From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:22:48 -0500, NoBody  wrote:   
      
   >On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:16:16 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
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   >>NoBody  wrote in   
   >>news:2nvdpk9m9ata8l9cuif65j0s79lomvomqo@4ax.com:   
   >>   
   >>> 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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   And Lying Lee has run away again.   
      
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