Stephen Colbert Says CBS Blocked Texas Democrat Interview Over FCC Equal Time Rule
CBS lawyers blocked Colbert's interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico citing FCC guidance; Colbert posted it online amid concerns over free speech and equal-time rules.
- Late-Night host Stephen Colbert said his interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico was pulled from the broadcast over network fears it would violate the Trump administration's FCC guidance on giving equal time to political candidates.
- Broadcast networks have been required to give equal time to political candidates, but that rule hasn't traditionally been applied to talk shows.
- Talarico posted a clip of the interview on social media, calling it 'the interview Donald Trump didn't want you to see.
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Stephen Colbert calls out CBS for blocking interview with Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico
Late-night host Stephen Colbert was stopped from having Senate candidate James Talarico of Texas on his show Monday night because of the FCC's latest enforcement of equal time rules.
Stephen Colbert says network lawyers pulled Talarico interview over FCC fears
Stephen Colbert says his interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico was pulled from Monday's broadcast over fears it would violate "equal time" guidance from the FCC under the Trump administration.
FCC Rule That Requires Leftist TV Hosts to Play Fair Leads Colbert to Dump Dem Interview from Network Rather Than Provide Equal Time to Republicans
In January, The Gateway Pundit reported that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a crackdown on partisan talk shows in both daytime and late-night in an effort to provide equal treatment for political candidates.
Cowardly And Complicit CBS Pulls Colbert Interview With Dem Politician To Please Republicans
The right wing extremist takeover of CBS continues to go just about how you thought it might.CBS is under fire yet again, this time for forcing Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show" to cancel a scheduled appearance with Texas Democratic State Representative James Talarico because it might upset our full-diapered president. Colbert acknowledged the cancellation on…
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