Source: The Hill
by James D Zirin
“With his campaign trailing [Jasmine] Crockett in the polls, [James] Talarico needed a shot in the arm, and he got one. He was slated last week to go on Stephen Colbert’s CBS ‘Late Show’ for a 15-minute taped conversation. It was a go until it was a stop, when everything hit the fan, including the First Amendment. The broadcast was ultimately not put on the airwaves, because then CBS might have been required to give Crockett equal time. … FCC chairman Brendan Carr called it a ‘hoax’ to blame the Trump administration for CBS’s programming decisions. But since Trump’s return to the White House last January, the FCC has aggressively targeted media institutions Trump has criticized. … Colbert posted the interview on the ‘Late Show’ YouTube channel, where it went viral, becoming his most-watched interview since the start of 2025. As of Monday, the short interview had been seen by more than 8.7 million viewers.” (02/24/26)
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/5750555-colbert-censorship-fcc-controversy/