What is the exact statute and how does it apply to this situation? And when was the last time it was actually applied in a political speech context (or at all)?
My position remains the same regardless: abolish the FCC.
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Your hatred for the FCC blinds you to a society of laws.
It applies as he lied about the assassin.
Which is telling lies about a crime.
I believe in freedom, of which government is the opposite.
I think we'd all be better off without the FCC trying to regulate the airwaves.
Not a radical position.
not a radical position but while it exists it exists.
but you can't be an anrachist.
government has to exist in some form.
even tribes had chieftains.
I'm definitely a philosophical anarchist, practical realist/incrementalist.
The less coercion we have in society, the better. Which means as much as possible should be in the non-government/free market sector.
I agree with this.
but there must be law and order.
the only thing that lets women and weak men have a say in the world is the modern civilized world run by law and order.
that breaks down.
burn it all down.
that was my issue with everyone yelling Jimmie Kimmel was freedom of speech.
Nope it was enforcing laws.
you don't like the laws fight in the system and change them.
the ignorance of what laws / regulations you are subject to is no longer excuse.
Well the FCC rules are a bit of a grey area on that subject, that's why I wrote about the "news comedy loophole."
I do believe in rules as well (violence-enforced ones should be as few as possible though), although with internet speech we don't have an FCC saying what you can and can't say on X, for example.
Ideally, anyone should be able to say whatever they want, but if someone is defrauded or has damages because of false information, they should be able to sue.
agreed but you also can't cause mass panics like "fire" in a theater that can cause damage.
So if used public airwaves (which i know you disagree with) to tell lies about crimes that could cause a riot etc....
that has to have penalties.
if you do the research a lot of this stems from when the original "war of the worlds' was broadcast on the radio and people believed it and people died over it.
I read about your comedy loophole and I thought it was very good.
replied with the FCC regulation and it does not matter if it was ever used before.
The law matters and needs to be applied always.
this is not the FBI with an office inside of twitter banning accounts.
Where is your outrage at that?
I was always outraged. The thing about being principled is you never have to second-guess where you'll stand in history