by Bruno Mann

“Kimmel says interview with Talarico won’t air on TV after threats from Trump’s FCC”
—The Guardian

We might attack; we might defend.
No media’s beyond our reach,
And we decide if we’ll extend
Your fundamental right of speech.

All censorship is wrong, of course,
A cause for which we’ll fiercely fight,
Yet now and then we must use force
To guarantee what’s said is Right.

Those freedoms we (on paper) back
Demand a reading more subjective.
Consistency we do not lack—
We simply have to be selective.