- Absent in the two’s concerns was anything about the Russia collusion hoax narrative, global warming falsehoods, myths about police violence, or any other leftist narrative that is based on lies.
- More alarmingly at the time, hardly any other cable channel seemed concerned that the government was, in effect, pressuring a private company to silence a media company.
- Eshoo insisted she eschewed any direct violations of the First Amendment by claiming the letter was just “asking questions” and not explicitly asking for the networks to be dropped.