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Yet no problem for right wing talk radio? How could they make things any more obvious than that?

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https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5742205-cbs-denies-colbert-talarico-censorship/

CBS is denying an accusation from Stephen Colbert, the network’s top comic and host of “The Late Show,” that it prevented him from airing an interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.

Colbert during his Monday show told viewers that attorneys for CBS told him “in no uncertain terms” that “we could not have him on the broadcast,” referring to Talarico, a member of the Texas House.


“Not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on,” the host continued. “And because my network clearly does not want us to talk about this, let’s talk about this.”

CBS in a statement to The Hill denied Colbert’s account.

“The Late Show was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico,” a spokesperson for the network said. “The show was provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal-time rule for two other candidates, including Rep. Jasmine Crockett, and presented options for how the equal time for other candidates could be fulfilled.”


It was “The Late Show” itself, CBS said, that “decided to present the interview through its YouTube channel with on-air promotion on the broadcast rather than potentially providing the equal-time options.”

The Hill reached out to “The Late Show” for comment.

The back-and-forth comes as President Trump’s Federal Communications Commission (FCC) chair, Brendan Carr, has floated doing away with a department rule that exempts daytime and late-night talk shows from the FCC’s equal-time protection, which dictates all candidates for public office receive equal time on public airwaves.


Colbert, during his monologue, tore into Carr, mocking his appearance and arguing he is motivated by a desire to please Trump.

“Let’s just call this what it is: Donald Trump’s administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV, because all Trump does is watch TV,” the host said.

FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez, a Democrat, also blasted Paramount, CBS’s parent company, over the dispute, saying it amounted to political censorship.

Paramount has made headlines with sweeping changes to its news division in recent months and last year canceled Colbert’s show, which is slated to come off the air this spring.

The broadcaster at the time said Colbert’s cancellation was necessary given rising financial pressures facing the company.

Critics accused the company of seeking favor with Trump as it sought the administration’s approval for a merger with Skydance. And on Tuesday, Paramount renewed talks with Warner Bros. Discovery to acquire its entertainment and news assets.

If you had bothered to listen or pay attention to anything you would have known that what this is about is a new rule that even talk shows now have to give all opposing candidates equal time. That is the condition under which CBS would not allow the Late Show to have Talarico on as a guest. Colbert explained that but this is the spin CBS is putting on it.

Actually it's not even a rule yet but still they are already investigating The View for this same thing. CBS wouldn't allow the interview to go on because of the investigation of The View because the other guests couldn't be scheduled to comply with this "not yet a rule" that the FCC is already investigating The View for.

CBS are depending on gullible fools that didn't even watch what Colbert said to listen to their nonsense. And obviously they found some.

The equal time rule has never been applied to talk shows before.

Youtube is not on the airwaves so the FCC has no control over interviews done there...... yet.

But ignore what's really going on and pretend it isn't happening. Some of you have done pretty well at that so far.

Here is some more trumpian slop for you to slurp up.......................

FCC Chair Brendan Carr Denies Censoring Colbert Interview, Calls It A 'Hoax'

"There was no censorship here at all," Carr told reporters.

Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr on Wednesday denied the government censored CBS “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert after the network forbid him from airing an interview with a U.S. Senate candidate earlier this week.

“There was no censorship here at all,” Carr told reporters.

Instead of censorship, Carr blamed Texas state Rep. James Talarico (D) of committing a “hoax” related to CBS not airing his interview.

“You had a Democrat candidate who understood the way the news media works and he took advantage of all of your, sort of, prior conceptions, to run a hoax, apparently for the purpose of raising money and getting clicks,” Carr claimed. “And the news media played right into it.”

The “hoax” claim doesn’t appear to be factually supported, however: Colbert first brought up the censorship to his audience Monday, not Talarico.

“We were told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers ― who called us directly ― that we could not have [Talarico] on the broadcast,” Colbert said Monday.

“Then I was told, in some uncertain terms, that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on,” Colbert added. “And because my network clearly doesn’t want us to talk about this, let’s talk about this.”

Colbert proceeded to explain that the FCC, under Carr, has threatened to require late night TV talk shows to give equal time to every political candidate in a race, and it appears CBS decided to comply in advance. (Notably, Trump’s FCC has not threatened to apply the same rule to right-wing talk radio.)

“Now, as I said, at this point, he’s just released a letter that says he’s thinking about doing away with the exception for late night,” Colbert said. “He hasn’t done away with it yet, but my network is unilaterally enforcing it as if he had ... but I want to assure you, this decision is for purely financial reasons.”

Colbert accused CBS of caving to threats on Monday, saying the network told him not to interview Talarico on his show.

