Anti-Trump networks 'should maybe have licenses revoked': Trump | LBC

Tom Swarbrick is joined by CEO of The Young Turks and former Democratic presidential candidate, Cenk Uygur, to discuss free speech in the United States of America. The US President has suggested some TV networks critical of him should have their licences revoked. Trump's statement comes after the controversy surrounding ABC’s cancellation of Jimmy Kimmel's show, following the host's comments about the murder of Charlie Kirk and Donald Trump's response to it. After the broadcaster announced that Kimmel's show had been 'pre-empted indefinitely', Kimmel's peers took to their own talk shows on Thursday to condemn the decision and Trump's administration. Cenk Uygur argues that Trump’s actions represent a form of ‘cancel culture’ and are ‘direct violation’ of the First Amendment. He highlights the danger of the FCC potentially denying media mergers based on content, which he sees as a governmental overreach into free expression. Though Cenk disagreed strongly with Charlie Kirk’s views, he defends Kirk’s right to express them, emphasising that offensive speech must be protected to preserve a free society. The guest insists that that offensive views should be countered with open debate, not bans. He concludes that freedom of speech is foundational to Western democracy, and that empowering authorities to limit it only strengthens the powerful. Listen to the full show on the all-new LBC App: https://app.af.lbc.co.uk/btnc/thenewlbcapp #tomswarbrick #cenkuygur #trump #kimmel #freespeech #uspolitics #ukpolitics #LBC