FCC Chair Brendan Carr absolutely eviscerated the fake news peddlers who swallowed hook, line, and sinker a blatant hoax cooked up by late-night comedian Stephen Colbert and far-left Democrat Senate hopeful James Talarico.
Texas Democrat James Talarico apparently teamed up with late-night leftist Stephen Colbert to push a massive, embarrassingHOAX.
The ridiculous claim? That Donald Trump’s FCC supposedly “blocked” a TV interview because they were utterly “worried” Talarico might actually flip the deep-red state of Texas.
In January,The Gateway Pundit reportedthat the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced a crackdown on partisan talk shows in both daytime and late-night in an effort to provide equal treatment for political candidates.
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said at the time, “For years, legacy TV networks assumed that their late night & daytime talk shows qualify as “bona fide news” programs – even when motivated by purely partisan political purposes.”
“Today, the FCC reminded them of their obligation to provide all candidates with equal opportunities.”
As a result of the rules, CBSchose not to air an interviewbetween Late Night host Stephen Colbert and Texas Democrat Senate candidate James Talarico on the network.
The interview was instead moved to YouTube, and Colbert was not pleased.
In an effort to look like a free speech warrior, Colbert mentioned Talarico during the show andreleased a false statement:
Colbert: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 I was told in some uncertain terms that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention not having him on.
Source: The Gateway Pundit
