Colbert says CBS barred Talarico

Scholar power: 11.4%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Richard W. Painter	12%	10	11.4%

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Richard W. Painter

@rwpusa.bsky.social

CBS 60 minutes paid for me to travel to New York and spend a night there last August for an interview on presidential financial conflicts of interest and the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They never ran the intrerview.

February 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM

by Richard W. Painter

11%

Scholar power: 11.4%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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The Independent

CBS hits back at Stephen Colbert after he claims top brass wouldn’t let him air interview with Texas candidate

CBS said Stephen Colbert’s show ‘was not prohibited’ from broadcasting his sit-down with James Talarico

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Público

Stephen Colbert accuses CBS of blocking broadcast of interview with Democratic Senate candidate

The host of The Late Show accuses the U.S. administration of wanting 'silence anyone who says something negative about Trump'. CBS lawyers would have vetoed an interview with the Democratic candidate.

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Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Interview with Democrat: Colbert accuses CBS of censorship

CBS rejects late-night host Stephen Colbert's censorship accusations. At the same time, it loses one of its most prominent faces, Anderson Cooper.

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by John Mullahy

1%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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John Mullahy

@johnmullahy.bsky.social

By keeping the interview off CBS it's a shame that no one was able to see it.

(The current youtube view count is 2,640,663.)

www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

www.youtube.com

February 17, 2026 at 10:24 PM

Reposted by Daxton R. Stewart

4%

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Timothy Burke

@bubbaprog.xyz

"you can't air x unless you also air y" is in fact prohibiting you from airing x when the FCC itself has this as the standard (this is from their ruling that Bill Maher was protected as bona fide)

7. Thus, in deciding whether a program qualifies as a "bona fide news interview" under
Section 315(a)(2), a three-prong test evolved:

(1) whether the program is regularly scheduled;

(2) whether the broadcaster or an independent producer controls the program;‚Äô and

(3) whether the broadcaster's or independent producer's decisions on format,

content and participants are based on newsworthiness rather than on an intention to advance or

harm an individual's candidacy.

10. We believe that ABC has satisfied each prong of the test. First, "Politically Incorrect" has
been regularly scheduled for almost two years, clearly meeting this requirement. Second, as to control,
ABC has identified various reasonable mechanisms Buena Vista has implemented for exercising control
throughout the production of "Politically Incorrect" and those structural safeguards appear reasonably
designed to assure that good faith news judgment can be adequately protected. Third, ABC represents
that Buena Vista's decisions about format, content and selection of participants are based on
newsworthiness and not motivated by any partisan purpose. The presence of satire as an element of
"Politically Incorrect" should not prevent the program from being considered bonafide in terms of
good faith news judgment absent an indication that the satire is utilized to advance or harm any
particular candidate for public office. The Supreme Court jn the Falwell decision noted the importance
of satire in political speech, stating that, "Despite their sometimes caustic nature, from the early cartoon
portraying George Washington as an ass down to the present day, graphic depictions and satirical
cartoons have played a prominent role in public and political debate." 485 U.S. 46, 54. Satire in the
form of a broadcast monologue about news of the day or during discussion of such issues does not
appear less important in the realm of political debate than political cartoons.

February 17, 2026 at 10:21 PM

by Glenn Greenwald

6%

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by Anders Aslund

19%

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by Ian Bremmer

14%

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Reposted by Ronald Beiner

3%

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by Jeroen Van Bouwel

4%

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0.012

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Jeroen Van Bouwel

@jeroenvanbouwel.bsky.social

Oh, Vance, the windbag that lectured Europe on freedom of speech last year, and now cancels US TV shows in which opposition politicians appear, cf. m.youtube.com/watch?v=oiTJ...

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

m.youtube.com

February 17, 2026 at 8:30 PM

by Timothy D. McBride

0%

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Timothy McBride

@mcbridetd.bsky.social

Colbert Slams Trump Administration After CBS Pulls Talarico Interview www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/b...

Colbert Says CBS Pulled Senate Candidate Interview

www.nytimes.com

February 17, 2026 at 8:26 PM

Reposted by Oliver Stuenkel

4%

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by Michael D. McDonald

16%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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0.068

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Michael McDonald

@electproject.bsky.social

Please tell me Colbert’s interview now starts with a picture of Barbara Streisand

Carl Quintanilla @carlquintanilla.bsky.social · 8h

“.. The Monday interview is on pace to shatter clips of Colbert’s December interview with pop superstar Taylor Swift ..”

@forbes.com #TXsen
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

February 17, 2026 at 7:37 PM

Reposted by Michael D. McDonald

5%

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Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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Carl Quintanilla

@carlquintanilla.bsky.social

“.. The Monday interview is on pace to shatter clips of Colbert’s December interview with pop superstar Taylor Swift ..”

@forbes.com #TXsen
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social @jamestalarico.bsky.social
www.forbes.com/sites/mikest...

February 17, 2026 at 7:33 PM

Reposted by Ian Bremmer, Glenn Greenwald

7%

Scholar power: 7.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Ian Bremmer	10%	23	4.8%
🎓 Glenn Greenwald	10%	5	2.2%
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0.076

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New York Times

Colbert Slams Trump Administration After CBS Pulls Talarico Interview

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.

Reposts 90 8h

Reposted by Mohan J. Dutta, John J. Foxe

9%

Scholar power: 9.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mohan J. Dutta	13%	52	9.4%
🎓 John J. Foxe	-	96	-
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51.0%

9.1 h

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0.322

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The Sidney Morning Herald

‘FCC you’: Colbert defies CBS, says network spiked interview under political pressure

The Trump administration has warned broadcasters that late night talk shows - which the president routinely watches - must abide by political neutrality rules.

Reposts 2 9h

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