They are so afraid of him flipping Texas, they are threatening FCC licenses for broadcasting his interviews.
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>CBS lawyers had barred him from airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, who is running for U.S. Senate, in a preemptive bow to FCC pressure over the agency’s push to apply its “equal time” rule to late-night talk shows.
>Colbert revealed that the network’s legal team had called “The Late Show” staff directly and told them “in no uncertain terms” the interview could not be broadcast. He had additionally been instructed not to raise the matter on air. He then proceeded to do precisely the opposite.
TheInsaneMilkman on
What if it somehow got “leaked” to YouTube?
bickering_fool on
‘Equal time fears’. Oh man America…you are totally fried.
GarmaCyro on
/s So when will Breitbart, NewsMax, Foxnews, et all be required to include left-wing friendly segments and news?
Equal time my ass. They want far-right propaganda to have exclusive rights.
AMCorBUST2021 on
Obviously BS
But I’d love to see MTG up there to hear why change of heart
ChainLC on
Horse hockey. They worked for years to abolish the fairness in broadcasting act. if they can do that then they need to go after Sinclair stations. they own half the broadcast news channels in the US and stop them from airing their daily right wing opinion pieces that are “must run” pushed to the locals from corporate.
and the 700 club that iirc is still being aired on local broadcast channels.
NoReserve7293 on
Control the media, control the narrative. Right out of the Nazi playbook.
Luckydog12 on
Barry Weiss is a fascist.
IJustLookLikeThis13 on
I know they’re running against each other right now, but I’d like to see both Talarico and Crockett flip Cornyn’s seat and Cruz’s seat, respectively. Talarico would do well to get into the Senate with two years left of Trump to go, and then use that arena to highlight the hypocrisy and utter insanity of the Epstein class, and help erode base support for Trump; and watching Crockett debate Cruz and end his lying shitshow would be too satisfying.
reject_fascism on
Russel Vought is a christofascist nazi scumbag
Particular-County277 on
Or, they are terrified of Talirico. He is very popular. And of course their biggest fear. Decent
Lie-Straight on
Maybe it’s because Talarico isn’t subordinate to Israel, and neither are his supporters? Maybe in fact he is pushing for US sovereignty over its own foreign policy, and an end to all US tax dollars going to Israel? And maybe CBS is owed by Zionists (Larry & David Ellison) and run by traitorous Zionists (Bari Weiss)?
The control over our media is naked and aggressive. And not in the good kind of way
hummajeep on
Oh yeah they scared of James
Listening_Heads on
I absolutely do not have faith that our current Democratic Party is strong enough or even interested in undoing all of this damage. I get it, there is a lot to undo, but I just don’t think they want to or can.
BrianThatDude on
Dems are actually crazy if they pick Crockett over this man. He terrifies the republicans because he’s everything they pretend to be.
IUsedToBeACave on
> Walking his audience through the FCC’s “equal time” rule – which requires broadcast networks to provide opposing political candidates equivalent airtime – Colbert noted that talk shows had long benefited from an exemption to that requirement.
I’m not exactly sure how the rule works, but if Talarico’s opposition wants to come on to Colbert’s show for an interview I’m sure Colbert would be happy to oblige him. It can’t violate the rule if they decline access to the “equal” time right?
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They are so afraid of him flipping Texas, they are threatening FCC licenses for broadcasting his interviews.
>CBS lawyers had barred him from airing an interview with Texas state Rep. James Talarico, who is running for U.S. Senate, in a preemptive bow to FCC pressure over the agency’s push to apply its “equal time” rule to late-night talk shows.
>Colbert revealed that the network’s legal team had called “The Late Show” staff directly and told them “in no uncertain terms” the interview could not be broadcast. He had additionally been instructed not to raise the matter on air. He then proceeded to do precisely the opposite.
What if it somehow got “leaked” to YouTube?
‘Equal time fears’. Oh man America…you are totally fried.
/s So when will Breitbart, NewsMax, Foxnews, et all be required to include left-wing friendly segments and news?
Equal time my ass. They want far-right propaganda to have exclusive rights.
Obviously BS
But I’d love to see MTG up there to hear why change of heart
Horse hockey. They worked for years to abolish the fairness in broadcasting act. if they can do that then they need to go after Sinclair stations. they own half the broadcast news channels in the US and stop them from airing their daily right wing opinion pieces that are “must run” pushed to the locals from corporate.
and the 700 club that iirc is still being aired on local broadcast channels.
Control the media, control the narrative. Right out of the Nazi playbook.
Barry Weiss is a fascist.
I know they’re running against each other right now, but I’d like to see both Talarico and Crockett flip Cornyn’s seat and Cruz’s seat, respectively. Talarico would do well to get into the Senate with two years left of Trump to go, and then use that arena to highlight the hypocrisy and utter insanity of the Epstein class, and help erode base support for Trump; and watching Crockett debate Cruz and end his lying shitshow would be too satisfying.
Russel Vought is a christofascist nazi scumbag
Or, they are terrified of Talirico. He is very popular. And of course their biggest fear. Decent
Maybe it’s because Talarico isn’t subordinate to Israel, and neither are his supporters? Maybe in fact he is pushing for US sovereignty over its own foreign policy, and an end to all US tax dollars going to Israel? And maybe CBS is owed by Zionists (Larry & David Ellison) and run by traitorous Zionists (Bari Weiss)?
The control over our media is naked and aggressive. And not in the good kind of way
Oh yeah they scared of James
I absolutely do not have faith that our current Democratic Party is strong enough or even interested in undoing all of this damage. I get it, there is a lot to undo, but I just don’t think they want to or can.
Dems are actually crazy if they pick Crockett over this man. He terrifies the republicans because he’s everything they pretend to be.
> Walking his audience through the FCC’s “equal time” rule – which requires broadcast networks to provide opposing political candidates equivalent airtime – Colbert noted that talk shows had long benefited from an exemption to that requirement.
I’m not exactly sure how the rule works, but if Talarico’s opposition wants to come on to Colbert’s show for an interview I’m sure Colbert would be happy to oblige him. It can’t violate the rule if they decline access to the “equal” time right?