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Amanpour: U.S. Will Beat ISIS Before Brian Williams Returns to NBC

June 2nd, 2015 12:13 PM
During an appearance on Comedy Central’s The Nightly Show with Larry Wilmore on Monday, CNN’s Christiane Amanpour joked “we defeat ISIS” when asked: “What happens first: we defeat ISIS or Brian Williams anchoring again?”
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Wilmore Eviscerates Halperin's 'Spanish Inquisition' of Ted Cruz

May 14th, 2015 9:40 AM
Since his Comedy Central show began back in January, Larry Wilmore has followed the heavily-trod path of his former boss, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart -- he directs 95 percent of his snark at conservatives, the remaining sliver at fellow liberals. Seeing how Wilmore is so selective in his ridicule toward the left, the outrage in question must be indisputably egregious to draw his fire. Mark…
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Larry Wilmore Insists ‘Thug’ Is the New ‘N-Word’

April 30th, 2015 11:31 AM
On Wednesday night, Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore went to great lengths to promote the idea that calling rioters in Baltimore thugs was just a socially acceptable way of using the “n-word.” The Nightly Show comedian began is commentary by playing several edited clips of different people referring to the Baltimore rioters as thugs, including President Obama, which Wilmore took great offense to…
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Comedy Central's Larry Wilmore Slams CNN, Fox News Baltimore Coverage

April 29th, 2015 6:28 PM
During Tuesday's edition of The Nightly Show on the Comedy Central cable channel, host Larry Wilmore used a combination of bad comedy and vulgarity to criticize how the Cable News Network and the Fox News Channel covered the riots and chaos in Baltimore the night before. With the phrase “What a Riot” over a picture of a burning car, the black liberal began the segment by stating: “We're talking…

Larry Wilmore Sees 40% Drop In Viewership vs. Colbert

April 23rd, 2015 12:06 PM
In his first three months as host of the Nightly Show, Comedy Central’s Larry Wilmore has seen his audience down nearly 40% compared to the Colbert Report which occupied the same 11:30 p.m. time slot. 
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CBS: Would Trevor Noah Controversy Have Happened if He Was White?

April 10th, 2015 2:52 PM
In an interview with Comedy Central's Nightly Show host Larry Wilmore on Friday's CBS This Morning, co-host Gayle King wondered if the controversy swirling around newly-named Daily Show host Trevor Noah was racially motivated: "So keep it a hundred about Trevor Noah....do you think this would have happened if he was white?...Because first he's, you know, 'Trevor Noah, Trevor Noah,' and then there…
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Reich Frets ‘Press' Has Made ISIS Too Much of ‘a Big Deal’

March 27th, 2015 3:33 PM
While on Thursday’s edition of The Nightly Show on Comedy Central, former Labor Secretary Robert Reich expressed concern that the media has been covering the terrorist group ISIS too heavily and in turn has been causing the group’s ranks to swell. After being asked by host Larry Wilmore to explain why “all these westerners [are] joining ISIS,” Reich dismissed that premise by declaring that “there…
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Wilmore: Creationists Like Cruz Don’t Deserve Respect or High Office

March 26th, 2015 12:41 PM
Tolerance is only expected from the left, never given. That was never more evident than on The Nightly Show March 24 where Ted Cruz and evangelicals were mocked for their faith.   Host Larry Wilmore brought on liberal comedian Lewis Black, Actor and former member of the Obama Administration Kal Penn, pollster Kristen Soltis Anderson, and anchor for The Blaze TV, Amy Holmes, to discuss Ted Cruz’s…
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Larry Wilmore Mocks Al Sharpton Photobombing Obama During Selma March

March 10th, 2015 11:55 AM
On Monday night, Comedy Central host Larry Wilmore poked fun at MSNBC's Al Sharpton for "sneaking over Obama's shoulder” to take a picture during the 50th anniversary of the Bloody Sunday march in Selma.