Colbert Alleges CBS Blocked Interview

Scholar power: 86.3%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Victor Pickard	22%	27	11.4%
🎓 Steve Peers	18%	27	9.4%
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	12%	51	8.6%
🎓 Jason Mittell	18%	19	7.8%
🎓 Brian Keegan	14%	28	7.4%
🎓 Julie Novkov	15%	15	5.8%
🎓 Michael D. McDonald	12%	22	5.6%
🎓 Stephen Ryan	12%	23	5.8%
🎓 Nathan P. Kalmoe	13%	17	5.4%
🎓 Jon Green	8%	24	3.9%
🎓 Ben H. Ansell	8%	22	3.8%
🎓 Aviel Roshwald	8%	8	2.3%
🎓 David Darmofal	6%	11	2.0%
🎓 Lisa W. Fazio	4%	29	2.2%
🎓 Sebastian Karcher	4%	15	1.5%
🎓 Erol Akçay	3%	29	1.6%
🎓 Mark Rice	2%	26	1.0%
🎓 Peter Bergman	1%	18	0.4%
🎓 Scott A. Imberman	1%	23	0.5%
Total			86.3%

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Dave Itzkoff

@ditzkoff.bsky.social

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

www.nytimes.com

February 17, 2026 at 12:04 PM

Reposted by Mohan J. Dutta

9%

Scholar power: 9.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mohan J. Dutta	13%	52	9.4%

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Reposted by Cary L. Cooper, Wilfried Rickels

1%

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Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Cary L. Cooper	1%	127	1.1%
🎓 Wilfried Rickels	1%	24	0.5%
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Reposted by Steve Peers, Carlos Nunes Silva, Juan Cole , and 5 more Steve Peers, Carlos Nunes Silva, Juan Cole, Samuel L. Perry, Gerald Friedman, David Darmofal, Lisa W. Fazio, Mark D. White

34%

Scholar power: 34.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	18%	27	9.4%
🎓 Carlos Nunes Silva	14%	18	5.9%
🎓 Juan Cole	11%	24	5.4%
🎓 Samuel L. Perry	7%	49	4.9%
🎓 Gerald Friedman	8%	13	2.9%
🎓 David Darmofal	6%	11	2.0%
🎓 Lisa W. Fazio	4%	29	2.2%
🎓 Mark D. White	3%	29	1.6%
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Matthew Gertz

@mattgertz.bsky.social

Recent CBS News news:
1. Anderson Cooper leaves 60 Minutes after two decades
2. Stephen Colbert reveals network won’t let him air interview with Dem
3. Producer says politics dictating what airs
4. Owner’s bid for CNN parent back on the table.
5. Not firing Epstein pal.

February 17, 2026 at 12:27 PM

Reposted by Carlos Nunes Silva, Manisha Sinha, Olivier Mannoni

9%

Scholar power: 9.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Carlos Nunes Silva	14%	18	5.9%
🎓 Manisha Sinha	8%	9	2.4%
🎓 Olivier Mannoni	7%	5	1.6%
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Mueller, She Wrote

@muellershewrote.com

Trump’s propaganda czar Brendan Carr and Trump-controlled CBS refused to let Colbert air his interview with James Talarico. You can watch the interview here, and it already has 1.4M views. youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

February 17, 2026 at 5:37 PM

by Richard W. Painter

11%

Scholar power: 11.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Richard W. Painter	12%	10	11.4%

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by Brendan Nyhan Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, David R. Miller

29%

Scholar power: 29.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Brendan Nyhan	12%	51	25.7%
🎓 Lisa W. Fazio	4%	29	2.2%
🎓 David R. Miller	4%	21	1.8%
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Brendan Nyhan

@brendannyhan.bsky.social

Selective enforcement of rules and laws against opponents of the government is a common feature of authoritarian regimes

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 21h

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

www.nytimes.com

February 17, 2026 at 1:32 PM

Reposted by Steve Peers

9%

Scholar power: 9.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Steve Peers	18%	27	9.4%

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Just Jack

@just-jack-1.bsky.social

Trump’s FCC pressured CBS into not airing Stephen Colbert’s interview of James Talarico.

Here it is on YouTube. Worth watching.

youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A?...

