Opinion | Stephen Colbert’s interview with James Talarico finds massive audience online

The full clip has garnered ‘more than twice the daily average’ on Colbert’s YouTube channel, according to data

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Yeah, that interview that CBS late-night host Stephen Colbert did on Monday with Texas U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico that some people didn’t want you to see?

Well, apparently, a lot of people are seeing it. A lot.

As you know by now, Colbert said CBS insisted the show did not air the interview with Talarico on his late-night show, claiming the network was worried about the FCC coming after it for the equal-time rule regarding political candidates.

So the interview was shipped to the show’s YouTube page while Colbert, the network and the FCC all pointed fingers publicly about what happened.

But as far as the interview itself, it is being viewed by way more folks than would have seen it had no one made a fuss and it simply aired on Colbert’s show as originally planned.

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