Ted Cruz Rips FCC Over ABC Broadcast License Review Following Kimmel Joke: 'It Is Not Government's Job to Censor Speech'

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Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas is a MAGA loyalist, but he thinks the Republican-controlled FCC stepped over the line in accelerating the renewal process for broadcast licenses of Disney’s eight ABC-owned local TV stations — seemingly in response to a joke Jimmy Kimmel told about Melania Trump on late-night television.

“It is not government’s job to censor speech, and I do not believe the FCC should operate as the speech police,” Cruz told political outlet Punchbowl News about the agency’s demand that ABC filed to renew licenses within 30 days. Variety has reached out to the senator’s office for additional comment.

The FCC’s Media Bureau, in its April 28 order, said it was calling in ABC’s licenses for eight owned-and-operated stations for early review pursuant to an investigation into Disney and ABC over potential violations of the FCC’s “prohibition on unlawful discrimination” — i.e., the agency is probing the media conglomerate’s diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices.

Asked for comment about Cruz’s criticism, an FCC spokesperson said, “As the agency decision makes clear, the early renewal order is based on a long-running FCC investigation into Disney’s DEI conduct, not any speech.”

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ted-cruz-rips-fcc-over-141221837.html

Trump will probably call your wife ugly again.