Actress Jane Fonda denounced the Federal Communication Commission (FCC) reviewing ABC’s broadcasting license after late-night host Jimmy Kimmel joked about President Trump’s death.
Fonda shared her thoughts on the controversy in a statement to Variety.
“FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s latest order to review the broadcast license of all ABC stations is a naked attempt to weaponize government power against dissent,” Fonda said.
“What we are seeing fits a deliberate and deeply troubling pattern of authoritarian regimes throughout history — and it should alarm anyone who believes in the First Amendment and the fundamental principle that the government has no authority to decide who gets to speak in a free society,” she added. “Together, we must call this out clearly and forcefully for what it is: the systematic use of federal power to narrow the range of acceptable speech until only approved voices remain.”
On Monday, both the president and
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