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Republican senator's TV interview passes muster with FCC's Carr even though Democratic candidate's does not

Global Published 13 September 2026, 10:34 · archived 13 Sep 2026

LOS ANGELES: An ESPN interview on Saturday with a Republican US senator did not violate the Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule, FCC ​Chairman Brendan Carr said, days after the agency issued a warning to ‌another network about a Democratic political candidate’s appearance on a late-night TV program. Responding to a social media post by a group of college Democrats, Carr wrote that equal-time rules, which ​require TV networks to give airtime to opposing candidates, do not apply ​to Senator Ted Cruz’s appearance on ESPN’s “College GameDay” program because ⁠the law applies to broa...

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