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Fox Business Asks FCC if It Can ‘Police Offensive Comment’ From Stephen Colbert
What health care vote? On Thursday, far-right outlets seemed more interested in their war on Stephen Colbert, with Neil Cavuto asking the FCC chairman if he could get involved.
Ben Collins 05.04.17 7:45 PM ET
As Republicans were scrambling to pass Trumpcare through the House on Thursday, far-right media were increasingly focused on something else: their war against Late Show host Stephen Colbert—and whether the Federal Communications Commission could get involved.
The Drudge Report, Breitbart, and InfoWars repeated a talking point that spread first on right-wing social media websites like Twitter and Reddit’s r/The_Donald calling for Colbert to be fired for joking Monday that President Donald Trump’s mouth is “Vladimir Putin’s cock holster.”
Colbert refused to apologize in his Wednesday night monologue, and by Thursday, the outrage had reached Fox News and its sister station. On Fox Business Network, Neil Cavuto brought on Trump-appointed Republican FCC chairman Ajit Pai to ask him if it’s possible to “regulate or at least police offensive comment.”
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2017/05/04/fox-business-asks-fcc-if-it-can-police-offensive-comment-from-stephen-colbert
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