Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked him from airing James Tallarico interview

Late Show Host Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked him from airing an interview with James Tallarico, a Democratic representative from Texas. While he was doing it Opening monologue Monday nightColbert says the network’s lawyers told him “in no uncertain terms” that he couldn’t cast Talarico on the show, forcing him to Post the interview on YouTube insteadHours later The news broke Anderson Cooper will leave his position at the network as… 60 minutes Reporter.

“He (Talarico) was supposed to be here, but our network lawyers, who contacted us directly, told us in no uncertain terms that we couldn’t have him on the broadcast,” Colbert says. “Then I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not wear it, I could not remember not wearing it.”

like pointed out before Delivery time, News interviews have long been an exception to this rule, and talk shows appear to be included under that umbrella. But in January, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr New directives issued The late-night and daytime talk show proposal must comply with the norm as well. “If you have fake news, you won’t qualify for the real news exemption,” Carr said He said at the time.

Colbert says Carr “hasn’t gotten rid of” the exemption yet, but CBS is “unilaterally applying it as if he had.” Last year, Paramount specific Free press Founder Barry Weiss As editor-in-chief of CBS News. “Let’s call it what it is. The Donald Trump administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about Trump on TV.”