Darcy Has Epic Meltdown At Bari Weiss, Conservative Media Criticisms
Having former CNN media reporter-turned Substacker Oliver Darcy on once to freak out about Bari Weiss taking over CBS News was not good enough for PBS. It just had to do it again. On Tuesday, Darcy joined Amanpour and Company, where he had an epic meltdown over Weiss, the Trump administration, and conservative critiques of the news media.
Actress Bette Midler Sings To Colbert: 'You're My Frodo'
Actress Bette Midler traveled over to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday to pay tribute to the eponymous host as he winds down his show. While Midler avoided wishing a plague on Colbert’s bosses, she did gush over him in the form of a song that included several references to Colbert’s Lord of the Rings fandom as well as President Trump’s backside.
Colbert, Kimmel Hail Gaza Deal, Mock Idea Of Trump Winning Peace Prize
CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! are the only two late night comedy shows with original episodes this week. As such, both men were the only ones able to give their thoughts on the recent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. While both hosts acknowledged their eternal nemesis, President Donald Trump, should get credit for the deal, they…
WashPost Tries To Say Trump Has Made Political Comedy Important Again
The opinion section at The Washington Post may be moving in a positive direction towards an embrace of free markets, but the style section still has a ways to go. A Saturday article that was published in the Tuesday print edition by Elahe Izadi sought to answer the question, “Has Trump’s government made political comedy feel important again?” According to Izadi and her sources, the…
Colbert: 'Stupid Fearmongering' To Say Dems Want Benefits For Illegals
The synergy between the liberal late night comedy shows and the liberal news media was on full display on Thursday night as The Late Show’s Stephen Colbert and The Daily Show’s Ronny Chieng each relied on their journalist compatriots on CBS and The Daily Show, respectively, to claim Republicans are, in Colbert’s words, being “stupid” and “fearmongering” by saying…
Late Night Shows Receive Their Shutdown Talking Points
On Wednesday, the late night comedians received their government shutdown-related marching orders. To listen to them is no different than any generic Democratic member of Congress who portrays the shutdown as a showdown between Democrats, who want people to have healthcare, and Republicans, who do not.
Colbert Ties Hegseth's 'Warrior Ethos' Speech To Debate Over Rhetoric
There were plenty of dumb hot takes from the left after a Tuesday speech by Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth to an assembled audience of generals and admirals, but CBS’s Stephen Colbert may have had the dumbest. For some reason, The Late Show host tried to tie Hegseth’s observation that the people in the crowd “kill people and break things” to other ongoing conversations about the need to…
Kimmel, Colbert Talk Suspension, But Avoid Reason Why
ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel and CBS’s Stephen Colbert guested on each other’s respective Tuesday shows, and the former’s recent suspension was naturally a topic of interest. However, the reason why ABC suspended Kimmel in the first place went unmentioned, but there was still plenty of attacks on “that son of a bitch,” President Trump, and mutual back patting.
Colbert, Strong Blame George H.W. Bush For Impending Climate Doom
No Republican is safe from CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert’s wrath, not even former President and quintessential moderate George H.W. Bush. According to Colbert and actor Jeremy Strong on Thursday, “we risk losing essentially everything” to climate change, and it is Bush’s fault.
Colbert And Murphy Try To Make Dallas ICE Shooting About Gun Control
Stephen Colbert’s week of inviting Democratic politicians to CBS and The Late Show continued on Wednesday with Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy. Colbert began by praising Murphy’s gun control advocacy as he tried to use the shooting at the Dallas ICE facility to push the idea. Murphy, meanwhile, tried to argue that it was actually President Trump doing the politicizing because political…
Colbert Gushes Over Newsom For 'Being Interesting'
CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert will not survive to see the conclusion of the 2028 Democratic Primary, but that isn’t stopping Colbert from using his remaining few months to help kick-start the process. On Tuesday, Colbert welcomed California Gov. Gavin Newsom, whom he praised for “being interesting,” for three segments and joined in fearmongering that there might not even be…
Late Night Shows, Tapper Applaud ABC Bringing Kimmel Back
Three of the four late night comedy shows used their Monday episodes to celebrate ABC and Disney folding to liberal demands to bring back Jimmy Kimmel on Tuesday, although nobody seemed to want to discuss his actual comments about MAGA “desperately trying to characterize this kid who murdered Charlie Kirk as anything other than one of them.”
'That's Just Jimmy Kimmel': Colbert Doesn't Understand Anger at Kimmel
All of the late night comedians addressed ABC suspending Jimmy Kimmel on Thursday shows, but CBS’s Stephen Colbert’s reaction on The Late Show was especially bad. Not only did Colbert not see any problem in what Kimmel said, but he also teamed up with CNN host Jake Tapper and The New Yorker editor David Remnick to warn about the decay of press freedom in the Trump era.
CNN: With 'Wannabe Mob Boss' Trump, 'We're Close to State-Run Media'
On CNN This Morning, they ran a clip of Rep. Daniel Goldman calling President Trump a "wannabe mob boss" after Jimmy Kimmel's show was suspended by ABC. CNN analyst Meghan Hays warned "We are running dangerously close to state-run media...They're dismantling democracy by doing this." Democracy = equals lying about an assassin?
