Talarico’s team announced on Wednesday that his campaign had raked in “$2.5 million in a 24-hour period after his censored ‘The Late Show’ appearance — marking the largest fund-raising day of his entire campaign.”
Also. Colbert is a devout Catholic and I think is interested in Talaricos religious message. That’s not really partisan, imo. And makes sense why SC would want to interview him.
I love the videos because I can watch you while I’m doing something else like making a salad or taking you for a walk with me. I love that your personalities come through more in a video. Keep making them, please.
just checked on YouTube, and the Colbert/Talarico interview now has over 6.8 million views, with almost 60,000 comments. The vast majority of the Texas comments say they are now going to vote for Talarico, and early voting has already started. CBS and the FCC really blew this one.
As for how Texans will vote, if you look through the almost 40,000 comments to the Talarico interview on YouTube, you will see that all of them who live in Texas are now going to vote for Talarico. Early voting there has already started. There were even Republicans in the comments saying they were going out immediately to vote for Talarico, not in the future but right now. So this entire incident is catapulting Talarico into, maybe, a huge victory in the Democratic primary. And it would never have happened if CBS hadn’t tried to cancel the interview. The Streisand Effect (please explain that to Bill).
Andrew and Bill, you seem like you do not understand what happened here. The FCC equal time rule does NOT apply to late night comedy shows. There is a specific exemption for them (Colbert, Kimmel, etc). They can do whatever they want, and interview whoever they want. In fact, Colbert has had Jasmine Crockett on 2 times before having Talarico on. BUT, Carr issued a memo saying he was “thinking about” getting rid of the exemption for late night comedy shows and forcing the equal time rule on them. He has NOT done that yet.
Nevertheless, CBS decided to “obey in advance” and tell Colbert he couldn’t have an interview with Talarico on the live broadcast. They said, in effect, it might make Carr mad. CBS/Paramount is still trying to buy Warner Bros, and they don’t want to make Carr mad. So, if you watched the whole Colbert episode, you would know that he is mad at CBS for obeying in advance and cancelling his interview and also telling him he couldn’t talk about the cancellation on the air, like he did.
CBS allowed the interview to take place on YouTube. The last I saw, the Colbert/Talarico interview has over 4 million views and something like 40,000 comments. Bill, the late night shows have always had politicians on for interviews. They have been exempted from the equal time rule for many years. They are still exempt from the equal time rule. You are living under a rock if you don’t know that.
Ps - cruise ships got rid of assigned seating in the dining room 20 years ago.
Thank you for writing this out so clearly, so that I didn’t have to. I came to the comments section to say that it seemed that neither podcast host had really watched the show and wasn’t aware that Colbert has had Jasmine Crockett on (or that he stated that he’d had her on during the Tallerico discussion). The description of what got Jimmy Kimmel pulled from the air was not correct either.
You guys need to also talk about last night’s rebuttal by Colbert to the CYA press release by CBS claiming they never told him he couldn’t do the Talarico interview.
Obviously Bill Kristol doesn't watch Colbert. Late shows interview a lot of politicians. If you watched the show you would know Colbert has already interviewed Jasmine Crockett.
I think the issue is The Rump has thin skin and doesn't enjoy late night shows making fun of him. A lot of network news avoids sharing the truth. Comedians are not afraid to share the criminal activity in this administration. We should be supporting the comedians who are not afraid to put a spotlight on this administration.
So happy to hear you will be recapping Morning Shots every Tuesday am. I'm on the West coast, so I'll get it first thing in the morning with my bleary eyes and coffee. I like the combo of experienced journalist and the young, energetic journalist! Provides interesting coverage with a flavor of breakfast table discourse.
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More of The Streisand Effect, per the NYT:
Talarico’s team announced on Wednesday that his campaign had raked in “$2.5 million in a 24-hour period after his censored ‘The Late Show’ appearance — marking the largest fund-raising day of his entire campaign.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/18/us/politics/texas-elections-senate-primary.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share
Also. Colbert is a devout Catholic and I think is interested in Talaricos religious message. That’s not really partisan, imo. And makes sense why SC would want to interview him.
