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angrychair

(11,172 posts) Thu Sep 18, 2025, 03:36 PM Sep 18

Mango Mussolini on AF0ne stated that networks cannot criticize him that the FCC could cancel their show or revoke the broadcast license of the network.

This is a VERY BAD evolution of this issue.

We are officially a dictatorship. That is NOT hyperbolic. It's NOT being dramatic. It a cold, hard fact.

Edit:
Adding link for more context (initially saw in on Instagram):
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2025/sep/18/jimmy-kimmel-charlie-kirk-comments-show-cancelled-suspended-monologue-trump-us-politics-live

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New: we are officially a dictatorship [View all] angrychair Sep 18 OP

well dweller Sep 18 #1

During Term 1 TommyT139 Sep 18 #2

So angrychair Sep 18 #8

I get your point angrychair Sep 18 #17

That I agree with angrychair Sep 18 #19

It's about to get wild Johnny2X2X Sep 18 #6

Wonder what Mark Twain would have to say? BattleRow Sep 18 #7

K&R ReRe Sep 18 #9

It was a bright cold day rambler_american Sep 18 #10

He can bluster and threaten pulling broadcast licenses all he wants Wiz Imp Sep 18 #11

NOPE. Not there yet. Because LAW. ancianita Sep 18 #12

word. mahina Sep 18 #16

I agree with every word your wrote in your seven sentences. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Sep 18 #20

heh heh... thanks ancianita Sep 18 #21

Well said. Patton French Sep 18 #23

Not quite yet. murielm99 Sep 18 #14

An obvious evolution of "You cannot talk bad about Charlie Kirk" Oneironaut Sep 18 #22