Welcome to the three martini lunch.

Grab a stool next to Greg Corumbus of Radio America and Jim Garrity of National Review.

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Hey, really glad you're with us for the Wednesday edition of the three martini lunch.

A lot to get to today.

But we start where we finished yesterday with Stephen Colbert and

CBS and James Tolarico because there was a big update in this story. And Jim is like a bucking

Bronco before the gate opens. And he's so ready to go on this. I can't let it wait until later

in the podcast. It's got to come out right here at the open. We talked about yesterday. Hopefully,

already heard the podcast. But basically, Stephen Colbert had on Texas Democratic U.S.

Senate candidate James Tala Rico did not offer a similar slot to fellow Democratic Senate candidate

Jasmine Crockett or as far as we know any of the Republican candidates or even the lesser

known Democrats. So CBS said, you know, or of the Republican candidates or even the lesser-known Democrats.

So CBS said, you know, or so was the story yesterday.

Best not to run this due to equal time concerns on broadcast airwaves.

So they put it on YouTube, and now Colbert and Tala Rica are acting like martyrs of Trump's FCC.

Well, that was the story yesterday.

That's not the real story.

Jim, this story, this lie from Colbert and Talarico is so bad.

Brian Stelter is the first place I saw the actual truth coming. And here he says, this just in from CBS.

The late show was not prohibited by CBS from broadcasting the interview with State Representative James

Talarico. The show was provided legal guidance that the broadcast could trigger the FCC

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