You really don't have to be fair to the executives. The FCC absolutely can't do shit about Jimmy Kimmel, and would lose the procedure if it ever came to it. Instead, they immediately bent the knee and decided that loyalty to the nascent fascist regime was more important that standing up against the most clear cut and unjustifiable attack to free speech in a long time.
Remember when the FCC botted their own comment page in order to make it look like the public was split and ultimately against a policy change that the public is clearly in favor of?
Funny how they only did that under President Trump, but Biden's FCC never did that.
'We find it's fine to waive the rule that limits large media company mergers in order to protect speech because this Nexstar merger will in no way impact speech in the US'. -The FCC in the coming months
Also because some people don't seem to know this, the government can't murder a man even if he was already dying of cancer.
I totally agreed with you. But mafia tactics work because they are terrifying. My point was this is unprecedented in American history and people are scared.