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Podcast: The Ayn Rand Institute Podcast
Episode: Trump vs. CBS: How Government Pressures Companies to Self-Censor
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In this episode of the Ayn Rand Institute podcast, Marek Michulka and Onkar Ghate examine the Trump administration's actions against CBS — including a billion-dollar lawsuit and FCC investigation — and argue that the FCC’s regulatory power is incompatible with free speech.
 Among the topics covered:
How Trump's actions against CBS are targeting them for their content;
How censorship in a free country relies on self-censorship;
Why many critics of Trump’s actions miss the essential issue;
How antitrust is being used to force editorial rooms to cater to the whims of bureaucra...