James Talarico, the Democratic nominee for Texas’ general election for U.S. Senate, slammed the FCC for “government censorship” after Jimmy Kimmel alleged on-air that ABC wouldn’t be broadcasting his interview with the politician after receiving threats from the regulatory agency.
“We found out about this very recently, and I guess we’ll see what happens tonight. But government censorship should be a concern to all of us, regardless of our political party,” Talarico told MS Now’s Symone Sanders-Townsend in an interview that broadcast Thursday morning. When asked whether he would consider himself “censored” if his interview is not broadcast as originally planned, Talarico said, “Absolutely.”
“It’s the most dangerous form of cancel culture: people at the top, powerful politicians, powerful media executives, censoring what we watch, what we read (and) what we what we say,” Talarico continued. “And that, again, should be a concern to everyone who believes in the First Amendment and believes in the freedom of speech.”
The nominee added that he was “hopeful” that the decision could be reversed so his interview would make it to air.
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