Barack Obama Is the Last Person Who Should Lecture America on Censorship

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2025/09/21/barack-obama-is-the-last-
person-who-should-lecture-america-on-censorship-n4943950

When ABC chose to preempt Jimmy Kimmel indefinitely, everyone on the left 
was rushing to chime in with their usual rhetoric, claiming censorship and 
lobbing false accusations against President Trump. One person who thought 
it would be a good idea to weigh in was probably the last person who 
should have: Barack Obama.

‘After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current 
administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely 
threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle 
or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like,” Obama tweeted.

Barack Obama has long tried to present himself as a champion of press 
freedom, but in reality, his administration carried out one of the most 
aggressive crackdowns on journalists and whistleblowers in modern history. 
He prosecuted more leakers than all previous presidents combined, often 
throwing people in prison for disclosures that turned out to be trivial.

The Obama administration also targeted the press itself. Obama’s Justice 
Department seized phone records from Associated Press reporters and 
editors, spied on journalists like Fox News’s James Rosen and New York 
Times reporter James Risen, and even labeled Rosen an “unindicted co-
conspirator” just for reporting the news. These actions occurred without 
due process, often in secret, and caused outrage from dozens of major news 
organizations that accused Obama of trampling the First Amendment. Obama 
had one of the most anti-free speech administrations in history.

Obama also tried to weaponize the FCC with his push for so-called “net 
neutrality,” dressing it up as fairness while in reality advancing a 
regulatory scheme that would give Washington greater leverage over 
internet providers and, by extension, online speech. For all the talk 
about hope and change, Obama’s legacy is one of suppressing dissent, 
intimidating the press, and laying the groundwork for the censorship 
culture that dominates the left today.

And the Trump White House is calling him out.

On Fox News, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt quickly 
dismissed Obama’s comments. “With all due respect to former President 
Obama, he has no idea what he’s talking about,” she said. “The decision to 
fire Jimmy Kimmel and to cancel his show came from executives at ABC. That 
has now been reported. And I can assure you, it did not come from the 
White House and there was no pressure given from the President of the 
United States.”

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“And how do I know that,” she asked. “Because I was with the President of 
the United States when this news broke in the United Kingdom. We were 
enjoying the beautiful and spectacular state visit that was put forth by 
the royal family and the Prime Minister of the UK, Keir Starmer, and I 
actually brought this news to President Trump’s attention.”

According to Leavitt, Trump himself was surprised. “He had no idea this 
was happening," she said. "It was a decision that was made by ABC because 
Jimmy Kimmel chose to knowingly lie to his audience on his program about 
the death of a highly respected man when our country is in a state of 
mourning. That was a decision that he made and he is now facing a 
consequence for that decision and for that lie.”

She added, “I can’t speak for [ABC]. I can speak on behalf of the 
president of the United States. And while he’s pleased with this decision, 
we had nothing to do with it. It was ABC’s decision and it was certainly 
the right one by them.”

Barack Obama weighing in on Jimmy Kimmel’s suspension isn’t just 
laughable—it’s pure hypocrisy. This is the same man who built one of the 
most hostile administrations toward the free press in American history, 
spying on reporters, seizing their phone records, and prosecuting 
whistleblowers at record levels. He turned the Justice Department into a 
weapon against journalists, even branding a Fox News reporter an 
“unindicted co-conspirator” simply for doing his job. For Obama to now 
lecture anyone about censorship is beyond shameless—it’s gaslighting.

See the hypocrisy for what it is—Obama, the same man who waged war on free 
speech and the free press, dares to lecture us on censorship while the 
media covers for him.


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November 5, 2024 - Congratulations President Donald Trump.  We look 
forward to America being great again.

We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so that 
stupid people won't be offended.

Every day is an IQ test. Some pass, some, not so much.

Thank you for cleaning up the disasters of the 2008-2017, 2020-2024 Obama 
/ Biden / Harris fiascos, President Trump.

Under Barack Obama's leadership, the United States of America became the 
The World According To Garp.  Obama sold out heterosexuals for Hollywood 
queer liberal democrat donors.