"It's true that Cooper has a ton of other jobs to keep him busy, most notably hosting a weeknight show on CNN. And, in his statement about leaving the news magazine show, Cooper said he wanted to spend more time with his family. (Don't people always say that?) But Status' Oliver Darcy also reported that "Cooper had grown increasingly uneasy with the rightward direction the network has charted under" CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss and David Ellison's ownership of CBS' parent company, Paramount."
"By now, you know the late-night host wanted to have Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico on the show, but claims he was told "in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast." The network, according to Colbert, was worried about the Federal Communications Commission rule about equal time, which means if a station gives airtime to one candidate, then that station must offer an equal amount of time to other candidates."
CBS News is facing a period of uncertainty after Anderson Cooper announced he was leaving 60 Minutes after nearly two decades. Cooper cited family time and other commitments, while reports say he was uneasy about the network's rightward direction under Bari Weiss and Paramount ownership. The network also faced controversy when Stephen Colbert said lawyers barred a guest, citing equal-time concerns for a Texas Senate candidate. The equal-time rule requires stations to offer equivalent airtime to other candidates if requested. FCC commissioner Brendan Carr has questioned talk-show exemptions and opened scrutiny of similar cases.
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