Carr says the Federal Communications Commission has also opened an enforcement action into ABC’s the View
The chair of the US’s top media regulator claimed on Wednesday that journalists had been tricked into covering claims by the late-night host Stephen Colbert that he had been blocked by his network from interviewing a Texas Senate candidate.
Brendan Carr, the avowedly pro-Trump chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), made his comments after Colbert accused the Trump administration and CBS of censorship.
CBS has countered Colbert’s claims in a statement, saying it had not blocked him from interviewing James Talarico, a Texas Democrat, but had merely provided legal guidance that such an interview might trigger equal time regulations that would require him to also platform Talarico’s campaign rivals.
So, why doesn’t Fox News Entertainment or Newsmaxxx have to abide by this fucked up FCC regulation? Why are they not compelled to platform “both sides equally”?
Hey, they do plenty of platforming of the other side. Haven’t you seen when they interviewed John Antifa, the founder of Antifa? Or when they call Ilhan Omar a litany of slurs?
Couple reasons. First, the FCC doesn’t regulate cable channels ever, only broadcast. Second, if they did, they wouldn’t care about enforcing it for their side anyway.
They aren’t a BROADCAST platform, they are cable. Broadcasters have different standards.
Good news on that front — FoxNews gave airtime to John Fetterman: https://www.tampafp.com/pennsylvania-sen-fetterman-slams-rot-in-dem-party-over-israel-policy-and-ties-to-hasan-piker/
Fetterman is the poster child of a conservative that has captured the democratic party, and brought us to losing with his unpopular, shitty positions, attitude, and being entirely cynically sold out to powerful interests, believing in nothing. He’s why people don’t vote.