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CBS Canceling 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' After Next Season

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Re: CBS Canceling 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' After Next Season

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Extremely disturbing to see the US Press go the same way as the Indian Press did under Modi.

At some level, it is worse. The Indian press never sold us citizens koolaid about freedom, talking truth to power, and patted themselves on the back about winning Pulitzer Prizes for journalism.

The Indian press knows it is a bottom feeder and doesn’t try not to be which gives space for critical thought to emerge (even if it masked as extreme cynicism - “everyone is corrupt”) which results in extreme skepticism of everyone.

Re: CBS Canceling 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' After Next Season

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Their beefing over South Park as well:

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/sou...

At the heart of the dispute: a new 10-year, $3 billion overall deal for Parker and Stone that would more than triple the valuation of the current deal that expires in 2027

Yeah. So that's not going to happen lol.

Re: CBS Canceling 'Late Show with Stephen Colbert' After Next Season

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Extremely disturbing to see the US Press go the same way as the Indian Press did under Modi.

The Late Show has an elderly and shrinking audience. And, Colbert hasn't been funny in years, nor has he been challenging the powers that be.

When he did the White House Correspondents' Dinner and roasted George W Bush, that was extremely edgy. The Colbert Report was also wickedly funny.

But the Late Show makes John Oliver look like Lenny Bruce.

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