Right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk, recently killed in a shooting allegedly carried out by a left-leaning attacker, was a strong defender of the First Amendment. He once said: “There’s ugly speech. There’s gross speech. There’s evil speech. And all of it is protected by the First Amendment.” Meanwhile, the Trump administration is targeting liberal media. President Donald Trump has filed a $15 billion lawsuit against The New York Times, and the FCC chair targeted ABC, referencing remarks late-night host Jimmy Kimmel made about Kirk, saying, “We can make this easy or hard.” Disney, parent company of ABC, then pulled Kimmel’s show off the air.

There were 98 responses via email, voicemail and Facebook to this week’s Tele-Talk question: Do you think our First Amendment rights are eroding?

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