Late-night host Stephen Colbert accused his network, CBS, of refusing to broadcast his interview with Texas Rep. James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate, during Monday night’s airing of “The Late Show” for fear of running afoul of the Trump administration.
Colbert said CBS canceled Talarico’s appearance on air in light of guidance issued Jan. 21 by Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr, which directed daytime and late-night TV talk show hosts to offer equal airtime to all political candidates running for a given office. Talk shows have long been exempted from these “equal time” rules when conducting “bona fide news interviews,” allowing them to book political candidates without bringing on their opponents.
Talarico “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,” Colbert said in a segment explaining the cancelation. “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.”
The interview was set to air on Monday night’s show the day before the start of early voting for Texas’ March 3 primaries. Talarico is vying for the Senate Democratic nomination against U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas.
Remember, CBS is now owned by a Trump ally.
Remember, CBS is now owned by a
Trump allyzionist.Let’s be real about where the loyalties lie.
Imagine if this worthless lib exposed fascists on his show.
That’s some equal airtime that I would support.
Talarico seems to have his shit together. That said, keep your religion the fuck outta government. It’s fine pointing out the religious hypocrisy and charlatans in politics, but opening the door to religion, even if the individual is agreeable, is a bad idea.
Did you listen to his interview?
He states that his belief is that the separation of Church and State should 100% be protected. Not just to protect the government but to protect the religion, so it doesn’t get taken advantage of by political movement like Christian Nationalists.
He mainly pushed love God and love your neighbor. If you loved your neighbor, then you wouldn’t push your religion or any other belief on them.
I’m paraphrasing but that’s what I got out of it. I think he’s someone that could break through to some of the religious right.
Are you suggesting only agnostics should govern?
Talarico said in the interview he wants the separation of church and state to return as the current blend diminishes both.
While my personal belief is that relgions should be abolished and I would much prefer no relgious individuals ran for government positions trying to ban someone off of thier beliefs like that with how prevelant relgion is today would just be setting bad precedent that could be turned against a population when you have people like the pedo in chief out governing the world. I will say any devout relgious person running would have me question how unbiased they could be as truly believing in fairtales and myths just already shows a severe deficiency in critical thinking skills.
With that being said I would still vote a sock into office over the domestic terrorist group that is the republican party. Perfect is the enemy of good so if this indivual at least truly believes in separation of church and state I am not going to dwell on their cognitive dissonance regarding religion as it seems to be helping keep them objective and move us in the right direction again.
You’re really sleeping on the comma. They might seem unnecessary, but they are not.
angry atheists think anyone who follows any religion at all is automatically idiot… meanwhile they usually are religious themselves about something else that is traditionally a religion. like the ‘new atheists’ crap.
religious belief is a basic aspect of being a person, no matter how much people deny it.
There is a distinct difference between belief and religious beliefs. Please get your bib…er, dictionary out.
I’m torn on this - Christianity (particularly evangelical christianity) has had an extremely negative effect on democracy in our country and has caused physical harm to others.
However, I think most people with a conscience subscribe to some form of philosophy or religion (even if atheists aren’t “loyal” to any particular perspective and may not even use titles/categories to describe their value system) and I think it’s fine for your morals/conscience to influence decision making. Even a purely scientific decision making process could be considered a form of philosophy.
That being said, most organized religion is about obedience to the tenets of said religion, not a method of asking questions about the world to try to find the most just way to proceed.
Philosophy is the foundation of science.
I feel like this is some reverse psychology thing or something. It’s clear the media is pushing Talarico because they’re scared of Crockett.
I think that’s a huge leap. Talarico’s positions are way left of the Democratic establishment, why would they be more “scared” of Crockett than him? He’s got Zionist groups actively campaigning against him because he’s forthright about the Gaza genocide. He’s setting his campaign up against the wealthy and openly criticizing the Democratic party’s subservience to wealthy donors. There just isn’t that much difference between their political positions, and I don’t get your angle.
Here’s a recent headline:
Texas Jewish voters alarmed by James Talarico’s Israel rhetoric
Local leaders said that, without improved outreach from Talarico to address their concerns, they’re likely to vote for Rep. Jasmine Crockett in the Democratic primary
Talarico is vying for the Senate Democratic nomination against U.S. Rep. Jasmine Crockett of Dallas.
Interesting. Crockett is one of the very few Dems willing if not just able to navigate through Republican tactics. What could Talarico offer?
Colbert is a religious wacko so they’re probably great homies.
Literally the only defining feature I’ve seen listed about him is that he’s very Christian.
So yeah… Not a big fan of that.
Talarico resonates with the deeply Christian left
I’m still confused how core Christian beliefs can be in any way compatible with right leaning political beliefs.
They are not. There are of course things in Christianity that the left in the U.S. does not align with either, most of which have to do with human sexuality. But I am a devout Catholic and my wife an atheist and we align on 95% of our values.
On the other hand a vast majority of the church’s fundamental core beliefs are utterly incompatible with the values of the modern conservative. In only one example the political right rails against entitlements for the poorest of us and demands that no help be given to anyone who doesn’t work hard enough for it or be otherwise deemed morally worthy, meanwhile St John Chrysostom preached until exile and death that for those who have wealth, to not share it with the poorest among us is to steal from them. That sharing our wealth with the poor should not even be considered an act of grace or charity, but of justice.
The right misunderstands yet wears the cross in the exact same fashion that they do the American flag, and there’s a reason the current sitting president has had active beef with both the current pope and the preceding one.
Hmmm. I like Crockett. I’m not from Texas but she’s got Texas sized girl balls.
He’s a white minister. This is how they get rid of a pesky black woman, you gerrymander her out of office.
Be careful what you wish for. She is highly respected nationally, and will have multiple offers from several news organizations very quickly, where she will have a national microphone to attack from. She no longer has to abide by MAGA rules.
You cannot gerrymander a senate seat
Nah, the senate is permanently gerrymandered. That’s the whole point of “states”.
It’s subservience, not fear on CBS’s part.
Good on Colbert for bringing a little Streisand effect to the party.
I though Colbert was cancelled from the first of this year?
I think he’s cancelled in May or thereabouts. It’s a very slow cancellation.
They have contracts.
It’s not subservience. CBS is literally run by zio wackos. They’re steering the genocidal bus. This is their show.
It’s subservience because of fear.
The only fear for Ellison and Weiss is decent people ending their genocide.
After the announcement that he was cancelled I was irritated how silent he was in the issue. I guess it had legal reasons. So happy that he stopped giving a fuck.
Silent? He never shuts up about it. And his guests bring it up constantly too. But their comments are, understandably, mostly sarcastic and passive aggressive, because there is no legal recourse available to fight the choice.
Okay then I made a poor choice in wording. I meant the passive aggressive approach instead of full on. This is different now.
This stunt has caused the video to get 100 times the views it would normally get. I watched it and i never catch the colbert report unless i stumble across is online.
The Trump administration is doing their best to destroy this country, but even republicans know you don’t touch the first amendment.
Some Republicans know better than to mess with 1st amendment rights, maybe even most, but apparently none of those Republicans own or control our media outlets or operate our government.
I kinda feel like there are definitely poor Republicans, but all the supposed rich and powerful Republicans secretly belong to an entirely different clan.
They should know. The reaction to kirks death “don’t mock the man” martyr position kinda surprised me.
In a more covert way they went after freedom of speech for years. Lgbtq books, etc
You can still (and should) watch it on YouTube!
Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature
Edit: If you feel so inclined, you can donate to his US Senate campaign here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/jt-tx-web
or you could donate to jasmine crockett. just sayin.
we need more black representation in dc.
I agree, though after listening to both of them a bunch, I’m supporting Talarico in this election. I hope to continue to see Crockett’s star rise though
this fella is way too into god for me.
The motivations for a person’s good actions are generally less important than that they act good, less you are looking for a way to manipulate them into acting poorly. Only then do the reasons behind their actions become more important than their actions themselves.
God aside, he agrees with the words some ancient people spoke regarding how to be good people and thrive as a society, and no science has ever proven those words wrong… Science agrees, hand over fist.
Research the sins and virtues and extrapolate their outcomes, or look to past examples. Then, when acting as an individual, choose the sin or virtue that best serves the whole community, including yourself.
this fella is way too into god for me.
Same, but the unfortunate reality is that’s what you need to be if you have a hope of getting elected in the southern US.
His religious argument for progressive values is what makes him a strong candidate for Texas.
That guy was super well spoken and had a good message. I’m surprised I hadn’t heard of him before. Always nice to see the Streisand Effect in action!
He was definitely well spoken and definitely had a good message. It’s not at all surprising that we haven’t heard of him.
If the link goes dark I’ve pulled copy, hit me up.
Thank you. I was just thinking that someone needs to grab this, and it was going to be a pita if I had to be the one to do it.
(More copies are always welcome.)
I downloaded it before watching it.
Not to say this story isn’t important, self censorship at the hands of the state is…
But what does this have to do with technology?
Important story, wrong place friend.
There is a conversation to be had here about how newer broadcast mediums like YouTube are not regulated the same way as older mediums like TV/Radio… And it is that old regulation and those differences that allowed Colbert to sidestep this censorship.
Both the censorship and the tech aspects of this story are worthy of discussion, and thus this ‘event’ most certainly does belong here.
But most people are more concerned about the censorship and the content of the video, and that will naturally influence the direction of most discussions about it.
Plus, people don’t always even look at the forum a post was shared too before commenting. Naturally they just see a thing that interests them and they start talking about it.
I only know the forum cause I got far enough down the comments to see yours.
I believe that communications/media broadcasting are under the technology umbrella.
Not really a tech centric story. This is primarily a political/free speech story. If it was about a piece of technology used to censor someone, that might fit.
