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Jimmy Kimmel and Progressive Hypocrisy on Free Speech

Broadcast airways are publicly owned and thus subject to FCC oversight. It has always been that way since the dawn of television.

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Stephanie Burgundy
Sep 18, 2025
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Jimmy Kimmel still has free speech in America. He can slap a webcam on his desk and film a YouTube show like everyone else.

What Kimmel can’t do is abuse public airways, which are effectively owned by the public - to spread malicious lies, especially about violent crimes impacting the nation. For you kids on here that don’t understand how TV used to work…

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