What media consolidation means for free speech

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  NPR.

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  With the suspension and then return of late night TV host Jimmy Kimmel,

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  free speech has been a big national conversation over the last couple of weeks.

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  This all began with the tragic shooting of conservative influencer Charlie Kirk,

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  and comments Kimmel made in the wake of that on his late night show.

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  We had some new lows over the weekend with the MAGA gang desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.

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  But when it comes to free speech,

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  there's another conversation which deserves more airtime that may explain how we got here.

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  It's the Telecommunications Act of 1996.

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  This is The Indicator from Planet Money.

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  I'm Darian Woods.

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  And I'm Adrian Ma.

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  Today on the show, the economics of television censorship.

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  how the Telecommunications Act set the stage for government meddling and corporate capitulation.

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  I Want It That Way was a Backstreet Boys banger, but was it also a secret economics lesson?

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  If you watch the music video,

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  you can really see an illustration of the concept of comparative advantage.

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  All right.

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  In our most recent bonus episode,

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  we compete to see who can pick the most Planet Money song, movie, and more from 1999.

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