Brendan Carr

It was the true faith was being spread by the Catholic Church.

That was the origins of the term.

And then in the 20th century with the rise of mass media, most notably radio, but also in Stalinist Russia, the Soviet Union, there was a massive effort of using posters and cartoons and things like that.

Now we're at a place where they can make a video of some figure that you think is on your side who's saying something you hate.

We have to be more attuned to the truth.

And in manufacturing delusion, Glenn, that is the mission.

And that's why I need everybody to go get the book.

No, not at all.

I woke up Tuesday morning and logged on to social media, and that was the first time that I'd even heard about this.

And I woke up to a politician claiming that the FCC had somehow not aired, is what they said.

The FCC refused to air it.

this segment.

And that wasn't true at all.

Not only was that not true, but the subsequent claim that, well, it was CBS that refused to air it was also proved to be a hoax as well.

That in fact, CBS apparently had advised Colbert they could run the exact interview that they wanted.

And they just needed to be mindful that it could trigger an equal time obligation for other candidates.

And again, that would be a circumstance in which Colbert himself wouldn't even have had to conduct the interview.

But to your point, step back

Broadcast TV is fundamentally different, as you noted, than cable and streaming and social media because you've got a license by the government.

And the reason you have a license is because we can't have multiple people on the same airways at the same time.