From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:16:16 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
      
   >NoBody  wrote in   
   >news:2nvdpk9m9ata8l9cuif65j0s79lomvomqo@4ax.com:   
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   >> On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:45:52 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
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   >>>Stephen Colbert Says CBS Blocked   
   >>>James Talarico Interview Over FCC   
   >>>Equal Time Fears   
   >>>Feb 17   
   >>>   
   >>>Stephen Colbert went public Monday   
   >>>night with a striking accusation   
   >>>against his own network: that CBS   
   >>>lawyers had barred him from airing   
   >>>an interview with Texas state Rep.   
   >>>James Talarico, who is running for   
   >>>U.S. Senate, in a preemptive bow to   
   >>>FCC pressure over the agency’s push   
   >>>to apply its “equal time” rule to   
   >>>late-night talk shows.   
   >>>   
   >>>Colbert revealed that the network’s   
   >>>legal team had called The Late Show   
   >>>staff directly and told them "in no   
   >>>uncertain terms" the interview could   
   >>>not be broadcast. He had additionally   
   >>>been instructed not to raise the   
   >>>matter on air. He then proceeded to   
   >>>do precisely the opposite.   
   >>>https://variety.com/2026/tv/news/stephen-colbert-cbs-blocked-james-   
   >>>talarico-interview-fcc-equal-time-1236665220/   
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   >> Colbert?  Laughter!   
   >>   
   >> Also, you're suddenly not in favor of following the law?   
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   >   What law did Colbert break and   
   >why isn't Trump prosecuting him   
   >for it?   
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   CBS intervened and stopped the broadcast as it would have violated   
   equal time provisions.   
      
   What is to prosecute again?   
      
   Are you even concious when you post?   
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