1 rich Libsyn https://www.libsyn.com 90 600 What is the Federal Communications Commission, and why does its chairman think the agency can regulate Jimmy Kimmel’s jokes? Note: Shortly after recording this episode, Nexstar and Sinclair announced they would return “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” to their stations. Joining us: Anna Gomez, FCC Commissioner&amp;nbsp; Ronnie London, FIRE General Counsel Bob Corn-Revere, FIRE Chief Counsel Timestamps:&amp;nbsp; 00:00 Intro&amp;nbsp; 04:46 What’s the FCC? 07:35 What’s the “public interest” standard? 14:20 What is the “fairness doctrine”? 25:21 What is the “broadcast hoax” rule? 28:55 What is “news distortion”? 35:31 Role of network affiliates 41:15 What happens now? Read the transcript here: https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/so-speak-podcast-transcript-what-going-fcc Enjoy listening to the podcast?&amp;nbsp;Donate to FIRE today and get exclusive content like member webinars, special episodes, and more. If you became a FIRE Member through a donation to FIRE at thefire.org and would like access to Substack’s paid subscriber podcast feed, please email sotospeak@thefire.org. &amp;nbsp; So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast http://www.sotospeakpodcast.com <iframe title="Libsyn Player" style="border: none" src="//html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/38411250/height/90/theme/custom/thumbnail/yes/direction/forward/render-playlist/no/custom-color/f04f63/" height="90" width="600" scrolling="no" allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen></iframe> https://assets.libsyn.com/secure/content/193624905