interview with James Talarico, a Texan Democrat running for the U. S. Senate, has left many perplexed.
Beneath this controversy lies a deeper concern: the increasingly fragile relationship between free speech and government regulation in America.
The interview, which garnered 5 million views on YouTube within 24 hours, was initially set to air on Kimmel's show but was canceled due to "nonsense" threats from Donald Trump's FCC against ABC's affiliate stations.