2026-09-13T03:04:14.606Z / 路透社
作者：丽莎·贝尔特莱恩
2026年9月13日 3:04 UTC 发布，6分钟前更新
美国参议员特德·克鲁兹（R-得克萨斯州）于2026年9月10日在美国得克萨斯州达拉斯举行的共和党全国中期选举大会上发言。路透社/卡拉汉·奥黑尔 购买授权，打开新标签页
洛杉矶9月12日路透电 — 美国联邦通信委员会（FCC）主席布伦丹·卡尔表示，共和党籍联邦参议员上周六接受ESPN的采访并未违反该委员会的平等时间规则。此前数日，该机构刚就一名民主党政治候选人参加晚间电视节目的事件向另一家电视台发出警告。
针对大学民主党团体的社交媒体帖子，卡尔写道，要求电视网络为对立候选人提供播出时段的平等时间规则不适用于参议员特德·克鲁兹在ESPN《大学橄榄球赛前直播》节目中的亮相，因为该法律仅适用于广播电视台，不适用于有线节目。
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他还表示，该法规仅适用于合法合格的候选人，而克鲁兹并不符合这一条件。得克萨斯州共和党人克鲁兹并未参与今年的中期选举。
路透社记者未能立即联系到ESPN置评。
卡尔的此番表态出台数日之前，他所在的委员会刚向ESPN的姊妹网络美国广播公司（ABC）发出警告，涉及深夜电视节目主持人吉米·坎摩尔对得克萨斯州另一联邦参议院席位的民主党候选人詹姆斯·塔拉里科的采访。
“国会希望确保由选民决定选举结果，而非媒体把关人通过为部分候选人提供优先播出时间而选择性偏袒，以此挑选赢家和输家，”卡尔于周六写道。
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坎摩尔周四将对塔拉里科的采访改在YouTube而非自家广播电视平台播出，理由是FCC的威胁。塔拉里科将在11月的选举中对阵得克萨斯州总检察长、共和党人肯·帕克斯顿，这场竞选可能决定美国参议院的控制权归属。
今年1月，由共和党主导的FCC宣布，日间和深夜电视脱口秀不再被视为可豁免平等时间规则的“真正”新闻节目。
克鲁兹今年早些时候曾批评FCC审查华特迪士尼公司所持广播电视牌照的决定。
“审查言论不是政府的职责，我不认为FCC应当充当言论警察，”他在接受Punchbowl News采访时说道，其办公室证实了相关言论。
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Republican senator’s TV interview passes muster with FCC’s Carr even though Democratic candidate’s does not
2026-09-13T03:04:14.606Z / Reuters
By Lisa Baertlein
September 13, 2026 3:04 AM UTC Updated 6 mins ago
U.S. Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) speaks at the Republican National Midterm Convention in Dallas, Texas, U.S., September 10, 2026. REUTERS/Callaghan O’hare Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab
LOS ANGELES, Sept 12 (Reuters) – An ESPN interview on Saturday with a Republican U.S. senator did not violate the Federal Communications Commission’s equal-time rule, FCC Chairman Brendan Carr said, days after the agency issued a warning to another network about a Democratic political candidate’s appearance on a late-night TV program.
Responding to a social media post by a group of college Democrats, Carr wrote that equal-time rules, which require TV networks to give airtime to opposing candidates, do not apply to Senator Ted Cruz’s appearance on ESPN’s “College GameDay” program because the law applies to broadcast TV stations, not cable programs.
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Additionally, the statute only applies to legally qualified candidates, which Cruz is not, he said. Cruz, a Texas Republican, is not a candidate in this year’s midterm elections.
ESPN did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Carr’s post came days after his agency warned one of ESPN’s sister networks, ABC, over late-night TV host Jimmy Kimmel’s interview with James Talarico, a Democratic candidate for Texas’ other U.S. Senate seat.
“Congress wanted to ensure that voters would decide elections, not media gatekeepers picking winners and losers by providing preferential airtime to some candidates and not others,” Carr wrote on Saturday.
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Kimmel on Thursday aired his interview with Talarico on YouTube rather than on his network broadcast, citing the FCC threat. Talarico is running against Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, in a race that could decide control of the U.S. Senate in November.
In January, the Republican-led FCC said daytime and late-night TV talk shows are no longer considered “bona fide” news programs that are exempt from equal-time rules.
Cruz earlier this year criticized an FCC decision to review broadcast licenses held by Walt Disney, the parent company of ABC and ESPN.
“It is not government’s job to censor speech and I do not believe the FCC should operate as the speech police,” he told Punchbowl News in comments confirmed by his office.
Reporting by Lisa Baertlein; Editing by Sergio Non and Kim Coghill
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