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Republican senator's TV interview passes muster with FCC's Carr even though Democratic candidate's does not

An ESPN interview on Saturday with a Republican U.S. senator did not violate the Federal Communications Commission's equal-time rule, FCC ​Chairman Brendan Carr said, days after the agency issued a warning to ‌another network about a Democratic political candidate's appearance on a late-night TV program.

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Kimmel says interview with James Talarico won't air on TV under pressure from the FCCJimmy Kimmel says the federal agency regulating television has "threatened" his show. An interview with James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Texas, will now air on YouTube instead of TV. This isn't the first time a Talarico interview has moved online. Stephen Colbert's show did the same in February. The Federal Communications…
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