Ep. 236: JD Vance, 60 Minutes, the Associated Press, the FCC, and more

from So to Speak: The Free Speech Podcast

by FIRE

Published: Wed Feb 19 2025

Show Notes

From JD Vance's free speech critique of Europe to the Trump administration barring the Associated Press from the Oval Office, free speech news is buzzing. General Counsel Ronnie London and Chief Counsel Bob Corn-Revere unpack the latest developments.

Timestamps:

Intro

JD Vance's speech in Europe

Margaret Brennan's comment on the Holocaust

Weimar fallacy

Trump admin v. Associated Press

DEI executive order

Trump's lawsuits targeting the media

FIRE defending Iowa pollster Ann Selzer

Concerns about the FCC under Brendan Carr

2004Super Bowl and the FCC

FCC's history of using the "Section 230 threat"

Newsguard and the FCC

Elon Musk and doxxing

Foreigners and the First Amendment

Outro

Read the transcript here.

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Show notes:

- "Vice President JD Vance delivers remarks at the Munich Security Conference" The White House (2025)

- "Utterlybizarre assertion from Margaret Brennan…" Michael Tracey via X (2025)

- "Rubio defends Vance's Munich speech as CBS host suggests 'free speech' caused the Holocaust" FOX News (2025)

- "Posting hateful speech online could lead to police raiding your home in this European country" 60 Minutes (2025)

- "AP reporter and photographer barred from Air Force One over 'Gulf of Mexico' terminology dispute" AP News (2025)

- "FIRE statement on White House denying AP Oval Office access" FIRE (2025)

- "Endingradical and wasteful government DEI programs and preferencing" The White House (2025)

- "Meta to pay $25 million to settle 2021Trump lawsuit" The Wall Street Journal (2025)

- "Trumpsettles suit against Elon Musk's X over his post-Jan. 6 ban" AP News (2025)

- "Questions ABC News should answer following the $16 million Trump settlement" Columbia Journalism Review (2025)

- "Trump v. Selzer: Donald Trump sues pollster J. Ann Selzer for 'consumer fraud' over Iowa poll" FIRE (2025)