A Path Forward for the First Amendment
A Fireside Chat with FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez and Professor Jeff Kosseff.
Event Details
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has been in the national spotlight this year for its attempts to use regulatory procedures that may weaken First Amendment protections for broadcasting news agencies.
The FCC's Chairman has suggested that broadcasters' news coverage decisions might be considered in their license renewal proceedings. He launched a "news distortion" inquiry into a news program's editing of an interview with a presidential candidate and criticized late-night host Jimmy Kimmel's remarks about Charlie Kirk's killing; Kimmel's show was temporarily suspended. These moves may significantly affect free speech.
FCC Commissioner Anna M. Gomez has been an outspoken critic of these decisions. In a fireside chat as part of her “First Amendment Tour,” hosted by the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law and the University of Minnesota Law School, Commissioner Gomez will discuss why and how these actions may impede free speech and what the path forward could be for our democracy.
Speakers
Anna M. Gomez
Anna M. Gomez was sworn in as Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission in September 2023. She believes the FCC does best when its work honors the people it serves.
The Commissioner brings over 30 years of public and private sector experience in domestic and international communications law and policy to her position. Commissioner Gomez's full bio.
Jeff Kosseff
Jeff Kosseff is the Silha Professor of Media Ethics and Law and the Director of the Silha Center for the Study of Media Ethics and Law at the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Jeff is a First Amendment lawyer and former journalist who was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting and recipient of the George Polk Award for National Reporting.
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