OutKick founder Clay Travis is reacting to comments about censorship from Carl Cannon, the Washington Editor of Real Clear Politics. Cannon believes some mainstream media members have been overly eager to excuse or justify censorship. 

Cannon added that not only have they excused it, but in some cases, they have actively supported the censoring of politicians and even fellow journalists who hold opposing viewpoints. 

“I agree with the conclusion,” Travis said on America’s Newsroom. “I think we’ve entered into a really scary time in our country where we’ve moved from basically an embrace of the marketplace of ideas and a robust First Amendment, where you can argue for or against any policy under the sun, to a position where Democrats believe not only the government itself should be censoring opinions it doesn’t like, but in the position of determining what can and cannot be argued.” 

Travis said the real threat to democracy is the inability to have a healthy dialogue and express opposing points of view. 

“Typically, the First Amendment was for minority rights as it was the majority rights,” he added. “Many different issues that initially start off with minority appeal grow into a majority perspective by allowing themselves to be argued over decades. That’s really kind of the entire purpose of Supreme Court dissents.” 

Last week marked the end of an era as Rupert Murdoch stepped down from his role leading Fox Corp. and News Corp. and handed the reins to his son, Lachlan.

Over the last few days, there have been plenty of opinions about what will happen to the parent company of media outlets such as Fox News now that the elder Murdoch is giving up his role.

Nonetheless, MSNBC’s Mehdi Hasan took a different approach with his thoughts. Instead, Hasan summarized the “very real wake of destruction” that the 92-year-old left behind during his time as Fox Corp. and News Corp. chair.

“It’s difficult to sum up Murdoch’s unremittingly toxic and pernicious record, to encapsulate the sheer power of Murdoch to do damage to our politics, our media, our world,” Hasan wrote in an essay published on the MSNBC website on Sunday.

“Three of the most destructive events of my lifetime — the Iraq War, the Brexit vote, and the rise of Trump and his big lie — simply could not have happened without Rupert Murdoch.”

While Lachlan takes over for his father as the company’s chair, the longtime executive said just because he is relinquishing his title doesn’t mean he will step away from the companies he built completely.

Fox News will be center stage, with Sean Hannity moderating a debate between Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and California Governor Gavin Newsom.

The event will see the red and blue state governors go head-to-head on Nov. 30 for a 90-minute debate to be aired on Hannity’s show at 9:00 p.m. ET. 

Furthermore, the debate will take place in Georgia, though the precise location has yet to be decided.

“I’m looking forward to providing viewers with an informative debate about the everyday issues and governing philosophies that impact the lives of every American,” Hannity said.

The idea for a debate arose from Hannity’s June interview with Newsom. DeSantis agreed in July, but snags around timing and venue cast doubt on the debate until now.

Fox News has been the go-to channel for debates this year, as the network hosted the first GOP debate in August, garnering about 13 million viewers. Additionally, the second debate, held on September 27 and hosted by Fox Business Network and Univision, though it will also air on Fox News.