I love the videos because I can watch you while I’m doing something else like making a salad or taking you for a walk with me. I love that your personalities come through more in a video. Keep making them, please.
just checked on YouTube, and the Colbert/Talarico interview now has over 6.8 million views, with almost 60,000 comments. The vast majority of the Texas comments say they are now going to vote for Talarico, and early voting has already started. CBS and the FCC really blew this one.
Last night Colbert cited a Gallup Poll saying Trump’s approval rating was 36%.
As for how Texans will vote, if you look through the almost 40,000 comments to the Talarico interview on YouTube, you will see that all of them who live in Texas are now going to vote for Talarico. Early voting there has already started. There were even Republicans in the comments saying they were going out immediately to vote for Talarico, not in the future but right now. So this entire incident is catapulting Talarico into, maybe, a huge victory in the Democratic primary. And it would never have happened if CBS hadn’t tried to cancel the interview. The Streisand Effect (please explain that to Bill).
Andrew and Bill, you seem like you do not understand what happened here. The FCC equal time rule does NOT apply to late night comedy shows. There is a specific exemption for them (Colbert, Kimmel, etc). They can do whatever they want, and interview whoever they want. In fact, Colbert has had Jasmine Crockett on 2 times before having Talarico on. BUT, Carr issued a memo saying he was “thinking about” getting rid of the exemption for late night comedy shows and forcing the equal time rule on them. He has NOT done that yet.
Nevertheless, CBS decided to “obey in advance” and tell Colbert he couldn’t have an interview with Talarico on the live broadcast. They said, in effect, it might make Carr mad. CBS/Paramount is still trying to buy Warner Bros, and they don’t want to make Carr mad. So, if you watched the whole Colbert episode, you would know that he is mad at CBS for obeying in advance and cancelling his interview and also telling him he couldn’t talk about the cancellation on the air, like he did.
CBS allowed the interview to take place on YouTube. The last I saw, the Colbert/Talarico interview has over 4 million views and something like 40,000 comments. Bill, the late night shows have always had politicians on for interviews. They have been exempted from the equal time rule for many years. They are still exempt from the equal time rule. You are living under a rock if you don’t know that.
Ps - cruise ships got rid of assigned seating in the dining room 20 years ago.
Thank you for writing this out so clearly, so that I didn’t have to. I came to the comments section to say that it seemed that neither podcast host had really watched the show and wasn’t aware that Colbert has had Jasmine Crockett on (or that he stated that he’d had her on during the Tallerico discussion). The description of what got Jimmy Kimmel pulled from the air was not correct either.
You guys need to also talk about last night’s rebuttal by Colbert to the CYA press release by CBS claiming they never told him he couldn’t do the Talarico interview.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziKYbko-RXI
Appreciate Bill Krystol's qualifying Andrew's comparison of principled Jesse Jackson with amoral Donald Trump
Obviously Bill Kristol doesn't watch Colbert. Late shows interview a lot of politicians. If you watched the show you would know Colbert has already interviewed Jasmine Crockett.
I think the issue is The Rump has thin skin and doesn't enjoy late night shows making fun of him. A lot of network news avoids sharing the truth. Comedians are not afraid to share the criminal activity in this administration. We should be supporting the comedians who are not afraid to put a spotlight on this administration.
Bill still thinks that cruise ships have assigned seating in the dining room for dinner. Bill doesn’t get out much.
Jasmine Crockett has been on Colbert a number of times in the past year, so the Talarico interview may have been partly an attempt to provide balance.
So happy to hear you will be recapping Morning Shots every Tuesday am. I'm on the West coast, so I'll get it first thing in the morning with my bleary eyes and coffee. I like the combo of experienced journalist and the young, energetic journalist! Provides interesting coverage with a flavor of breakfast table discourse.
Ditto if you're in Australia.
Great new feature guys! Lots of thoughtful opinions and a great supplement to the Morning Shots newsletter. Keep it up!