Stephen Colbert to Brendan Carr Amid the James Talarico Interview Being Pulled: ‘You’re Chairman of the FCC, So FCC You’

COLBERT: “So, you might have heard of this thing called the equal time rule, OK? 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. (Laughter) 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 1992 that Bill Clinton sucked at saxophone? (Laughter) But, on January 21 of this year, a letter was released by FCC chairman and smug bowling pin Brendan Carr. (Laughter) 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 FCCU.”

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Stephen Colbert to Brendan Carr Amid the James Talarico Interview Being Pulled: ‘You’re Chairman of the FCC, So FCC You’‘And because my network clearly doesn’t want us to talk about this, let’s talk about this’News & PoliticsEXCERPT:COLBERT: “So, you might have heard of this thing called the equal time rule, OK? 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. (Laughter) 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 1992 that Bill Clinton sucked at saxophone? (Laughter) But, on January 21 of this year, a letter was released by FCC chairman and smug bowling pin Brendan Carr. (Laughter) 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 FCCU.”Video filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Audio filesFullCompactSort byDateSummaryRelevancePopularityPer page81216Recipient e-mailMessage (optional)Preview

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