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> Kimmel was straight up spreading misinformation about the shooter.

There's been an absolute ton of that going around. Who else has been pulled from the air?

What Kimmel said was

> “The MAGA Gang (is) desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them and doing everything they can to score political points from it,” Kimmel said. “In between the finger-pointing, there was grieving.”[1]

If that's "misinformation", and I'd love to hear how any part of that beside being "one of them" could even be considered so; regardless, it's pretty mild compared to some of the crazy shit we've been hearing lately.

[1] https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/article/abc-yanks-jimmy-kimmels...

> Kimmel was straight up spreading misinformation about the shooter.

... which is free speech, regardless of whether or not we agree with it.

But sure, I guess this sort of misinformation is fine when the president says it in support of his own ideology, but not ok when someone like Kimmel does it (and read a sibling poster's quote of what Kimmel said... that wasn't misinformation, or even false).

You're correct that defamatory speech isn't protected, but the remedy for that is a civil suit, not threats from a FCC commissioner.

This is absolutely government censorship.

And not to play the whataboutism card, but if Kimmel should be taken off the air for misinformation, then all of Fox "News" should have been taken off the air years ago.

'FOX NEWS' told the court they were innocent because they don't report news, they give opinion, and opinion doesn't have to be true.

It's fairly absolute. There are exceptions but they are usually narrower then most people think. Proving defamation especially against a public figure is difficult on purpose.

As for spreading misinformation if that was illegal the whole Trump administration and fox would be in deep trouble