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Brendan Carr cited the federal requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates.
The Federal Communications Commission is investigating ABC’s “The View” over possible violations of the requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates when they appear on-air, according to the head of the agency that oversees U.S. broadcast airwaves.
Colbert said CBS' lawyers barred him from airing an interview with Democratic Texas State Representative James Talarico, who is running for his party's nomination for the US Senate.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said that the agency “has an enforcement action underway on ABC’s The View after the show featured James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, as a guest. “We’re taking a look at it,
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Brendan Carr Defends FCC After Colbert Outrage, But Confirms FCC Is Investigating ‘The View'
Earlier this week, Stephen Colbert claimed CBS lawyers barred The Late Show from airing an interview with U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico
The Federal Communications Commission has launched an enforcement action against ABC’s “The View” for potentially violating federal broadcasting rules, the Daily News reported, after the talk show featured a Texas political candidate without offering equal airtime to his opponents.
James Talarico declared the drama surrounding his allegedly pulled "Late Show" interview should be "troubling" for all Americans, as it's an attack on the First Amendment.
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CNN’s Brian Stelter Calls Out the FCC’s ‘Limited’ Power After CBS Spikes Colbert’s Interview With Talarico: ‘The Threat is the Point’
CNN's Brian Stelter argued that Trump didn't really have the power to punish CBS over the yanked interview between Stephen Colbert and James Talarico. The post CNN’s Brian Stelter Calls Out the FCC’s ‘Limited’ Power After CBS Spikes Colbert’s Interview With Talarico: ‘The Threat is the Point’ first appeared on Mediaite.