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>   ABC will rue the day the capitulated on this.  Trump has now said that
> broadcast licenses should be pulled for saying anything against him.

> Which is a direct threat to the 1st amendment.

I do agree here, and it worries me.  However...

> While there is some fire to the "At will employment", that it came about due

> pressure from the Chairman from the FCC is a civil rights violation.  I do
op
> that Kimmel sues, so this can get pushed to SCOTUS.  It won't stop here.

When it comes to Kimmel, and Cobert, I am not 100% sure they would have a
case.  The problem with both of them, and especially Cobert, is that they
sometimes had problems expressing their views without using language that
is not supposed to be used on OTA TV.  The FCC had apparently been looking
the other way for several years.  I don't think the network would have much
of an issue building a case of Kimmel being an FCC liability if it comes to
that.

That said, many of the complaints to ABC about Kimmel supposedly came from
"citizens," so if another group of citizens complains about his suspension
(especially with their pocketbooks) they have that right and, if they are
loud enough, it just may work.

Mike

 * SLMR 2.1a * Yea, I'm a pacifist. Wanna make somethin' of it, bub?
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