Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr is considering an enforcement action against ABC, citing a potential violation of the Equal Time Rule related to the network's handling of Stephen Colbert's interview with a Texas candidate. Carr criticized the media's coverage of the situation, saying it played into a scheme designed to generate clicks and raise money.
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr has revealed that an “enforcement action” is being contemplated against ABC ’s far-left daytime talk show,“We’re taking a look at it,” Carr said on Wednesday, citing a concern that ABC violated the Equal Time Rule , which requires broadcasters to offer equal time to a candidate’s opponents of they request the air time,that they should not assume they are exempt from the rule when they invite candidates on the air.
over the network’s decision to prevent Colbert’s interview with Texas candidate Talarico to appear during the Late Show time slot. “Look, anybody that’s not suffering from a terminal case of Trump derangement syndrome could see right away yesterday the exact story arc and how it was going to play out,” Carr said. You had a Democrat candidate who understood the way the news media works, and he took advantage of all of your sort of prior conceptions to run a hoax, apparently, for the purpose of raising money and getting clicks, and the news media played right into it.”The FCC chief added that CBS did not tell Colbert he was not allowed to air the Talarico interview at all, but had told him he could not air it on CBS’s Texas affiliates, where Talarico is running for Senate. Colbert initially claimed that President Donald Trump had ordered CBS to cancel the Talarico interview. But that was false. Then Colbert shifted toCarr also slammed the media for its misreporting of the facts on the Colbert interview situation, saying that “perfect encapsulation of why the American people have more trust in gas station sushi than they do in the national news media. This was plainly an effort ginned up to get clicks and raise money, and you guys ate it up.”Report: Obama, Susan Rice 'Cried' After Trump Defeated Hillary Clinton'Woke B*tch' US Skater Cries After Finishing 13th in Women's Short Program HHS Sec Kennedy, Kid Rock Team Up for ‘Rock Out Workout’ Encouraging Americans to ‘GET ACTIVE + EAT REAL FOOD’D.C. Resident Who Lost Grandson to Violence Praises Trump: ‘Keeps It Real’New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani Proposes NYPD Budget Cuts, Canceling New HiresWes Moore: White America Needs to ‘Wrestle’ with Trump’s Actions Towards Black PeopleBeshear to Justify Left-Wing Views in Book Focused on Faith Ahead of 2028 Presidential Race
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