Stephen Colbert tells his audience about who was not allowed on his show: "That's Texas state representative James Talarico. He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast. 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. And because my network clearly does not want us to talk about this ... Let's talk about this."
The crowd is LOVING James Talarico on Stephen Colbert[image or embed]
-- Team Talarico (@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social) Feb 17, 2026 at 2:40 AM
Colbert explained on his show that the FCC's "equal time rule" was the given reason for the Talarico interview being yanked off the air. He instead ran the interview on the show's YouTube channel, which is not under the jurisdiction of the FCC. CBS's statement suggests that the network would have allowed the interview on air had Colbert also invited Crockett on his show for an equal amount of time and promotion.
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LMAO you ------- morons...
This just in from CBS: "THE LATE SHOW was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico. 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. THE LATE SHOW decided to present the interview through its YouTube channel with on-air promotion on the broadcast rather than potentially providing the equal-time options."
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Comedian Stephen Colbert blasted CBS on Monday and said his own network's attorneys barred him from hosting Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico.
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This was a lie.
BrianStelter:
This just in from CBS: "THE LATE SHOW was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico. 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. THE LATE SHOW decided to present the interview through its YouTube channel with on-air promotion on the broadcast rather than potentially providing the equal-time options."
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Why? Pretty cut and dry explanation.
The Elite Dems don't want Rep. Jasmine Crockett to win.
Stephen Colbert wanted to air an ad for his new favorite political candidate, then lied that the FCC and CBS was "censoring" the interview.
Lumpers support systemic racism.
#29 X.com?
Try again, loser.
And bear in mind The Donnerboy Rule:
I need two (2) independent sources** from any Trump sycophant for any 'proof' they offer before it is even considered, much less replied to.**Any source that contains "Trump's FBI said...", or "The DOJ announced..." or "The White House proclaimed..." - or any iteration thereof - will immediately be considered not an independent source. - Try again.
#77 And I'm a verified idiot here.
~ A_MORON
verified idiot, Stelter is a national media figure.
CBS Denies Forcing Stephen Colbert to Not Air Interview With Democratic Candidate, Says It Provided Legal Guidance' About FCC Equal-Time Rule
variety.com
Now what BS are you going to use?
James Talarico Raised $2.5 Million After Stephen Colbert Interview Was Shifted From Broadcast To YouTube
Link: deadline.com
Much obliged, Bari Weiss!
#115 As usual, the silence and ignorance and incompetence of onepigironheadedsmoothbrainaut continues, unabated.

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Crockeett's initial statement on this Trump/Republican/MAGA cancel culture (transcript):
I have been briefed somewhat about this Colbert situation, not fully and I'm waiting on a segment. Um, I have done Colbert a number of times if you pay attention. I've done the View a number of times. I've done Kimmel a number of times. I've done all these shows a number of times. We did receive um information suggesting that um the federal government did not shut down this segment.www.youtube.com
Number one, that is my understanding that the federal government did not didn't shut this down and we will do an official statement once we get another official statement
that we anticipate is going to be coming um from Carr. All right. So, we will read
what they say and then we'll go from there.
It is our understanding that Colbert either Mr. Colbert or CBS decided that they just get more (distorted) and this was because of a fear that the FCC may say something to them and that there may have been advice to just have me on and then they could clear the issue.
Um it was my understanding that someone somewhere decided we just don't want to do that and instead we're going to just do it this way. So, I don't believe and and let me be clear, I don't have any love for the current FCC. I don't want anybody to believe that I do. I do not have any love for them.
I do think that there are additional layers um at play here. And so before we put
out our formal statement, I do want to make sure that Paramount, who is um the parent company, puts out theirs and we have exactly what happened um versus kind of the mania that just so happened to play out on the very first day of early voting, which feels kind of (distorted).
But I'm damn glad they didn't! LMAO!
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