An FCC insider on Kimmel, TV and free speech
Big TV networks are facing pressure from the US government to change their programming. Will they?
Swamp Notes · Financial Times
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Show Notes
Jimmy Kimmel’s late-night show is back on the air.The president of the US isn’t happy about it. He’s threatened to revoke licenses from broadcast networks that air negative programming about him. The former counselor to the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission, Gigi Sohn, and the FT’s Los Angeles bureau chief Christopher Grimes unpack what’s at stake for America’s television industry.
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