From: NoBody@nowhere.com   
      
   On Sat, 21 Feb 2026 18:00:01 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
      
   >NoBody  wrote in   
   >news:6ekgpkttdnp31pml837ao5jk5o07j28mla@4ax.com:   
   >   
   >> On Thu, 19 Feb 2026 17:16:16 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>NoBody  wrote in   
   >>>news:2nvdpk9m9ata8l9cuif65j0s79lomvomqo@4ax.com:   
   >>>   
   >>>> On Tue, 17 Feb 2026 16:45:52 +0000, Lee  wrote:   
   >>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>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/   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Colbert?  Laughter!   
   >>>>   
   >>>> Also, you're suddenly not in favor of following the law?   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   What law did Colbert break and   
   >>>why isn't Trump prosecuting him   
   >>>for it?   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> CBS intervened and stopped the broadcast as it would have violated   
   >> equal time provisions.   
   >   
   >   
   >     Evasion noted, cite the exact law.   
      
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