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FCC Chair wielding equal-time rule in service of Trump’s agenda

Jason Weisberger
Feb 19, 2026
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“These are MAGA airwaves now,” seems clear enough that no one has to doubt FCC Chairman Brendan Carr’s intent to keep an already reeling media landscape deep in the yellow.

During a Thursday interview on the Charlie Kirk Show, co-host Andrew Kolvet asked Carr why CBS had prevented Colbert from airing the Talarico intervie…

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