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Colbert says CBS barred interview

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Stephen Colbert said CBS barred him from airing an interview with Texas Senate candidate James Talarico, a claim CBS denied while the clip spurred record online views and donations.

The Guardian
White House says Trump wants diplomacy with Iran as US reportedly could be ready for military attack – live

‘Iran would be very wise to make a deal, ’ says Karoline Leavitt on possibility of US strikes against Iran; CBS News reports strikes could begin as soon as Saturday On a recent morning Eric Taylor , city manager for a small Georgia town of about 5, 000 residents called Social Circle, was contacted by a staffer from Immigration and Customs Enforcement . “They asked me to turn on the water, ” he said of a 1m sq ft warehouse nearby that the federal government recently purchased for $128m, with plans to use it for locking up as many as 10, 000 detainees as part of the Trump administration ’s mass deportation plan. Continue reading. . .

White House says Trump wants diplomacy with Iran as US reportedly could be ready for military attack – live
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The Independent
Did Stephen Colbert just decide the Texas Senate primary?

The Late Show host may have given the Texas Democrat the boost he needs by going public with CBS scrapping his interview, Eric Garcia writes. But it comes with significant risks

Did Stephen Colbert just decide the Texas Senate primary?
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parkermolloy.com
CBS lawyers told Colbert he couldn't interview a Senate candidate. Couldn't show a photo. Couldn't show a drawing. Couldn't tell the audience it was happening. Based on an FCC rule that hasn't actually been changed. New piece on what CBS has become. www.readtpa.com/p/cbs-doesnt...
CBS Doesn't Need to Be Told Anymore
A year of capitulation, from paying off the president to killing stories to blocking interviews.
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February 18, 2026 at 9:21 PM
The Washington Post
The Colbert-CBS spat is about overregulation

The Colbert-CBS spat is a reminder that Americans don’t need the government to vet their entertainment.

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El Pais
The ghost of media censorship looms over the United States a few months before the midterm elections

The cancellation of an interview with a Democratic candidate on CBS points to the media's growing rightward tilt driven by the White House

The ghost of media censorship looms over the United States a few months before the midterm elections
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by Simon Schama

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by Timothy D. McBride

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mcbridetd.bsky.social
The FCC (probably) didn’t censor Stephen Colbert www.vox.com/politics/479...
The FCC (probably) didn’t censor Stephen Colbert
The Colbert censorship story is messier than it looks.
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February 18, 2026 at 7:24 PM
The Washington Post
Brendan Carr defends FCC role in dropped Colbert interview: ‘No censorship’

The FCC chief blasted the Texas Democrat whose interview with Colbert was allegedly blocked by CBS, while claiming Americans trust “gas station sushi” more than the news media.

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by Richard F. Catalano

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fabiancat.bsky.social
Corporate media sabotages democracy.
Unsubscribe! Judd has the goods on CBS

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CBS censors Colbert, bowing to pressure from Trump’s FCC
CBS forbade Late Show host Stephen Colbert from interviewing Texas State Representative James Talarico, a Democrat running to unseat Republican Senator John Cornyn.
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February 18, 2026 at 6:35 PM
Helsingin Sanomat
Televisio | Hyllytetystä talk show -haastattelusta syntyi Yhdysvalloissa julkinen kiista

Koomikko Stephen Colbert sanoo, että häntä kiellettiin haastattelemasta ohjelmassaan demokraattipoliitikkoa. Kanava kiistää.

Televisio | Hyllytetystä talk show -haastattelusta syntyi Yhdysvalloissa julkinen kiista
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thetnholler.bsky.social
COLBERT on Thin-Skinned Trump’s fascist @jamestalarico.bsky.social ban: “Because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this… They're trying to control what we watch, say, read — The most dangerous kind of cancel culture is the kind that comes from the top."
February 18, 2026 at 5:35 PM
The Independent
Stephen Colbert brings the receipts over CBS spat and literally trashes network’s lawyers

Late night host attacks corporation’s statement on his withdrawn interview with Senate candidate James Talarico as ‘crap’ and expresses bafflement over its unwillingness to stand up for itself against political pressure

Stephen Colbert brings the receipts over CBS spat and literally trashes network’s lawyers
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Aftenposten
Donations flood in to the Texas Democrat after Colbert interview was pulled from the air

Stephen Colbert, who hosts The Late Show, accuses CBS of pulling an interview from the air out of fear of Donald Trump.

Donations flood in to the Texas Democrat after Colbert interview was pulled from the air
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Aftenposten
Donations flood in to the Texas Democrat after Colbert interview was pulled from the air

Stephen Colbert, who hosts The Late Show, accuses CBS of pulling an interview from the air out of fear of Donald Trump.

Donations flood in to the Texas Democrat after Colbert interview was pulled from the air
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dworkin.bsky.social
CBS lawyers tried to silence Stephen Colbert. He posted the interview on YouTube anyway.

What Trump doesn't want you to see:
www.dworkinsubstack.com/p/great-news...
February 18, 2026 at 3:55 PM

by Brian Leiter

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Der Standard
CBS verbietet Colbert Ausstrahlung von Interview mit Demokraten – und hilft diesem zu Rekord-Spenden

Der US-TV-Sender hat Late-Night-Talker Stephen Colbert verboten, ein schon geführtes Interview mit dem texanischen Politiker James Talarico, der in den Senat will, zu zeigen. CBS widerspricht der Darstellung

CBS verbietet Colbert Ausstrahlung von Interview mit Demokraten – und hilft diesem zu Rekord-Spenden
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by Jeremy Harris Lipschultz

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jamestalarico.bsky.social
BREAKING: Our campaign raised $2.5 million in 24 hours after the FCC banned our Colbert interview.
February 18, 2026 at 2:14 PM
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