What Colbert meant is that CBS is bowing to political pressure because of Paramount Skydance, the network’s parent company. AdvertisementCBS denied that Colbert was forbidden from airing the Talarico interview in a statement. “THE LATE SHOW was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with Rep. James Talarico,” the statement read. But media reporter Oliver Darcy reported that Cooper left because of the “rightward direction the network has taken” and management’s increasing interference with “60 Minutes’” reporting. CBS continued to distort its coverage following a Trump attack on Paramount Skydance after it opened its hostile takeover bid to purchase Warner Bros.

Source: Huffington Post February 18, 2026 03:21 UTC