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媒体言论与政府监管的争议
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近期,因脱口秀主持人吉米·坎摩尔(Jimmy Kimmel)的言论引发了关于媒体监管的广泛讨论。美国联邦通信委员会(FCC)主席卡尔(Brendan Carr)暗示可能对播出相关内容的ABC电视台采取处罚措施,甚至吊销其执照,引发了部分人士对政府干预言论自由的担忧。参议员泰德·克鲁兹(Ted Cruz)批评FCC的做法“极其危险”,认为这可能导致政府干预媒体内容,对保守派不利。然而,也有保守派人士,如参议员辛西娅·勒米斯(Cynthia Lummis)和众议员奇普·罗伊(Chip Roy),认为广播执照是特权而非权利,并支持FCC对广播内容进行更严格的审查,认为文化已发生改变,需要新的监管考量。

🎙️ **言论自由与政府监管的界限模糊**:吉米·坎摩尔的言论引发了FCC的介入,FCC主席暗示可能采取处罚甚至吊销执照的措施。这一举动被参议员泰德·克鲁兹等批评为“极其危险”,认为这开创了政府干预媒体内容的先例,可能被滥用以压制不同声音,最终损害包括保守派在内的所有人的言论自由。

⚖️ **广播执照的性质争议**:部分保守派人士,如参议员辛西娅·勒米斯,认为广播执照是媒体获得的特权,而非不可剥夺的权利。她指出文化已发生变化,需要对广播内容进行更审慎的考量和监管,暗示FCC有权对不当言论进行干预,以适应新的社会环境。

🗣️ **对政府权力扩张的担忧**:尽管部分人支持对媒体言论进行监管,但也有声音强调,一旦政府开始决定“喜欢什么言论,不喜欢什么言论”,并以此威胁吊销执照,那么这种权力扩张将对所有媒体构成威胁,尤其可能在未来被用来压制保守派观点。这种担忧促使人们反思,在保护言论自由的同时,如何平衡监管的必要性。

Amid pressure from the Federal Communications Commission, Disney’s ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Wednesday night over remarks Kimmel made earlier in the week about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. 

FCC Chair Brendan Carr suggested ABC affiliates could face fines or have their licenses revoked if they continued airing Kimmel’s show. He also told CNBC that “we’re not done yet.”

Although some conservatives have supported the broadcast network’s actions, others like Sen. Ted Cruz are also saying the FCC is going too far.

“I hate what Jimmy Kimmel said. I am thrilled that he was fired,” he said on Friday on his podcast Verdict with Ted Cruz. “But let me tell you, if the government gets in the business of saying, ‘We don’t like what you, the media, have said, we’re going to ban you from the airwaves if you don’t say what we like’—that will end up bad for conservatives.”

Cruz, who is the chairman of the Senate Commerce Committee, which has jurisdiction over the FCC, called Carr’s remarks “dangerous as hell,” warning against a future where the government can influence what broadcast networks put out.

“I think it is unbelievably dangerous for government to put itself in the position of saying, ‘We’re going to decide what speech we like and what we don’t, and we’re going to threaten to take you off air if we don’t like what you’re saying,’” Cruz added. “And it might feel good right now to threaten Jimmy Kimmel, but when it is used to silence every conservative in America, we will regret it.”

President Donald Trump, who has said the FCC could reexamine licenses for broadcasters that repeatedly criticize him, called Carr an American patriot in response to Cruz’s comments, adding he disagreed with the senator.

Meanwhile, conservative political commentator Tucker Carlson echoed Cruz’s censorship concerns earlier this week. 

“You hope that a year from now, the turmoil we’re seeing in the aftermath of (Kirk’s) murder won’t be leveraged to bring hate speech laws to this country,” he said Wednesday during a special tribute to Kirk on The Tucker Carlson Show. “And trust me, if it is, if that does happen, there is never a more justified moment for civil disobedience than that, ever. And there never will be.”

But some conservatives are in support of greater government discretion for what’s allowed on the air.

Sen. Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) told Semafor on Thursday that a broadcasting license issued by the FCC is a privilege, not a right.

“Under normal times, in normal circumstances, I tend to think that the First Amendment should always be sort of the ultimate right. And that there should be almost no checks and balances on it,” Lummis said. “I don’t feel that way anymore. I feel like something’s changed culturally. And I think that there needs to be some cognizance that things have changed.”

Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) told NBC on Friday that the FCC is right to question broadcast networks regarding their licenses.

“The First Amendment must be fiercely protected, but we also impose various regulations on FCC licenses,” he said.

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