2026年1月21日 / 美国东部时间晚上10:30 / CBS新闻
美国联邦通信委员会周三警告电视广播公司，日间脱口秀和深夜节目必须给对立的政治候选人提供同等时长的播出机会。
这一举措针对的是特朗普总统长期以来指责存在政治偏见的电视节目类型，导致总统呼吁撤销广播公司的FCC执照。
该公告依据一项已有数十年历史的联邦法律，要求所有获得FCC许可的广播公司，如果允许政治候选人通过其频道播出内容，就必须为所有竞选同一职位的其他候选人提供”平等机会”。该法律对”真正的新闻广播”和新闻采访豁免了平等时间规则。
2006年，FCC曾表示，新闻豁免适用于《杰·雷诺今夜秀》(The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)的采访，这意味着深夜喜剧节目可以让当时的加州州长候选人阿诺德·施瓦辛格(Arnold Schwarzenegger)出镜，而无需同时邀请其民主党对手。
但在周三发布的一份四页通知中，FCC表示”并非所有深夜和日间娱乐节目都符合豁免条件”。监管机构称，豁免是否适用需个案处理，且”没有任何证据”表明这些节目中的采访符合新闻豁免条件。
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FCC主席布伦丹·卡尔(Brendan Carr)是特朗普的盟友，他在X平台上写道：”多年来，老牌电视网一直认为其深夜和日间脱口秀符合’真正新闻’节目标准——即使其动机纯粹是党派政治目的。今天，FCC提醒他们有义务为所有候选人提供平等机会。”
FCC没有点名具体节目，但特朗普在Truth Social上转发了一则新闻标题，称FCC正在”针对”两个长期引起总统不满的ABC节目——《观点》(The View)和《吉米·坎摩尔秀》(Jimmy Kimmel Live!)。卡尔在X平台上分享了特朗普帖子的截图。
ABC未回应CBS新闻就FCC通知提出的置评请求。同样播出特朗普批评的深夜节目的NBC和CBS也拒绝置评。
民主党FCC委员安娜·戈麦斯(Anna Gomez)严厉批评FCC的公告，称其”是本委员会持续进行的审查和控制言论运动的升级”。她还指出，该通知”具有误导性”，因为FCC尚未正式修改任何规则——通常这一过程需要公众意见征询期和委员投票。
戈麦斯在声明中表示：”广播公司不应因害怕监管报复而淡化、审查或避免进行批评性报道。广播电台有权播出有新闻价值的内容，即使内容是批评掌权者的。这一权利今天不会改变，明天不会改变，也不会仅仅因为本届政府希望压制批评者而改变。”
特朗普多年来一直与批评他的脱口秀主持人发生争执。他曾庆祝哥伦比亚广播公司母公司派拉蒙去年夏天决定停播《斯蒂芬·科尔伯特深夜秀》，并对ABC在9月因吉米·坎摩尔评论保守派活动家查理·柯克遇刺事件发表言论后暂时停播《吉米·坎摩尔秀》表示赞赏。他还公开要求NBC解雇深夜主持人吉米·法伦和塞思·迈耶斯。
总统还长期主张，FCC应撤销持续批评他的电视网的广播执照。FCC传统上对电视网播出内容的影响有限，部分原因是受到第一修正案的限制。
“他们只给我带来负面宣传，”特朗普9月对记者说。”我的意思是，他们获得了执照。我认为他们的执照可能应该被吊销。这取决于布伦丹·卡尔。”
这一问题引起了卡尔的关注，他经常指出广播公司需在”公共利益”框架下运营。
在ABC暂时停播坎摩尔节目之前数小时，卡尔在播客采访中公开敦促迪士尼旗下的该电视网”采取行动”，称”FCC有办法处理此事”。
“我们可以选择简单方式或复杂方式，”卡尔当时模仿黑帮头目口音，评论坎摩尔节目时说道。
FCC says TV talk shows must offer equal time to political candidates
January 21, 2026 / 10:30 PM EST / CBS News
The Federal Communications Commission warned TV broadcasters Wednesday that daytime talk shows and late-night programs must give equal time to opposing political candidates.