Colbert said CBS discouraged Talarico as a guest, seemingly fearing the FCC would impose an equal-time rule that hasn’t previously been used for late-night talk shows. Talarico is running against Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) in the Democratic primary for a U.S. Senate seat.

Talarico’s interview instead aired on the “Late Show” YouTube channel, where it quickly amassed millions of views. The campaign also said it raised $2.5 million within 24 hours after the interview aired.

In his press conference Wednesday, Carr claimed that Congress passed the equal-time rule so “the media elites in Hollywood and New York” can’t “pick the winners and losers in primaries.”

“There was one partisan candidate who fed this slop to the mainstream national news media and you guys ran for it,” Carr said. “I was just laughing, it was clear this story was going to turn at some point and the truth was going to come out.”

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/fcc-...oSVto_s-spGAR_aem_ZzbzO-2s3tS0p8Ad-8oexg

And here's the actual reason why all of this happened. Same candidate different show. Investigated over a rule that isn't even as rule yet for talk shows. If you aren't smart enough to understand the intimidation being applied to the media where they are willing to bring the full weight of the federal government down on them, you are well beyond help.......

The View Is Being Investigated by the FCC After Airing Political Interview

The news comes after Stephen Colbert was blocked from airing an interview with Senate candidate James Talarico this week, with CBS lawyers citing the FCC's Equal Time Rule

NEED TO KNOW

'The View' is being investigated following an episode featuring Democratic Senate Candidate James Talarico, with the FCC claiming the broadcast may have violated the Equal Time Rule

Although FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said the agency was looking into an "enforcement action" against the show, he didn't provide further details

Carr's remarks come after Stephen Colbert's interview with Talarico was not allowed to air, after CBS lawyers also invoked the Equal Time Rule

The head of the Federal Communications Commission said the agency is exploring “an enforcement action" against The View after the talk-show welcomed James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for Senate in Texas, as a guest on a recent episode.

“We’re taking a look at it,” FCC Chairman Brendan Carr told reporters on Wednesday, Feb. 18, but didn’t provide further details, according to Deadline.

Since earlier this month, The View has reportedly been under investigation for potentially violating the Equal Time Rule, a restriction that prevents favoritism by forcing broadcasters to provide commensurate airtime to opposing candidates, if requested.

The View had no comment when PEOPLE reached out on the FCC chairman's comments.

However, a network source told PEOPLE that the panel show regularly hosts sitting leaders and political candidates from across the political spectrum to discuss current events and differing viewpoints. That format is consistent with how The View has operated for years and what audiences tune in for.

For example, The View has also had one of Talarico's Democratic primary opponents, Rep. Jasmine Crockett, on as a recent guest.

During his appearance on the panel show, Talarico said this year’s Texas primary is “something unique.”

“We’re on the same team, Jasmine and I,” Talarico said. “We’re trying to change the politics of our state and take back this country… I got elected to the state house by flipping a Trump district that no one thought was winnable, in a county that was so red it hadn’t voted for a Democrat for president since Jimmy Carter.”

Carr’s comments come days after Stephen Colbert, 61, was blocked from airing his interview with Talarico on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. Colbert instead put the interview online, telling his broadcast viewers that CBS's lawyers cited the Equal Time Rule while telling him he “could not have” Talarico on the show.

In response, CBS said in a statement shared with PEOPLE that Colbert's show "was not prohibited by CBS" from broadcasting the interview and was "provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC equal-time rule for two other candidates, including Rep. Jasmine Crockett."

During his Feb. 17 show, Colbert responded to the CBS statement before crumpling it up shortly after saying, "I'm not a lawyer and I don't want to tell them how to do their jobs. But since they seem intent on telling me how to do mine, here we go."

"Fellas, I am well aware that we can book other guests. I didn't need to be presented with that option," Colbert continued. "I've had Jasmine Crockett on my show twice. I could prove that to you, but the network won't let me show you her picture without including her opponents. So I'll have to show you this picture of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein instead."

He added, "They told us the language they wanted me to use to describe that equal-time exception. And I used that language. So I don't know what this is about. For the record, I'm not even mad. I really don't want an adversarial relationship with the network. I never had one."

Colbert, whose show is ending in May after 11 years, said he was “grateful” for the network and "so surprised that this giant, global corporation would not stand up to these bullies."

"Come on, you're Paramount. No, you're more than that. You're Paramount+," he joked. "Plus what? I guess we're all gonna find out pretty soon."

"And for the lawyers to release this without even talking to me, it was really surprising," he concluded.

https://people.com/the-view-fcc-investigation-james-talarico-equal-time-11908898

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