FCC Chair Brendan Carr addressed the dispute involving Stephen Colbert and Senate candidate James Talarico. He rejected claims of censorship and called the incident a “hoax” amid mounting public scrutiny.

Stephen Colbert accused CBS of blocking an interview with Texas Democratic state representative James Talarico from airing on The Late Show due to concerns over the FCC’s Equal Time Rule. CBS denied Colbert’s claims that the interview was blocked from airing, while Colbert expressed surprise over the network’s decision.

Brendan Carr cited the federal requirement that broadcast stations give equal time to political candidates.

FCC Chairman Brendan Carr scolded the media for pushing the narrative that CBS blocked Stephen Colbert's interview with Texas Democrat James Talarico, which the network denied.

The FCC chair said Stephen Colbert had a clear path to air an interview pulled from his late-night show.

"This was Democrat-on-Democrat violence. CBS was very clear that Colbert could run the interview that he wanted with that political candidate" The post Trump FCC Chair Says Colbert Scandal Stems From Wanting to Give ‘More Airtime For More Democrats’ first appeared on Mediaite.

"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert said CBS did not air his Monday interview with Senate candidate Rep.

“Ever since Brendan Carr was in this position, I don’t think anything he’s done is really that surprising,” the CNN host said.