The move addressed a genre of TV that President Trump has long argued is politically biased, leading to calls from the president to revoke broadcasters’ FCC licenses.
The announcement hinges on a decades-old federal law requiring any FCC-licensed broadcaster that lets a political candidate appear on its airwaves to also offer “equal opportunities” to all other candidates running for the same office. The law exempts “bona fide newscasts” and news interviews from the equal time rule.
In 2006, the FCC said the news exemption applied to an interview on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno,” meaning the late-night comedy show could feature then-California gubernatorial candidate Arnold Schwarzenegger on-air without also inviting his Democratic opponent.
But in a four-page notice on Wednesday, the FCC said it is “not the case” that all late-night and daytime entertainment shows are exempt. The regulator said it decides whether the exemption applies on a case-by-case basis, and it “has not been presented with any evidence” that interviews on those shows qualify for the news exemption.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr, a Trump ally, wrote on X: “For years, legacy TV networks assumed that their late night & daytime talk shows qualify as ‘bona fide news’ programs – even when motivated by purely partisan political purposes. Today, the FCC reminded them of their obligation to provide all candidates with equal opportunities.”
The FCC did not call out any specific shows by name. But Mr. Trump reposted a news headline on Truth Social that said the FCC is taking “aim” at two ABC shows that have long drawn the president’s ire — “The View” and “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” Carr shared a screenshot of Mr. Trump’s post on X.
ABC did not respond to a request for comment from CBS News on the FCC’s notice. NBC and CBS, which also air late-night shows criticized by Mr. Trump, declined to comment.
Democratic FCC Commissioner Anna Gomez sharply criticized the FCC’s announcement, calling it “an escalation in this FCC’s ongoing campaign to censor and control speech.” She also argued the notice was “misleading” since the FCC hasn’t formally changed any of its rules, a process that typically involves a public comment period and a vote by the commissioners.
“Broadcasters should not feel pressured to water down, sanitize, or avoid critical coverage out of fear of regulatory retaliation,” Gomez said in a statement. “Broadcast stations have a constitutional right to carry newsworthy content, even when that content is critical of those in power. That does not change today, it will not change tomorrow, and it will not change simply because of this Administration’s desire to silence its critics.”
Mr. Trump has feuded with critical talk show hosts for years. He celebrated CBS parent company Paramount’s decision to end “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” last summer, and he hailed ABC’s decision in September to temporarily preempt “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” following comments Kimmel made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. And he’s publicly called on NBC to fire late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers.
The president has also long argued that the FCC should revoke TV broadcast licenses for networks that consistently criticize him. The FCC has traditionally exerted limited influence over the content aired by TV networks, partly due to First Amendment constraints.
“They give me only bad publicity or press,” Mr. Trump told reporters in September. “I mean, they’re getting a license. I would think maybe their license should be taken away. It will be up to Brendan Carr.”
The issue has drawn the attention of Carr, who has regularly pointed to laws requiring broadcasters to operate in the “public interest.”
Hours before ABC temporarily took Kimmel off the air, Carr publicly urged the Disney-owned TV network to “take action” in response to the comedian’s remarks on Kirk, saying in a podcast interview that “there are avenues here for the FCC.”
“We can do this the easy way or the hard way,” Carr said at the time.
Those comments drew bipartisan criticism, with Republican Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas arguing Carr overstepped and could set a bad precedent the next time there’s a Democratic president.
“I gotta say, that’s right out of ‘Goodfellas.’ That’s right out of a mafioso coming into a bar, going, ‘nice bar you have here, it’d be a shame if something happened to it,'” Cruz said of Carr’s remarks on Kimmel, mimicking a mob boss’s accent.
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