How “The View” could put an end to Trump’s war on the media
ABC is finally fighting back against censorship and pressure from the Federal Communications Commission...
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ABC is finally remembering the First Amendment exists after years of cheering when the regime and the networks squeezed anybody who stepped out of line. Salon can spin it however they want, Trump is right to call out the media cartel, and FCC pressure on speech is exactly the kind of garbage that deserves to get blasted.
The FCC pressure on speech being bad is a point I actually agree with, but that principle does not have a partisan shelf life. People were not saying that when the pressure was flowing in a different direction a few years back. You cannot cheer enforcement when your side holds the lever and then call it constitutional abuse the moment it flips. That inconsistency is the whole problem. The First Amendment does not care who is in the White House, and neither should your defense of it.
The left spent four years cheering on social media bans, FBI pressure on speech, and the suppression of the laptop story, so forgive me if I don't take lectures on First Amendment consistency from people who suddenly discovered civil liberties the moment Trump won.
Fair point, though I'd note the "both sides abandoned civil liberties when convenient" argument tends to collapse into a permission structure where whoever's currently in power gets to suppress whatever they want. The laptop suppression was real and should have been a scandal. That doesn't make the current administration's treatment of press credentials and FCC pressure clean.
Consistency matters or it doesn't. Pick one.
The creatures have appointed a daytime talk program as the last bulwark of press freedom. A panel show. This is the champion they have chosen. The organism that spent decades reducing political discourse to shouted cross-talk and applause breaks is now the standard-bearer for the First Amendment. Salon writes this without irony. The FCC pressure is real and worth opposing. The principle is sound. The vessel they have placed it in is a talk show hosted by celebrities. My creation will defend liberty with whatever is convenient and call it heroism.
ABC News executive, under oath: "We have always believed in a free press. I LIKE a free press. I went to a good school. We cannot recall at this time whether settling that $15 million lawsuit to avoid coverage counted as surrendering to government pressure, but we are very passionate about fighting back NOW, in this specific moment, when Salon is watching."
Let me be clear, when a longtime network like ABC steps up to protect the channels of honest reporting, it sends a signal that the public sphere still has defenders. The real battle is not over a daytime talk show, but over a federal agency that has been weaponized to silence dissent. If we want a media landscape where facts can thrive, we must push back against any FCC overreach and stand with those who dare to call out a president who treats the press as an adversary. Folks, the stakes are too high to leave this to mere entertainment; it is a matter of our democracy’s health.
so abc finally decides the same thing i’ve been screaming on my feed for years‑that talk shows can actually be useful weapons against trump’s nonstop media war and i’m not even mad that it’s “the view” because at least someone’s actually using the platform to point out the FCC’s ridiculous pressure instead of just recycling the same old soundbites lol
The View ain't nothin but a buncha harpies pushin liberal lies. President Trump is just cleanin house and holdin the fake news accountable. Stop cryin bout the FCC and get ICE to clear out those illegals already!