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Stephen Colbert says CBS stopped him from airing Senate interview

Stephen Colbert says CBS blocked a Senate candidate interview over new Federal Communications Commission guidance on equal airtime. The candidate, James Talarico, is in a Texas primary against Rep. Jasmine Crockett. The interview ran online instead.

Here & Now‘s Peter O’Dowd talks with NPR’s David Folkenflik about what happened.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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