Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension isn’t just a late-night controversy. It opens up a bigger query about the way forward for free speech in the US — and about how far political energy can attain into the media panorama. Our visitor as we speak is Julien Labarre, Political Scientist and Postdoctoral Researcher on the College of Zurich. His work focuses on the intersection of politics, media, and democracy, and he is illustrating all that is at stake when lawsuits, regulatory strain, and industrial pursuits collide. Because the FCC turns into a political weapon, lawsuits flip into intimidation techniques, and media giants are compelled to weigh editorial independence towards billion-dollar mergers, we’re left to ask: Is freedom of speech even considered an American worth?
'Media giants having to weigh editorial independence versus industrial ambitions'
