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Legal experts say pulling Jimmy Kimmel from air may amount to illegal 'jawboning' (www.npr.org)

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[–] ToastedRavioli@midwest.social 20 points 9 months ago

There is a difference between the two situations in that the government has a compelling interest in limiting speech that could harm people through the spread of misinformation. Like the classic “yelling fire in a crowded theatre” metric of what is not considered free speech.

In the case of Kimmel talking about Kirk, there is no compelling interest at play, as there is no possible direct harm to other people in saying literally anything about the guy, true or false.