#StephenColbert then took a copy of the #CBS statement, wrapped it in a dog poop bag, & tossed it away.
#Colbert had instead shown his Talarico interview on YouTube, but told viewers why he couldn’t show it on CBS. The network was concerned about #FCC Chair #BrendanCarr trying to enforce a rule that required broadcasters to give “equal time” to opposing candidates when an interview was broadcast with one of them.
#law #FirstAmendment #censorship #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism
“We looked & we can’t find one example of this rule being enforced for any talk show interview, not only for my entire late-night career, but for anyone’s late-night career going back to the 1960s,” #StephenColbert said.
Although #BrendanCarr said in January he was thinking about getting rid of the exemption for late-night talk shows, he hadn’t done it yet. “But #CBS generously did it for him,” Colbert said.
#law #FirstAmendment #FCC #censorship #Trump #authoritarianism #fascism
