Jane Fondas Komitee für den ersten Verfassungszusatz gibt Antwort auf Drohungen des FCC-Vorsitzenden gegen die Berichterstattung der Rundfunkanstalten über den Iran-Krieg

>“Today is not a normal Oscars,” the statement begins. “Yesterday, the sitting Federal Communications Commission Chair, Brendan Carr, threatened that TV broadcasters must ‘course correct’ their coverage of the Iran war or ‘the [sic] will lose their licenses.’”

>“FCC Carr’s threat to punish reporting on the war that the Trump administration doesn’t like came just one day after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth openly called for CNN to be taken over by Paramount — and just one hour after the president posted an image outlining his plan to ‘reshape the media’ by defunding public news, firing late-night hosts and news anchors, and waging war on media companies,” the committee’s statement continues.

>The letter concludes: “Make no mistake about it: These are direct attacks on the First Amendment and part of a deliberate march toward authoritarianism. In that world, journalists are punished for telling the truth, media companies are expected to fall in line, and dissent is treated as a threat. But that future is not inevitable. Do not obey in advance. Speak loudly, stand with journalists, and defend the very freedoms that make moments like today possible. None of this is normal — and we must act accordingly, together.”