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Tucker Carlson says Trump admin using Charlie Kirk’s killing to trample free speech
(www.independent.co.uk)
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They are the regulator for cable TV and therefore do regulate cable news shows. https://www.fcc.gov/media/engineering/cable-television
They have regulatory power primarily over the technical aspects of cable tv, not the content.
From the same fcc.gov website you just linked to:
Source: The FCC and Speech | Federal Communications Commission https://share.google/p4X1DUg5q3a8F1jC6
Edit: @downvoters, am I fucking wrong? Your citation is right there, right from the horse's mouth, the government website of the FCC itself. Go on and be pissy about it I guess, but you're acting like children.
The FCC does for example prohibit "obscenity" — not profanity — on cable. No doubt it is mentioned somewhere on their website.
It does. That is one of the very limit content regulatory powers it has over cable tv. "Obsenity" is a very high bar, though, and is, itself, not protected speech under the 1st Amendment at all.
To be considered obscene, it must meet a three-pronged test from the Supreme Court:
Basically Brian Kilmeade can't show his gaping asshole taking a dump on Fix & Friends. But he can casually suggest euthanizing the homeless population and it's out of the FCC's hand.