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11. Where is the proof of government coercion or intimidation?
Thu Sep 25, 2025, 11:53 AM
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Everyone suspects that Stephen Colbert was cancelled because of Trump, but there's no direct proof, so the grumbling was subdued. A network firing someone isn't enough to make the case.

In Kimmel's case, however, there was a very public and direct threat leveled at him by an FCC official. That brazen attempt at intimidation crossed the line into an obvious First Amendment issue.

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