Lemon LIVE at 5 | Trump Says the Media Can't Criticize Him! - September 18th, 2025
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Where do we start? Someone in the chat says, where do we start? I have been on Capitol Hill all day speaking to lawmakers and every single person I've spoken to is concerned about free speech, even conservatives. Now, they may not say it publicly. But privately, they're like. Now, I spoke to. A couple on the streets who said, hey, we're MAGA, we're happy, we're glad he got his comeuppance. meaning Jimmy Kimmel. And so the breaking news is, because there's more, the breaking news that happened last night when we left was about Jimmy Kimmel. And there's more breaking news today. So as we are streaming to you, there's major breaking news. Late yesterday, just after this show, ABC announced that it is pulling Jimmy Kimmel live, off the air, indefinitely, following immense pressure from Donald Trump's FCC.
And then just moments ago, the Federal Communications Commission, his name is Brendan Carr, he is the head of the FCC, has all but stated and explicitly that the administration might seek to do the same with multiple TV programs, including, but not limited to, Late Night with Seth Meyers, The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon, And then later on this evening, the view came into the discussion. Is this a death of free speech? The death of free speech in America? Some folks believe it is. From the very people who claim to be the supporters, proponents, and guardians of free speech are now canceling people. And they all of a sudden don't believe in free speech. It is shocking. And then more breaking news on top of this.
Are you ready for this one? The president of the United States is now saying maybe he didn't mean it that I don't know if he because, you know, he doesn't really have command of the English language. Right. He's not great with with sentence structure, grammar, all of that stuff. That networks can't criticize him. They're not supposed to listen.
When you have a network and you have evening shows and all they do is hit Trump. That's all they do. If you go back, I guess they haven't had a conservative on in years or something. Somebody said, but when you go back and take a look, all they do is hit Trump.
They're licensed. They're not allowed to do that. They're an arm of the Democrat party.
They're licensed. They're not allowed to do that. What are we living in? Now listen, let me tell you what the argument is going to be. But if you listen to it, he is saying, because you know, if you actually know sentences, right? What I believe he's trying to say is that they're biased and you're not supposed to be, that maybe that is the part that you're not supposed to do.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:13–6:30
2
What breaking news about Jimmy Kimmel and free speech opens the episode?
6:30–11:51
3
How did ABC and local station owners respond to pressure to pull Jimmy Kimmel?
11:51–21:51
4
What exactly did President Trump and FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr say about criticism of networks?
21:51–59:06
5
Could the FCC legally revoke licenses or force networks to censor content?
59:06–1:17:24
6
What examples of hypocrisy and extortion by the FCC and media owners are discussed?
1:17:24–1:24:20
Speakers
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