It Begins: FCC to investigate Colbert for homophobia, obsenity [View all]
The FCC has promised to investigate Stephen Colbert for Monday’s rant about Donald Trump. Many are calling parts of the joke homophobic and others calling it insensitive. Stephen Colbert is a late night host and his show is not within the 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. “safe harbor” zone.
“Sir, you attract more skinheads than free Rogaine,” Colbert joked in his Monday monologue. “You have more people marching against you than cancer. You talk like a sign language gorilla that got hit in the head. In fact, the only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s c--k holster.”
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai pledged to “take the appropriate action” even though he has been known to take a “lighter touch” on regulation. It appears that President Trump is strong arming Pai to, at least, speak out, against anyone who would dare make the man in the oval office the subject of an obscene joke.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2017/05/05/fcc-to-investigate-colbert-over-trump-joke-referencing-putin/#acefa4016969
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