Stephen Colbert 'Humiliated' CBS
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"The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert criticized CBS on Monday night, saying the network blocked his interview with U.S. Senate hopeful James Talarico from airing.
Stephen Colbert isn't backing down in an extraordinary public dispute with his bosses at CBS over what he can air on his late-night talk show. On “The Late Show” Tuesday, Colbert said he was surprised by a statement from CBS denying that its lawyers told him he couldn't show an interview with Democratic Texas Senate candidate James Talarico —
Stephen Colbert said he had to drop an interview with James Talarico from his Monday broadcast because of new F.C.C. guidance that targeted political interviews on late-night shows.
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Colbert, CBS feud heats up over Talarico interview after outlet dismisses reports it blocked segment
The talk show host said he did not want an "adversarial" relationship with the network, which he will be leaving in May, but was "so surprised that this giant global corporation would not stand up to these bullies.
Stephen Colbert called out his CBS bosses again on Tuesday (February 17) night after the network publicly claimed it didn’t prohibit The Late Show from airing an interview with Texas State Rep. James Talarico.
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Broadcast bias: Idea of giving politicians equal time sends Colbert into a fury
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr suggests Stephen Colbert's Late Show and ABC's The View could violate equal time rules after CBS blocked Democrat interview.
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr said that late-night host Stephen Colbert, who has been at the center of a controversy surrounding an interview he did with Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico,
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Stephen Colbert desperately wants to be a censorship martyr
Late-night “comedian” Stephen Colbert is making a last gasp to save his dying show, or at the very least set himself up as a patron saint of victimhood among Democrats when he moves into the next chapter of his career.