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BumRushDaShow

(172,499 posts)
Sun May 24, 2026, 03:38 AM 12 hrs ago

FCC Commissioner Blasts Her Own Agency's 'Straight-Up Censorship' Fueled by Trump

Source: MEDIAite

May 23rd, 2026, 3:53 pm


FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez ripped her own agency for waging a campaign of “straight-up censorship” against The Walt Disney Company and ABC that is being driven by President Donald Trump and FCC Chairman Brendan Carr.

Gomez went off during an interview on MS NOW’s The Weeknight on Friday. “This administration has been engaged in a campaign of censorship and control, and Disney has been a real target of this administration because it’s actually not capitulating,” Gomez said.

“Unlike CBS or Paramount, the parent company of where [Stephen] Colbert was,” co-host Symone Sanders Townsend chimed in. “Exactly,” Gomez affirmed.

Gomez then said it was a “direct assault on the First Amendment” when the FCC ordered eight ABC-owned TV stations to file early license renewal requests in April, which came soon after Trump called for ABC to fire the “seriously unfunny” Jimmy Kimmel. The commissioner told MS NOW it was an “unprecedented” violation by her agency.

Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/media/fcc-commissioner-blasts-her-own-agencys-straight-up-censorship-fueled-by-trump/

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FCC Commissioner Blasts Her Own Agency's 'Straight-Up Censorship' Fueled by Trump (Original Post) BumRushDaShow 12 hrs ago OP
Soon to be..... SergeStorms 6 hrs ago #1
Whether he can fire her will depend on outcome of pending Supreme Court case onenote 4 hrs ago #2

SergeStorms

(20,840 posts)
1. Soon to be.....
Sun May 24, 2026, 09:25 AM
6 hrs ago
Former FCC Commissioner, I imagine.

Telling the truth about the Trump administration's illegal, vindictive agenda is not only grounds for dismissal, it could result in the death penalty for "treason" in Trump's addled mind. I'm certain Stephan Miller would be on board with that.

onenote

(46,231 posts)
2. Whether he can fire her will depend on outcome of pending Supreme Court case
Sun May 24, 2026, 11:46 AM
4 hrs ago

And if he does fire her, the FCC will lack a quorum needed to do business.

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