Jim Acosta Asks Why It's OK for Ted Cruz to Go on The View but Kimmel Can't Interview Talarico

As we told you earlier, the Democrats have been given another reason to clutch those pearls:

'Jimmy Kimmel Live' Moves Interview With Texas Senate Candidate James Talarico From TV to YouTube Due to FCC Threats https://t.co/IFoWoMaaQT

— Variety (@Variety) September 10, 2026

Those "FCC threats" are equal time rules that were put into place long before President Trump came along. 

However, intrepid Resistance journo Jim Acosta, no doubt from a location very close to the DC Reflecting Pool, rushed to help the Left turn it into a censorship issue. 

What is happening to our country? The @FCC is a threat to free speech in America. Its chairman @BrendanCarrFCC has become an authoritarian Minister or Information. #baghdadbrendan https://t.co/wQLFldIINM

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 10, 2026

Acosta got this reply:

Honest question you should answer. Do you think it’s OK for a television network that is pumped into every single house in this country to push consistent propaganda for one side of the political aisle?

— Rob Schmitt (@SchmittNYC) September 10, 2026

Then the former CNNer helped prove why nobody should ever trust self-described "journalists" to provide accurate information or valid comparisons with this comeback:

Dude come on. Ted Cruz was just on the View and Talarico can't go on Kimmel. How is that appropriate? Honest question YOU should answer. https://t.co/jEwP7qTi1x

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) September 10, 2026

Acosta was good enough to leave the replies turned on for this one, and he got some help answering his question:

Hi Jim. I'll answer it. Ted Cruz is not a current candidate. Talerico is. Equal time law applies to Talerico. It does not apply to Cruz.

Would you like me to teach you basic math now also?

— Stephen L. Miller (@redsteeze) September 10, 2026

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Surely you understand the difference there between a candidate and a non-candidate?

— Matt Whitlock (@MattWhitlock) September 10, 2026

Ted Cruz isn't a candidate.

James Talarico is.

Hope this helps, Jim. https://t.co/UweP3MgXSu

— Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) September 10, 2026

Kimmel could have eliminated the drama by having Talarico and Paxton on his show this week, but obviously he didn't want to do that. 

Besides the obvious that Cruz isn't a candidate for office, The View is a part of ABC's news division and Jimmy Kimmel is not https://t.co/l5yVuMdPON

— Billionaire Chimp (@ChimpWithMoney) September 10, 2026

There's that distinction as well, not that we'd expect a "journalist" like Acosta to mention it and ruin the narrative he was trying to help forward. 

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