The pretext *was* flimsy, but he was not a “comedian” exercising free speech, but an operative, a paid propagandist whose ratings did not justify his salary. Good argument ABC violated the terms of the FCC over the public airwaves, but ideally FCC shouldn’t have been involved, just the affiliates whose audiences he had alienated. Either way, big win for humanity, wouldn’t sweat this one at all, even if the admin has definitely overreached in other areas.

I’m confused about some bits of detail because it’s nexstar that opened up about firing him and not ABC. Nexstar is not all of ABC stations either. So when does what could be a valid business decision become unconstitutional.