US EditionStephen Colbert Says CBS Blocked Texas Democrat Interview Over FCC Equal Time Rule
- 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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The exchange between the host and the texan candidate in the Senate was aired on the YouTube channel of the show. CBS stated that it had not "hindered" the broadcast of the interview but stressed that it might violate the rules of speaking time.
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.
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abc NewsStephen 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.
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