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Jay Leno's comments about politics during late-night TV take on new meaning amid the cancellation of Stephen Colbert's CBS hosting gig.
The news came shortly after Colbert spoke against CBS’s parent company, Paramount, for agreeing to pay $16 million to settle a lawsuit filed by Donald Trump over a 60 Minutes segment. While many suspected the president was behind the firing, he denied the claim, taking to his Truth Social, where he wrote:
A review by Fox News Digital found that left-wing journalists and other media figures made hundreds of appearances on "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert."
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"No wonder Colbert got canned" from "The Late Show," the media personality said, adding, "More will follow." U.K. journalist Piers Morgan believes late-night TV in the United States has shifted from comedy to “partisan political activism.
David Letterman took aim at his former employer, CBS, over the cancellation of 'The Late Show With Stephen Colbert.