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3 days agoABC argues Trump administration is trying to chill free speech
FCC actions are alleged to threaten free speech and disrupt equal-time rules for “The View,” prompting ABC to challenge the Trump administration.
"He was supposed to be here, but we were told in no uncertain terms by our network's lawyers, who called us directly, that we could not have him on the broadcast," Colbert said on his program, "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert." "Then I was told, in some uncertain terms, that not only could I not have him on, I could not mention me not having him on. And because my network clearly doesn't want us to talk about this, let's talk about this."