"He continued, when asked about Jeffrey Epstein, to call the FCC enforcement against The View and CBS's censorship of his interview a pattern and proof of a coordinated effort by the powerful: That appearance on The View is what started this whole drama, because that's when the FCC launched an investigation into The View for that appearance, which then led to this censorship on CBS with The Late Show. So, this has been a pattern."
"Talarico had been scheduled to appear on The Late Show on Monday but, when viewers tuned in, host Stephen Colbert claimed that CBS lawyers had told him in no uncertain terms that he could not have his booked guest on the broadcast citing the FCC's equal time rule. The segment was later uploaded to YouTube. CBS rejected Colbert's account and said it was merely providing legal guidance."
Texas State Rep. James Talarico warned that the Trump administration and powerful corporate media executives are coordinating to control what Americans watch through Federal Communications Commission rules. Two recent interviews made headlines after Talarico’s scheduled Late Show appearance was blocked, with Stephen Colbert saying CBS lawyers cited the FCC equal-time rule; CBS denied the account and called it legal guidance. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr confirmed a probe into ABC’s The View for staging interviews with Talarico and his primary rival. Talarico described the actions as a threat to First Amendment rights, called the pattern coordinated, and urged citizens to resist top-down control over information.
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