Left-wingers went off the deep end over the weekend after GOP Texas Senator Ted Cruz appeared on ESPN’s GameDay with many erroneously wondering how ESPN could get away with breaking FCC rules. But FCC chairman Brandan Carr jumped to social media to explain how the criticism is off base and noted that ESPN didn’t break any rules by having Cruz on the show.
\n\nCruz jumped on the show help explain the Protect College Sports Act during Saturday’s Texas-Ohio State game, a decision that an ESPN insider called an “easy decision,” according to Awul Announcing.
\n\nLiberals seized on Cruz’s participation on the show in light of the FCC’s ongoing reviews of ABC and other broadcasters for violations of the FCC’s equal time rules in political content. Many left-wingers accused ESPN and the FCC of bias in favor of the Republicans allowing ESPN to break the rules.
\n\nWith the accusations swirling, Carr jumped on his social media to explain why ESPN did not break any rules at all by having Cruz on the show to explain the Protect College Sports Act.
\n\nCarr explained that the Equal Time statute doesn’t apply to ESPN’s GameDay.
\n\nThe Equal Time rules only apply to broadcast TV…
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