Jimmy Kimmel says his planned TV interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was not televised after the Trump administration’s FCC “threatened” him and ABC. Kimmel instead released the full interview on YouTube, where it has racked up 10.4 million views as of Sept. 15. MS NOW's Ari Melber reports and is joined by author David Corn and Democratic Strategist Alencia Johnson. (The Beat's YouTube: https://ms.now/ari)
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr fired back at critics who claimed ESPN broke federal broadcast rules by featuring Sen. Ted Cruz on College GameDay, calling the accusation a manufactured "hoax" designed to generate donations. Cruz sat down for a nearly ten-minute segment on ESPN's College GameDay during Saturday's Texas-Ohio State matchup at the University of Texas […] The post FCC Chairman Brendan Carr calls out James Talarico for pushing Equal Time "hoax" after Ted Cruz's ESPN appearance appeared first on American Almanac .
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr fired back at critics who claimed ESPN broke federal broadcast rules by featuring Sen. Ted Cruz on College GameDay, calling the accusation a manufactured "hoax" designed to generate donations. Cruz sat down for a nearly ten-minute segment on ESPN's College GameDay during Saturday's Texas-Ohio State matchup at the University of Texas in Austin, where he promoted the Protect College Sports Act. The appearance drew immediate backlash from left-wing commentators and Democratic politicians who questioned whether the network had violated the FCC's Equal Time statute by giving a sitting senator airtime without offering the same to his opponents. Carr, the FCC chairman, took to social media to dismantle that claim point…Open
Jimmy Kimmel says his planned TV interview with Texas Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico was not televised after the Trump administration’s FCC “threatened” him, ABC and its affiliates over editorial decisions and guest bookings. Kimmel instead released the full interview on YouTube, where it has racked up 9.6 million views as of Monday, Sept. 14.
Carr slammed Talarico and Kimmel in a long post on X, defending the equal time rule as being about "more" free speech and air time for political candidates and not less.