“THE LATE SHOW was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico,” CBS said in a statement Tuesday after the show’s host, Stephen Colbert, claimed he was “told in no uncertain terms by our network’s lawyers” that he could not air his interview with the Democrat candidate.
Instead, CBS said, the lawyers merely provided Colbert’s show with “guidance,” warning of potential FCC consequences of having one candidate on, but not offering equal time to Talarico’s fellow Democrats contesting in a primary to be the party’s Texas Senate candidate.
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