During his monthly press conference at the agency, Federal Communications Commission chairman Brendan Carr elaborated on the agency’s “equal time” rule change, which could force daytime talk shows like The View and late night shows like The Tonight Show to think carefully before inviting on candidates for political office.
There has been an exemption for daytime talk shows and late night talk shows tracking back decades. In general, talk shows have qualified for the equal opportunities exemption as a bona fide news interview, ever since the FCC granted an exemption to Jay Leno’s Tonight Show in 1996. That is now changing, with the FCC expecting to be much more aggressive in responding to complaints from candidates that are not invited onto shows, be they from a major party, or a more obscure third party.
“Congress was clear that the FCC has a role with respect to bona fide news,…
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