CNN’s Brian Stelter Shoots Down Texas Dem’s Claim FCC Banned His Interview with Stephen Colbert

EXCERPT:

STELTER: “It’s a lot like the Kimmelgate episode from last September, where Jimmy Kimmel came out stronger afterwards. We could put Talarico’s tweet on screen. He said: ‘The FCC banned our ‘Colbert’ interview.’ And he’s wrong about that. The FCC did not ban the interview. And that’s what is actually so interesting about this. It’s about the impression, the possibility of interference causing the networks to possibly self-censor. CBS read the proverbial room. They sensed that the FCC might try to aggressively enforce these rules, and thus encouraged Colbert to just put it on YouTube and keep it off the public airways. And, like I said, past chairs of the FCC have not prioritized these rules, but Carr is going to move forward with this.”

(Via Mediaite)