## Stephen Colbert Says CBS Blocked James Talarico Interview Over FCC ‘Equal Time’ Fears

Authored by variety.com

Colbert revealed that the network’s legal team had called “The Late Show” staff directly and told them “in no uncertain terms” the interview could not be broadcast.

“There’s long been an exception for this rule, an exception for news interviews and talk show interviews with politicians,” he said.

How else were voters supposed to know back in ’92 that Bill Clinton sucked at saxophone?”.

Colbert addressed the Trump-appointed regulator directly: “FCC you… because I think you are motivated by partisan purposes yourself, sir.

Crucially, Colbert noted that Carr had not yet formally eliminated the exemption – making CBS’s decision to act as though he had a unilateral one.

He then announced he would conduct the Talarico interview anyway – just not on the CBS broadcast.

Colbert revealed he was also prohibited from showing any image of Talarico – including photographs or even drawings – under FCC rules forbidding any candidate appearance “by voice or picture.” »

### Europe Is America’s Secret Weapon. And We’re Giving It Up.

Authored by thebulwark.com

THIS YEAR, RUBIO AND COLBY used Munich’s stage to defend the Trump administration’s National Security Strategy and National Defense Strategy.

Unsurprisingly, he argued that Europe must assume primary responsibility for its defense while the United States concentrates on the Indo-Pacific.

When key U.S. leaders suggest Europe must “stand on its own,” they hear us announcing: We will not stand with you. »

### Far-right character’s monologue prompts violent scenes at German theatre

Authored by theguardian.com

The violent scenes came on Saturday during the German premiere of the Portuguese playwright Tiago Rodrigues’s work Catarina, or the Beauty of Killing Fascists in Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia.

At the end of the last act, the year’s chosen victim, a far-right party functionary, delivers a 15-minute monologue laying out a nightmarish extremist agenda.

As the actor Ole Lagerpusch launched into the incendiary speech, the audience became increasingly agitated, the theatre spokesperson Alexander Kruse said. »

### Silent Hill: Townfall reveals first-person gameplay in a new trailer

Authored by blog.playstation.com

I am thrilled to finally be able to deliver updates on Silent Hill: Townfall, following our announcement back in 2022.

In today’s State of Play, we revealed a new trailer that gives you a glimpse into the world that awaits.

To explain more, I will hand it over to Jon McKellan, Writer and Director at Screen Burn Interactive on Silent Hill: Townfall. »

### Rev. Jesse Jackson, a civil rights icon, dies at 84

Authored by nbcnews.com

He began rallying student support for King during his divinity studies at Chicago Theological Seminary and participated in the 1965 Selma-to-Montgomery march in Alabama.

Shortly afterward, Jackson joined the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, or SCLC, to work alongside King full time.

President Bill Clinton awarded him the Presidential Medal of Freedom for those efforts a year later. »

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