MSNBC's Jen Psaki Cheers Trump Allies Trashing Free Speech Assault Amid Kimmel News: Do Not Adjust Your TV!'
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MSNBC's Jen Psaki Cheers Trump Allies Trashing Free Speech Assault Amid Kimmel News: Do Not Adjust Your TV!'
"If not for university presidents, law firm managing partners, and corporate chief executives standing up against bullies, who then will step up for the First Amendment? The suspending indefinitely of Jimmy Kimmel immediately after the chairman of the FCC's aggressive yet hollow threatening of the Disney Company is yet another example of out of control intimidation. Maybe the Constitution should have said, Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press, except in one's political or financial self-interest."
"Now there's a history between Michael Eisner and Disney's current CEO, Bob Iger. We're not going to get into it tonight. But that kind of unfiltered public outrage from the former top Disney exec was definitely not on my bingo card. I don't know if it was on yours. I mean, especially at a time when we have seen so many C-suite leaders bend the knee to Donald Trump. I also didn't expect this one."
Republicans and corporate executives publicly criticized actions viewed as government intimidation of the press after Jimmy Kimmel's suspension. Michael Eisner condemned corporate leaders for not defending the First Amendment and called Kimmel's suspension and FCC threats examples of out-of-control intimidation. Jen Psaki noted unexpected public outrage from a former Disney CEO and observed many C-suite leaders previously acquiesced to Donald Trump. The confrontation followed Trump's announcement designating Antifa as a terrorist organization and intensified debate about free speech protections, political influence over media, and regulatory pressure from the FCC.
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