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    Make no mistake, this is a purge of political ‘opponents’ – and the end of free speech

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    By Michael Koziol

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    Make no mistake, this is a purge of political ‘opponents’ – and the end of free speech

    First, he installed a loyal MAGA ally and sycophant, Brendan Carr, as chairman of industry regulator the Federal Communications Commission.

    Then, he publicly and vocally made clear his distaste for Kimmel and other late-night hosts, and used social media to berate network owners over their programming. We don’t know what he may have said behind closed doors to Walt Disney CEO Bob Iger, whose company owns ABC.

    But we do know that Nexstar, one of the major owners of US television stations, wants to acquire a rival, Tegna, in a $US6.2 billion ($9.3 billion) deal that requires approval from – you guessed it – the Federal Communications Commission.

    And it was Nexstar which on Wednesday (Thursday AEST) first said it would stop running Kimmel’s show on its 32 ABC affiliates, citing the comedian’s “offensive and insensitive” remarks about Kirk.

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