For the second time this year, James Talarico is being sent to YouTube.
In February, Stephen Colbert announced that, after scheduling the Texas democrat as a guest on Late Night, CBS lawyers told him “we could not have him on the broadcast.”
The Late Night host went on to explain FCC Chair Brendan Carr’s new guidance on the “equal time” rule, which requires broadcasters who feature qualified political candidates on their airwaves provide time to rivals, if requested. While late-night shows had been exempted from the equal time rule, Trump‘s FCC indicated that they would no longer enjoy that protection.
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