On Tuesday, CBS News fired 60 Minutes correspondent Scott Pelley — a 40-year veteran of the network — effective immediately and without severance. 

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On Monday, the Wall Street Journal revealed that the Justice Department issued grand jury subpoenas to the outlet and its reporters, demanding records tied to its coverage of the Iran war. 

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ABC has become the first major network to take a bold public stance against efforts by the federal government to chill protected speech.

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Today, the President and First Lady demanded that ABC’s leadership “take a stand” and “immediately fire” Jimmy Kimmel.

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The President of the United States crossed a line today — a line that cannot be ignored, excused, or normalized.

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More than a thousand movie stars, writers, directors and other Hollywood professionals announced their "unequivocal opposition" to the proposed Paramount merger with Warner Bros. Discovery in an open letter published Monday.

The Committee for the First Amendment commends US District Judge Randolph Moss’s ruling blocking the Trump Administration's attempt to strip federal funding from NPR and PBS — a resounding rejection of government retaliation against a free press.  

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The pair joined in a gathering of artists and others who denounced censorship and faulted President Trump’s growing influence over the nation’s cultural life.

The FCC and DOJ’s approval of Nexstar’s acquisition of Tegna is a reckless decision that hands extraordinary control over local news to a single corporate giant and strikes at the heart of the First Amendment.

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Yesterday, the sitting Federal Communications Commission Chair, Brendan Carr, threatened that TV broadcasters must “course correct” their coverage of the Iran war or “they will lose their licenses.”

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The arrest and detention of journalist Estefany Maria Rodriguez Florez should alarm every American who believes in a free press. The Committee for the First Amendment demands her immediate release. 

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President Trump, once again, demonstrated his fondness for corrupt political meddling, when he demanded that Netflix fire former U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice from its board or “pay the consequences.”

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Late last night federal law enforcement arrested journalists Don Lemon, Trahern Jeen Crews, Georgia Fort, and Jamael Lydell Lundy for doing their Constitutionally-protected jobs reporting on the ongoing protests in Minneapolis.

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Reports that last night 60 Minutes pulled a rigorously investigated story about the Trump Administration are beyond concerning.

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Today’s news that Warner Bros. Discovery has accepted a purchase bid from Paramount-Skydance is an alarming escalation in a consolidation crisis that threatens the entire entertainment industry, the democratic public it serves, and the First Amendment itself.

Jane Fonda is weighing in on Netflix‘s $82.7 billion deal to acquire Warner Bros.

Jane Fonda and hundreds of members of the entertainment industry have revived the Committee for the First Amendment, a free-expression group that was originally formed by Hollywood stars including her father, Henry Fonda, during the McCarthy era.

Eight decades after Hollywood legends like Henry Fonda, Lucille Ball, Humphrey Bogart, Frank Sinatra and Judy Garland launched the Committee for the First Amendment to stand up to McCarthyism, Jane Fonda is bringing back the organization at a time she calls “the most frightening moment of my life.”

Today, we relaunch the Committee for the First Amendment. 

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