News Summary

• The target of American media under President Donald Trump’s 2.0 administration has reached authoritarian levels this year.
• Disney's decision to suspend ABC's “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” indefinitely on account of comments the host made about the man accused of killing right-wing activist Charlie Kirk felt like the most direct attack thus far.
• FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has since clarified his comments, denying that he threatened to pull the licenses of ABC stations if they didn’t fire Kimmel.
• But such statements suggest that government censorship in America will not only worsen from here on out, but that the implications may change the meaning of free speech as we know it.