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislatu…

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

February 17, 2026 at 1:45 PM

Reposted by Mohan J. Dutta, John J. Foxe

9%

Scholar power: 9.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Mohan J. Dutta	13%	52	9.4%
🎓 John J. Foxe	-	96	-
Total			9.4%

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51.0%

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0.219

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Reposted by Steve Peers

9%

Scholar power: 9.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Steve Peers	18%	27	9.4%

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Liam Nissan™

@theliamnissan.bsky.social

Colbert usually gets around 2 million viewers but because Trump's FCC banned Talarico's interview the segment has been viewed online over 10.5 million times. Nice work, dipshits

February 17, 2026 at 9:23 PM

Reposted by Mohan J. Dutta

9%

Scholar power: 9.4%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Mohan J. Dutta	13%	52	9.4%

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by Richard W. Painter

11%

Scholar power: 11.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Richard W. Painter	12%	10	11.4%

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Richard W. Painter

@rwpusa.bsky.social

CBS 60 minutes paid for me to travel to New York and spend a night there last August for an interview on presidential financial conflicts of interest and the Emoluments Clause of the Constitution. They never ran the intrerview.

February 18, 2026 at 1:41 AM

by Robert B. Reich

10%

Scholar power: 10.9%

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🎓 Robert B. Reich	6%	37	10.9%

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Robert Reich

@rbreich.bsky.social

Reminder that Paramount Skydance needs approval from Trump's minions to buy Warner Bros.

Yesterday, its subsidiary CBS banned Stephen Colbert from airing an interview with TX Democrat James Talarico.

Larry Ellison is sucking up to Trump by turning his media empire into MAGA propaganda.

February 17, 2026 at 6:31 PM

Reposted by Zeynep Tufekci

6%

Scholar power: 6.2%

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🎓 Zeynep Tufekci	12%	27	6.2%

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80.0%

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0.129

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by Ian Bremmer

14%

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Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Ian Bremmer	10%	23	14.4%

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4

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0.124

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Reposted by Oliver Stuenkel

4%

Scholar power: 4.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Oliver Stuenkel	10%	20	4.5%

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by Victor Pickard

34%

Scholar power: 34.3%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Victor Pickard	22%	27	34.3%

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Victor Pickard

@victorpickard.bsky.social

The censorship continues apace.

Dave Itzkoff @ditzkoff.bsky.social · 21h

Stephen Colbert said that the FCC and CBS - which is in no way a compromised or complicit organization - wouldn’t allow him to broadcast an interview with Democratic State Rep James Talarico. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/17/a...

Colbert Doesn’t Give an FCC About Calling Out CBS

www.nytimes.com

February 17, 2026 at 1:42 PM

by Mark A. Lemley Reposted by Rebecca Tushnet

19%

Scholar power: 19.8%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Mark A. Lemley	6%	53	13.1%
🎓 Rebecca Tushnet	18%	14	6.7%
Total			19.8%

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130

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0.103

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Mark Lemley

@marklemley.bsky.social

Watch the video that CBS and Trump's FCC conspired to ban

youtu.be/oiTJ7Pz_59A

Rep. James Talarico On Confronting Christian Nationalism, And Strange Days In The Texas Legislature

YouTube video by The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

youtu.be

February 17, 2026 at 3:45 PM

by Richard W. Painter

11%

Scholar power: 11.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Richard W. Painter	12%	10	11.4%

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80.0%

8.2 h

19

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0.1

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Richard W. Painter

@rwpusa.bsky.social

Do we have a First Amendment or do we not?
www.nbcnews.com/business/med...

Stephen Colbert says CBS didn't air interview out of fear of FCC

Colbert kicked off Monday's episode of "The Late Show" by saying that the network's lawyers told him he could not have Texas state Rep. James Talarico on the broadcast.

www.nbcnews.com

February 18, 2026 at 1:38 AM

by Dana R. Fisher

17%

Scholar power: 17.7%

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Law 38%, Communication & Media Studies 38%, Political science 24%

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🎓 Dana R. Fisher	10%	35	17.7%

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78.0%

20.6 h

45

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0.093

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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)

@fisherdanar.bsky.social

More evidence of soft censorship by the Trump Administration (tho it only works when the media outlet—CBS—acquiesces to such threats)👇

James Talarico @jamestalarico.bsky.social · 1d

This is the interview Donald Trump didn’t want you to see.

His FCC refused to air my interview with Stephen Colbert.

Trump is worried we’re about to flip Texas.

February 17, 2026 at 1:12 PM

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