Daring FireballJul 18
★ Curse Not the King
https://daringfireball.net/2025/07/curse_not_the_king_cbs_colbert_trump
Curse Not the King

Why CBS’s cancellation of “The Late Show With Stephen Colbert” stinks to high hell.

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Show threadZany Ninja

@daringfireball Ah yes, Colbert. While Israel was so courageously bombing Iran's nuclear facilities located in *checks notes* TV stations, prisons, and civilian population centers, Colbert was making fun of the fact that Iran's negotiators had been assassinated. And his audience burst out laughing when he said "They're all dead now!"...

Yeah, I won't be shedding a tear when he's gone...

Jul 20 at 10:55amWeb
Show threadZany NinjaJul 20

@daringfireball I used to be a fan of Colbert, he was a thorn in the side of the establishment with The Colbert Report. But now he's a tool of the establishment.

In the last couple of years, it's actually been kinda funny to see Colbert literally go 2 shades paler and his eyes open 2 inches wider whenever the Middle East is brought into the conversation...before he'd predictably nervously sputter the usual talking points, muddy the water, and defend the indefensible.

Show threadZany NinjaJul 20

@daringfireball For much of the world, the Democrats and Republicans have to date been the two cheeks of the same backside, especially in terms of America's often vile and disgusting foreign conquests.

And now we have seen Colbert is a team player. Principles and truth be damned.

Show threadZany NinjaJul 20

@daringfireball I take no pleasure in saying it, but Trump just might prove to be the kick up the backside America...needs? had coming? The US turning on itself like this might be an overdue reckoning for the breathtaking arrogant hypocrisy, perfidy, and corruption of the US political establishment. It might, hopefully, prove to be the trigger of the corrective the US needs. In the long run.

Fingers crossed.