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> I feel like the executives have a civic duty to have resisted, at least for a few days. Caving so quickly weakened the de facto press freedoms.

Exactly, at least some kind of public rebuff or just saying Kimmel's show is not news and journalism, he is just reflecting the social media trends as parodies and jokes. Now it just looks like FCC can come shut down anyone they want.

> If anyone's wondering, shortly after MN Rep. Melissa Hortman and her husband were killed, Mike Lee tweeted an implication that the killer was "Marxist" and a pun about the governor of the state. Of course he had no evidence, and now, we know it's unlikely given that suspect is a Trump supporter.

Yeah, it's rules for some but not others.

> It's nice to see a few, such as Ted Cruz, calling out the FCC acting like Trump's mafia.

Yeah, I mean, this is supposed to be a classic conservative talking point so it's nice to see some dissent, even from Cruz.