MSNBC’s Ari Melber, on his show The Beat Monday, hosted FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez to speak out against the recent Paramount-Skydance merger. Featuring the obviously inflammatory headline “TRUMP VS. 1ST AMENDMENT,” it was clear which way Melber and his guest leaned. The two discussed how the FCC’s typical role in the merger was really an attack against our Constitution.
After noting that his guest was “a Democratic appointee,” Melber teed Gomez up by asking specifically whether or not this “was this done in a traditional and proper way,” she was quick to respond:
This is absolutely unprecedented. First of all, the First Amendment and the Communications Act prohibits the FCC from censoring broadcasters. And in this case, what you saw was new Paramount agreeing to self-center based on content that this administration doesn't like. And that is a direct violation of our First Amendment.
Building off the absurd unstated assumption that the Paramount merger was purely a form of censorship from the FCC, Gomez offered some unbelievable complaints. Somehow, the unrelated fact that FCC Chairman Brendan Carr believed liberal media should be less biased meant he was destroying the First Amendment.
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