Stephen Colbert said the network told him not to air an interview with a Texas Democrat running for Senate
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We start with FCC commissioner Anna M Gomez criticizing CBS for what she called “corporate capitulation in the face of this administration’s broader campaign to censor and control speech”.
Gomez, the only Democrat on the FCC, was appointed by former president Joe Biden to the five-person board in 2023. Her comments follow talkshow host Stephen Colbert accusing the Trump administration and CBS of censorship after he said the network told him not to air a television interview with a Texas Democrat running for Senate.
Gomez said in a statement:
