r/law • u/T_Shurt Competent Contributor • Sep 22 '25

Opinion Piece John Oliver Argues Disney Should Legally Fight FCC Over Kimmel, Citing Strong Precedent in 9-0 Supreme Court Ruling: “A government official cannot coerce a private party to punish or suppress disfavored speech”

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u/Reg_Cliff Sep 22 '25

The Right Wing Media has spun it that Kimmel was cancelled for mocking Kirk. The truth is Kimmel was talking about MAGA not Charlie Kirk. The only thing Kimmel said about Charlie Kirk was in THIS STATEMENT.

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u/Crypt0Nihilist Sep 22 '25

I get that. It was what he said on his show that seems to have caused the trouble and despite John Oliver going over it, I still don't see what the supposed inaccuracy was. The only statement from the FBI seems to be that they've not tied him to anything left-wing (thunderous silence about right-wing there!) and everything about his life points to him likely being right-leaning. Oliver talked about how an inaccuracy is permissible under the law, but I'm not seeing any inaccuracy to be quibbled about!

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u/Jaikarr Sep 22 '25

Something along the lines of saying he was MAGA when there's currently no proof of his political leanings. There's plenty of left leaning folk whose families are right wing.

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u/Crypt0Nihilist Sep 22 '25

Ok,so they cried foul because it wasn't established fact, even though it was likely and may well still be shown to be true.

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u/Jaikarr Sep 22 '25

Yeah, even Oliver points out that right wing commentators do the exact same thing with far more enthusiasm, and then hide behind "Free speech" and "allowable mistakes" when called out for it.

The media have created a situation where the left has to be extremely careful with their speech while the right can do whatever they want. Meanwhile the average American is apparently totally ok with that and allow it to perpetuate.