Stephen Colbert, The Late Show host, revealing that CBS AKA
Complete Bull Shit, refused to air his interview with Texas Democratic Senate
candidate James Talarico due to bullying by Cankles’ FCC:
“You know, you know who is not one of my guests tonight?
That's Texas State Representative James Talarico. He was supposed to be here,
but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us
directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast. Then, then I was told in
some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention
me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk
about this, let's talk about this. So, you might have heard of this thing
called the Equal Time Rule, okay? It's an old FCC rule that applies only to
radio and broadcast television, not cable or streaming, that says if a show has
a candidate on during an election, they have to have all that candidate's
opponents on as well. It's the FCC's most time-honored rule, right after no
nipples at the Super Bowl. There's long been an exception for this rule, an
exception for news interviews and talk show interviews with politicians. Now,
that's crucial. How else were voters supposed to know back in ‘92 that Bill
Clinton sucked at saxophone? But, on January 21st of this year, a letter was
released by FCC Chairman and smug bowling pin Brendan Carr. In this letter,
Carr said he was thinking about dropping the exception for talk shows because
he said some of them were motivated by partisan purposes. Well, sir, you're
chairman of the FCC, so FCC you. Let's just call this what it is. [Cankles’]
administration wants to silence anyone who says anything bad about [Cankles] on
TV because all [Cankles] does is watch TV. Okay? He's like a toddler with too
much screen time. He gets cranky and then drops a load in his diapers. So, it's
no surprise, it's no surprise that two of the people most affected by this
threat are me and my friend Jimmy Kimmel. When this letter dropped, we both
talked about the letter on air, and then later, Carr defended it like this: ‘If
Kimmel or Colbert want to continue to do their programming, and they don't want
to have to comply with this requirement, then they can go to a cable channel or
podcast or a streaming service and that's fine.’ Great idea, man whose job is
to regulate broadcast TV. Suggest everyone just leave broadcast TV. I can't
interview James Talarico. I can't show any pictures of James Talarico. I'm not
even sure I can say the words James Talarico. But what I can show you is what
we always show when we have to pull material at the last minute. This tasteful
nude of Brendan Carr!”
Thankfully, he did show us nekkid Carr.
CBS tried to spin this as a misunderstanding and rushed out
a legalistic statement insisting the show had never been “prohibited” from
airing the interview. It read like classic corporate damage control from a
company that folded fast under a [Cankles] packed FCC and only found its
courage once the backlash hit.
And on Tuesday night Colbert came onstage with receipts
literally in hand, holding up the CBS statement and mocking it as “crap” and “a
surprisingly small piece of paper considering how many butts it is trying to
cover,” while reading out how he had been told he could not have Talarico on or
even talk about not having him on. Colbert blasted the [Cankles’] FCC and
commissioner Brendan Carr as politically “motivated by partisan purposes” and
framed the pulled interview as censorship from the top.
This is a stand for Freedom of Speech y’all, and Colbert is
manning the front lines.
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Of course CBS told Colbert he could not bring Talarico.
ReplyDeleteAnd he told the truth during the show. Good. Again, comics and late night show hosts holding the government accountable.
Oh shit when ex Fox News anchors call your bullshit…
And Barack is correct. Cankles and his caretakers will throw anything at the wall to distract the country from this scandal.
XOXO
"...watch what they do." Like seizing ballots and voting machines, culling the voter rolls....
ReplyDeleteCheck your voter registration status BEFORE elections. If you do not find your name, get busy and fix it. Pronto! Then? Cast a goddamned vote!
We all will keep up the fight against the fascists.
ReplyDeleteColbert has zero (bleeps) to give as his show is going off CBS in a couple more months.
More power to him!
I took a while to understand your post. Its really a heavy and tough discussion about the politics's stuff like this. That was powerful and intense.
ReplyDeleteI can feel the strong emotions behind every word. It sounds like you really believe freedom of speech and accountability are on the line. No matter our politics, open discussion and transparency are important in a democracy. People deserve clear information so they can decide for themselves.
the dog's mother
ReplyDeletexoxo :-)
Barack Obama is correct and top notch as always!
ReplyDeleteAs we all know Donald Duck is doing everything in his power to distract from the disgraceful Epstein files and the egregious behaviour of this administration trying to cover up for the weasel in chief.
ReplyDeleteFree speech will not exist for much longer in USA .
ReplyDeleteThat Obama quotation hits the nail right on the head!
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