Colbert Canceled, NPR Defunded–Is Freedom of Speech Under Attack?

In this blistering commentary, Lean to the Left’s Bob Gatty connects the dots—from Colbert’s cancellation and Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the Wall Street Journal, to the GOP’s war on public broadcasting. Is this about saving money—or silencing dissent?

Trump Attacks Freedom of Speech, Key to Democracy

by Bob Gatty The decision to cancel Stephen Colbert’s The Late Show on CBS, along with the Republicans’ devastating cuts to public broadcasting constitutes a major threat to freedom, of speech, a cornerstone of our democracy — and that should have us all up in arms. Listen View As my colleague, Mark M. Bello, wrote […]