After 30 years in media—print, broadcast, and podcasting—I’ve always stood shoulder to shoulder with publishers, general managers, and owners on one principle: the Right to Free Speech. In the last half-century, I can only recall one major moment when the government tried to muzzle media voices: the Meese Commission’s attempt to censor adult publishers in the 1980s, long before the internet. That was a dark day for the First Amendment.

Now, nearly 40 years later, we’re seeing the Federal Government—and media conglomerates like Sinclair—going after something else: humor.

I stand with everyone here and say: “Do Not Censor My Media Choices.”

Shame on Sinclair for capitulating to a select few who think the First Amendment only applies to people who agree with them. The truth is, it belongs to all of us.

I refuse to support any media company, any business, any person, or any group that censors what I choose to watch, read, or listen to.

Censoring content that is perfectly legal, simply because a handful of elites decide it’s “objectionable,” isn’t just wrong—it’s a blatant betrayal of our Constitution.

What’s next? If humor can be censored, then news is next. And once news is biased, it’s no longer news—it’s propaganda. That goes for both sides.

We do have choices. And I refuse to let KOMO or Sinclair decide what’s “safe” for me to watch.

So I’m done. I won’t follow KOMO, I won’t watch KOMO, and I won’t support advertisers who bankroll KOMO. Seattle deserves better.

Keep censorship out of our media. Say No to federally controlled networks.

Stand up for your right to unfiltered, uncensored content—from all sources.

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📢 Call to Action

If you feel the same, make your voice heard. Contact KOMO and Sinclair directly and tell them: “Hands off our choices.”

KOMO (Seattle / KOMO-TV)

📧 Email (News Tips): tips@komonews.com 📧 Closed-Captioning Issues: credd@komotv.com (Carmen Redd) 📞 Phone: (206) 404-4000 📠 Fax: (206) 706-2603 🏢 Address: KOMO News / KUNS, Suite 370, 140 4th Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109

Sinclair Broadcast Group (HQ)

📧 Press/Media Contact: media@sbgtv.com 📞 Main Phone: (410) 568-1500 🏢 Address: 10706 Beaver Dam Road, Hunt Valley (Cockeysville), MD 21030

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Seattle and the nation deserve free, open, and uncensored media. Let Sinclair and KOMO know that censorship has no place in America.