FCC’s Brendan Carr sends warning to Stephen Colbert: "Enforce the law"

Colbert and Talarico promoted phony censorship ‘hoax,’ FCC chair tells Glenn Beck

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr accused "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert and Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico of spreading a "hoax" about their interview segment.Colbert claimed during his Monday-night show that the FCC's new guidance on the equal time rule forced CBS to block Talarico from appearing on his program.'This was a decision by Colbert, by Talarico to put a hoax out there that they knew the media wo…

Mediaite One Sheet: Brendan Carr’s Victory Lap, Royal Arrest, CBS Chaos and More!

The Big Picture The FCC’s Brendan Carr held a press conference Wednesday to declare himself the victim — and the media class spent the day arguing about whether he was right. The aftermath of the Colbert/CBS standoff produced more heat than the original incident, with Carr calling the coverage a “hoax” while Poynter, CNN, and Barrett Media all drew wildly different lessons from the same week. Over at CBS, the Norah O’Donnell-back-to-mornings rum…

FCC’s Brendan Carr sends warning to Stephen Colbert: "Enforce the law"

Brendan Carr has said the equal-time rule is "about stopping legacy media from picking winners and losers in elections."