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Stephen Colbert’s show is being canceled just as a major media merger requiring Trump administration approval moves forward, raising fears of political pressure on the press. On Morning Joe, Molly Jong-Fast calls the moment “really scary” and points to a broader fight: Rupert Murdoch,
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The state of late-night TV is keeping media executives from sleeping well. CBS’ decision to cut ties with Stephen Colbert and its decades-old “Late Show” franchise come next May will leave a major hole in the format — but one that has been widening.
CBS cancelled "Late Night with Stephen Colbert" in a move that Senator Elizabeth Warren has criticized as potentially being done for political reasons, following Colbert's public criticism of Paramount Global's $16 million settlement with President Trump.
Stephen Colbert s testimony before a House Judiciary subcommittee Friday drew laughs and complaints and attracted plenty of people to the hearing room. But some lawmakers said that instead of ...
“It’s a political rally,” said Clay Christian, 51, of Bethesda, Md. “A lot of people are frustrated, and they enjoy somebody who kind of cuts through that,” he said.
Ian Crouch on Stephen Colbert’s return to political humor, now as the host of CBS’s “Late Show,” and a visit by the former “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart.
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson told late night host Stephen Colbert on Tuesday that it was "problematic" for the Supreme Court to be perceived as political.