FCC Chair Brendan Carr Accuses Talarico Of Restaging Colbert's Donation Hoax
James Talarico's YouTube interview with Jimmy Kimmel neared seven million views after ABC pulled it from broadcast television.
- Carr wrote Talarico is running 'the same hoax' he staged in February on Colbert's show.
- That February interview drew 9.6 million YouTube views after CBS kept it off broadcast.
- Carr says the equal time statute binds broadcast stations only, not cable or YouTube.
Why it matters: A media regulator picking sides in a Senate candidate's press strategy is itself a regulatory act, not commentary.