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Stephen Colbert wasn’t CBS’s first satirical sacrifice
Like Stephen Colbert, the Smothers Brothers enjoyed top ratings, and they had a history of refusing to avoid sensitive topics ...
America Needs Colbert
The silencing of jokes and jabs on network airwaves shatters a tangible demonstration of nuanced thinking, free speech and ...
Colbert Is Practically Daring CBS to Shut Him Down Early
Since then, Colbert has been ripping into Donald Trump with renewed relish, often while also flaying CBS and its parent ...
Commentary: Paramount appeased Trump — but now it has to battle Colbert and all his friends
The FCC still hasn’t approved the Paramount-Skydance merger, which may be where Colbert joins the saga. The cheeky host ...
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Commentary: Face it, Stephen Colbert is a bad joke — Michael Reagan
When Stephen Colbert became a financial disaster for CBS, its execs fired him. For good measure, they also killed the “The Late Show,” the network’s failing 33-year-old flag-ship late-night program.
The Stephen Colbert firing is the dumbest political firing of this administration
The first politician to weigh in happened to be the show’s July 17 guest, Sen. Adam B. Schiff, D-Calif. He posted on social ...
Is Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ cancellation really about money, or something more?
Jill Abramson, a former executive editor of The New York Times, teaches journalism at Northeastern University and is a ...