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Good Riddance: 95% of Late Night ‘Comedy’ Show Guests Are Liberals
May 19th, 2023 9:00 AM
With the Writers Guild of America going on strike, it is likely that America has seen the last of the first half of 2023’s late night comedy shows. Whether America wants them to return is another question as 95 percent of their guests were liberal, a NewsBusters study has documented.
Hughley: A Black Superhero Should 'Make White People Believe Him'
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July 1st, 2021 9:23 AM
The "Original King of Comedy" and host of his own show, D.L. Hughley was recently interviewed on “Salon Talks” where he discussed his new satirical book, “How to Survive America.” During his most recent interview on the book, he moves out of the space of satire and into social justice warrior territory by claiming that the Black community needs a superhero whose power is “making white people…
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Bigoted D.L. Hughley Won't Call Out Nick Cannon's Racism On 'View'
July 17th, 2020 3:56 PM
Comedian D.L. Hughley stopped by The View briefly Friday to promote his book, “Surrender, White People!: Our Unconditional Terms for Peace,” and with a title like that, you can guess where the interview would be headed. But while Hughley had harsh words for whites, he, like many in the media, went soft went it came to actor and TV host Nick Cannon, after he made…
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Hughley Trashes Trump as 'Most Unexceptional Man in History'
October 1st, 2019 3:22 PM
The panel on The D.L. Hughley Show Monday weighed in on the impeachment push and the whistle-blower scandal that triggered it, making sure to trash President Trump and his supporters throughout their discussion. Throughout the rancor-filled opening segment, host D.L. Hughley referred to President Trump as “the most unexceptional man in history” and trashed Congressman Devin Nunes as an “ignorant…
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Liberal Civility: D.L. Hughley Uses ‘Retard’ Slur Against Trump
September 10th, 2019 4:25 PM
A new week means new outrageous commentary on The D.L. Hughley Show. This time, Hughley and his panel defended the description of President Trump as “mentally retarded” by an audience member at one of Kamala Harris’s campaign events. Hughley asserted “the reason that they call Donald Trump’s actions retarded is because they are.”
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Ghoulish D.L. Hughley: ‘Hard to Feel Sorry' for Gun Victims in Texas
September 5th, 2019 4:03 PM
The D.L. Hughley Show was the place to be on Tuesday night for anyone desiring angry, liberal hate from a supposed comedian.The commentary went completely off the rails when the host admitted it’s “hard” for him to have sympathy for victims in pro-gun Texas. The commentary went completely off the rails when the host admitted: “It’s hard to feel sorry for people that are complicit in what’s…
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D.L. Hughley Slams Trump Backers As Worse Than Devil-Worshippers
July 25th, 2019 7:19 AM
During the D.L. Hughley Show on TV One on Tuesday night, the eponymous host and his panel discussed the “D.L. Question of the Day” on social media asking “could you be friends with a staunch Trump supporter?” After Hughley answered “hell no,” the conversation quickly turned into a tirade against Trump supporters; whom Hughley trashed as “morally vacant,” “self-centered,” and worse humans than…
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D.L. Hughley Triggered By Tiger Woods Normalizing ‘Monster’ Trump
May 8th, 2019 4:55 PM
Former CNN host and comedian D.L. Hughley was triggered by Tiger Woods accepting the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Donald Trump. On his TV One talk show, Hughley was outraged that the 2019 Masters Tournament winner would take the time “to normalize a monster.”
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D.L. Hughley: GOP Only Picks ‘Obedient Dogs’ Cain, Carson & Thomas
April 11th, 2019 2:57 PM
Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, neurosurgeon and current HUD director Ben Carson
and former Godfather’s Pizza CEO Herman Cain all worked hard to reach the pinnacles of their chosen professions. But their career accomplishments mean nothing in the eyes of comedian D.L. Hughley who belittled them for committing the unforgivable sin (in his eyes) of being liked by Republicans.
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Cuomo Laughs at Hughley's Racist Joke in Segment on 'Racist' Trump
November 28th, 2017 11:06 AM
On Tuesday's New Day, the CNN studio was acting as a glass house while stones were being thrown as comedian D.L. was welcomed onto the show to share his views on President Donald Trump making a crack about Pocahontas and Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren during a ceremony honoring Native-American veterans. After Hughley had spent most of the segment complaining that too many Americans have been…
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Hughley Slams White Athletes, Vets Who Ignore Anti-Black 'Brutality'
August 30th, 2016 1:12 PM
Appearing as a guest on Tuesday's New Day on CNN to defend NFL player Colin Kaepernick's refusal to stand for the National Anthem, comedian and former CNN host D.L. Hughley griped about veterans and white athletes who have criticized Kaepernick but have not condemned "brutality" against black Americans, and charged that their "protest" is a protest "in agreement of" violence. Hughley: "When will…
D.L. Hughley: ‘Romney Definitely Ain’t Messing With No Broke (N--g
October 18th, 2012 10:12 AM
Comedian D.L. Hughley channeled singer Kanye West Wednesday to take a cheap shot at Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney.
Appearing on MSNBC’s The Last Word, Hughley said of the former Massachusetts governor, “I’m not saying that he’s a gold digger, but he definitely ain’t messing with no broke - you know how it goes” (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Media Combine Attacks on Chick-fil-A with Food Police Advocacy
August 2nd, 2012 5:00 PM
The recent manufactured controversy over Chick-fil-A has allowed media figures on the left to combine two of their favorite pastimes: serving as self-appointed food police and attacking supporters of traditional marriage.
Television commentators and print writers have taken the recent furor over Chick-fil-A’s corporate stance on gay marriage to complain about the unhealthy quality of Chick-…
Reagan the 'Moses of...Greedy White Men'; Beat Reagan Statue with Shoe
June 9th, 2009 2:44 PM
Catching up with Friday night's Real Time with Bill Maher on HBO, guest D.L. Hughley -- the actor/comedian who until recently had a show on CNN -- insisted “you never saw drugs or drive-byes or homeless people” in inner-cities before Reagan “cut” social programs and became “the Moses of...greedy white men.” Left-wing blogger Jeremy Scahill predicted “some guys” will pull down the new Capitol…
