#Trump Administration Wields Its Full Toolbox to Bring #Media to Heel
#ABC’s decision to “indefinitely” suspend #JimmyKimmel’s late-night talk show illuminates the administration’s efficacy so far.
#law #FirstAmendment #FourthEstate #dictatorship #fascism #autocracy #authoritarianism #tyranny
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/18/business/media/trump-kimmel-cancel-culture-free-speech.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare
Mike Masnick compares how the Free Press covered the (misleading-to-false) story of the #Biden admin’s "censorship" of #SocialMedia [actually trying to combat harmful #disinformation like #election & #COVID #lies & #ConspiracyTheories or #HateSpeech like #WhiteSupremacy], to how they handled the very real #censorship attack on #Wikipedia by #Trump’s DC #USAttorney #EdMartin.
Spoiler: there are differences.
#law #tech #moderation #dictatorship #FourthEstate #journalism
https://www.techdirt.com/2025/04/28/government-actually-threatens-wikipedias-editorial-freedom-self-proclaimed-free-speech-warriors-suddenly-have-other-plans/
