FCC chief Brendan Carr was characterised as wielding the “fascistic” power of the state to take down a beloved and brave entertainer on behalf of an “authoritarian” president. It wasn’t just Kimmel’s high profile that made the canning of his show such a rallying point for progressives: his comments appeared innocuous when compared to the joyous celebration of murder from doctors, teachers, bureaucrats and military officials who had themselves been “cancelled” thanks to a campaign to name and shame them. But the narrative was, if not an outright lie, then not the full truth. Carr had complained about Kimmel’s monologue,...
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