Nadine Farid Johnson
nadinefj.bsky.social
Nadine Farid Johnson
@nadinefj.bsky.social
Policy Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University | Senior Non-Resident Fellow, Center for International Policy. Opinions mine.
In fact, he underscored that “our First Amendment, our free speech tradition, protects almost all speech” in a media interview on September 16 (4/):
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Carr of course understands the First Amendment’s protections, specifically in the realm of political satire (3/):
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Then, as now, the threats worked. ABC/Disney—who had already been on the receiving end of a Carr warning once before, as seen in the excerpt—are not the first to cave (2/):
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
FCC Chairman Carr’s successful targeting of Jimmy Kimmel is part of a longstanding pattern of jawboning. Back in February, @knightcolumbia.org submitted a statement to the House Committee on the Judiciary outlining just a few of Carr’s acts of censorship (1/):
September 19, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Carr of course understands the First Amendment’s protections, specifically in the realm of political satire (3/):
September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Then, as now, the threats worked. ABC/Disney—who had already been on the receiving end of a Carr warning once before, as seen in the excerpt—are not the first to cave (2/):
September 19, 2025 at 4:53 PM