Getting What You Asked For

As Colbert pointed out, the FCC never took any action. Which means CBS told its lawyers to tell Colbert the interview violated the Fairness Doctrine, and couldn’t be seen by anybody.

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"As of 12 PM ET, view counts on the most-watched Colbert clips on his FCC-censored Talarico interview: YouTube: 1.3M; Instagram: 1.6M; TikTok: 2.4M; Twitter: 5.1M," wrote energy policy analyst Jessy Han. "For context, Colbert's show averages 2.3 million viewers on linear TV."