{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpodcast.techfreedom.org%2Fepisodes%2F440-the-fellas-at-the-freaking-fcc-7xbUA2dc","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"440: The Fellas at the Freaking FCC","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/50bb570b-2d48-4cba-8eac-4d8a2c843965/0ad22b2c-1629-4094-becd-ae9e1981a196/cropped_1790173541788.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"","height":200,"description":"How far can the government go when a president doesn’t like what a broadcaster says? Host Ari Cohn is joined by Berin Szóka (TechFreedom) and Bob Corn-Revere (FIRE) to unpack the escalating fight between ABC and the FCC. From The View and Jimmy Kimmel to ABC’s broadcast licenses, they examine what happens when political pressure collides with the government’s regulatory power—and what it could mean for free speech, the free press, and beyond.\n\nLinks:\n\nTechFreedom and Protect Democracy’s amicus brief in ABC v FCC (https://tinyurl.com/yne9dkyx)\n\nTechFreedom coalition letter joined by 80+ scholars and organization on FCC abuse of the “public interest” standard (https://tinyurl.com/3psmna5v)\n\nTechFreedom’s Opposition to Petitions to Deny ABC License Renewals (https://tinyurl.com/t99sbu55)\n\nBob Corn-Revere - Thank You Brendan Carr (https://tinyurl.com/5azdeaeu)\n\nBob Corn-Revere - The Mind of the Censor and the Eye of the Beholder (https://tinyurl.com/4e3d89ja)\n\nBerin Szóka - This Isn’t Ronald Reagan’s FCC (https://tinyurl.com/y2s57exf)\n\nBerin Szóka - Brendan Carr-leone’s war on the First Amendment (https://tinyurl.com/bdvxdusj)\n\nAri Cohn - Commissioner, regulate thyself: The incoming FCC chair is threatening to censor views he doesn't like (https://tinyurl.com/mudkrhfm)\n\nJAWBONE Act (S. 4749) (https://tinyurl.com/ye2xbypa)"}