Stephen Colbert just got caught trying to rig a Texas Senate primary on national television—and his desperate cover-up exposed the entire corrupt scheme for all to see.
The liberal late-night host attempted to give Democratic candidate James Talarico millions of dollars worth of free primetime publicity while completely shutting out his opponent, Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett. But here's where it gets interesting: when CBS lawyers warned him he'd be violating FCC equal time rules, Colbert didn't quietly comply. He had a public meltdown, attacked his own parent company Paramount on air, and then posted the interview online anyway.
The result? A manufactured controversy that funneled over $2 million into Talarico's campaign coffers in just 24 hours—right as early voting began in Texas.
Here's the part the mainstream media doesn't want you to focus on: CNN actually fact-checked Colbert's victim narrative on live television and confirmed the entire story was bogus. The Trump FCC never banned the interview. The government never censored Colbert.
What actually happened? CBS's own legal team told Colbert he could air the Talarico interview—as long as he offered Crockett equal time. That's federal law, folks. It exists to prevent exactly this kind of election manipulation.
But Colbert chose to play victim instead, mocking Paramount as "Paramount minus" and blaming the government for something his own network's lawyers flagged. Mike Cernovich nailed it: "Stephen Colbert created this hoax to boost his favorite candidate in the Texas primary. Trump didn't have anything to do with this."
Jasmine Crockett—who has appeared on Colbert's show multiple times before—confirmed she received a phone call explaining the situation. CBS told Colbert he could run the interview if he simply offered her equal time.
The decision to exclude her wasn't an oversight. It was deliberate. And the fundraising explosion that followed wasn't coincidence—it was coordination disguised as controversy.
The Media Research Center pointed out the obvious: this is the same Stephen Colbert who cheered when President Trump was banned from every social media platform. They delisted and depersoned the sitting President of the United States, the leader of the free world. But when Colbert faces the possibility of following the same rules everyone else does? Suddenly it's tyranny.
Equal time for me, but not for thee.
Source: Next News Network
