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Hungary had a Communist era Constitution that was heavily amended when the Iron Curtain fell to purge it of properties that created a monopower in government. Then Orbon's party had more than a 2/3 majority in their Parliament in 2011 and used this majority to throw out that Constitution and adopt a new one which.... created a monopower in government.

Yep. They never did have a constitution like ours and they certainly don’t now

 

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Fallon and Seth up next it seems

Jimmy Fallon Abruptly Bows Out Of NYC Conference Slot Amid Late-Night Furor

Minutes before NBC late-night host Jimmy Fallon was slated to appear on a New York conference stage Thursday, organizers said he was out of the lineup.

deadline.com

Minutes before NBC late-night host Jimmy Fallon was slated to appear on a New York conference panel Thursday, organizers announced he was out of the lineup.

“Unfortunately, Jimmy Fallon is no longer able to attend today’s session,” the Fast Company Innovation Festival said in a statement.


Fallon and marketing executive Bozoma St. John had been slated to discuss Fallon’s new advertising-focused NBC series On Brand. The panel, minus Fallon, went on as scheduled. A representative of the festival at the conference venue in Lower Manhattan told a Deadline reporter there would be no comment on the situation beyond the statement.

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Trump offered his “congratulations” to ABC in a Truth Social post in the wake of the Kimmel move. He said it, along with the announcement from CBS last month that it was cancelling Late Night with Stephen Colbert at the end of the current season has turned the focus to NBC. The Kimmel suspension “leaves Jimmy and Seth, two total losers, on Fake News NBC. Their ratings are also horrible. Do it NBC!!! President DJT”

 

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I'm just not seeing the cancellation of Colbert/Kimmel as all that significant or evidence of Trump's authoritarian reign. As has been discussed, these late night shows have greatly diminished audiences and are very expensive to produce. Everybody (including Trump) predicted Kimmel would be next since his audience is about the same as Colbert's. These shows have only themselves to blame since a decade ago they decided to narrow cast their comedy towards half the country instead of appealing to the country at large.

No one is preventing Colbert and Kimmel from pursuing another platform for their "speech." Likely both will land with shows on streaming services. Great, let the market speak.

It doesn't matter if Colbert or Kimmel get their audiences back. What part of this do you not understand?

They shouldn't have to find new platforms just because Trump doesn't like what they say. That, in itself, is a huge chilling effect on speech. You're saying, "it's OK if you made a joke and now you have to completely reorient your life and career," based on the assumption that it will turn out fine in the end. But Kimmel and Colbert are not the issue. Both have enough money to comfortably retire.

It's the effect on everyone else, people who maybe want to speak up but don't have a cushion to fall back on.

It is so painful to have to explain these things to someone who claims to be trained in law. I mean, this is the very basics. This is the stuff they assume you understand even before you get to law school.

You reacted quite badly to the suggestion that you should be disbarred because of your political views. Well, now you're saying it's OK for others to be disbarred (in effect). Then you wonder why we are hostile to you. That's not just a different viewpoint. That's sociopathy disguised as politics.

 

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The FCC (read Government) is limited to how much sway they have over cable tv as opposed to broadcast tv. And they have zero (0) authority over internet streaming platforms. I think things are run differently in Hungary than they are here in the U.S..

The FCC also has no power to impose viewpoint discrimination but that ain't stopping them. None of Trump's executive orders are within the law.

What makes you think he won't just claim power over cable?