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CNN's Cuomo and Camerota Crack Up Over Letterman's Anti-Trump Top 10

By Matthew Balan | July 14, 2015, 9:15 AM EDT

On Monday's New Day, CNN's Alisyn Camerota and Chris Cuomo hyped David Letterman coming "out of retirement" on Friday to issue a Top Ten list mocking Donald Trump. The two anchors were nearly brought to tears over Letterman's list ...

WashPost Plays Dumb, Finds 'It's Surprisingly Hard to Say' If Letterman's Liberal

By Tim Graham | May 26, 2015, 2:15 AM EDT

Washington Post political correspondent Chris Cillizza spent way too much time claiming the personal political views of David Letterman were some kind of mystery. The headline was "Is David Letterman liberal? It's surprisingly hard to say." ...

Chris Matthews Insists He Doesn't Know Dave Letterman's Politics; We Have a Top Ten List Proving He's Liberal

By Ken Shepherd | May 19, 2015, 9:00 PM EDT

In a segment on Tuesday's Hardball with Daily Show co-creator Lizz Winstead, MSNBC's Chris Matthews insisted that as was the case with the late Johnny Carson, he couldn't tell where exactly late-night comic Dave Letterman fell on the politi ...

Letterman: Jeb Bush Opposing Gay Marriage Like Being Against Women Voting

By Jeffrey Meyer | May 19, 2015, 2:21 PM EDT

With David Letterman officially signing off as host of CBS’s Late Show on Wednesday, the liberal comic took time once again to bash Republicans for their support of traditional marriage during his Monday night monologue.  Following Governor Jeb Bush’s ann ...

Critic: In the 1980s, Letterman’s Style of Comedy ‘Probably Helped Neuter the American Left’

By Tom Johnson | May 18, 2015, 6:15 PM EDT

Over the past decade or so, David Letterman has become outspokenly liberal, but according to cultural critic Scott Timberg, the seemingly apolitical comedy that Dave did in the 1980s actually hurt the left. Specifically, it served as a sort of opiate whic ...

Notable Quotables: Hillary's Scandals = ‘Distractions’ and ‘Noise’

By Rich Noyes | May 18, 2015, 9:05 AM EDT

Now online: the May 18 edition of Notable Quotables, MRC’s bi-weekly compilation of the latest outrageous quotes in the liberal media. This week, as the Clinton Foundation scandal simmers, NBC travels to Africa to tout the "heartwarming" stories ...

Letterman Quips: Hillary Clinton ‘Would Be Happy to Delete’ E-Mails, Texts Related to Deflategate

By Curtis Houck | May 11, 2015, 1:55 AM EDT

CBS’s Late Show host David Letterman made a quip during his opening monologue on Thursday that, considering all that’s going on with the New England Patriots and Deflategate, scandal-ridden presidential candidate Hillary Clinton “would be happy to delete” ...

Letterman Goes Ga-Ga for Obama; ‘You Can Feel the Electricity’ Whenever He’s Here

By Curtis Houck | May 13, 2015, 9:49 PM EDT

During the opening monologue of Tuesday’s Late Show on CBS, David Letterman channeled his inner Chris Matthews in professing his admiration for President Barack Obama following his appearance on Monday’s program by declaring that “you can feel the electri ...

CBS Gushes Over Obama Saying Goodbye to ‘Comedy Legend’ David Letterman

By Jeffrey Meyer | May 5, 2015, 9:33 AM EDT

On Tuesday, CBS This Morning swooned over President Obama’s final appearance on the Late Show with David Letterman Monday night, with the hosts heaping praise on the liberal comedian’s tenure at CBS.  Co-host Gayle King touted how “President Obama is prai ...

Letterman Uses ‘Top 10’ Segment to Mock Hillary’s Scooby Van

By Jeffrey Meyer | April 15, 2015, 2:38 PM EDT

On Tuesday night, Late Show host David Letterman used his “Top 10” segment to list the “Top 10 things overheard in Hillary Clinton’s van.” Letterman joked that Clinton is “riding around in a van,  following the Grateful Dead or  something, I don't kn ...

Letterman: Ted Cruz Appealing to 'Extreme Right-Wing' of GOP

By Kyle Drennen | April 3, 2015, 10:54 AM EDT

Discussing the presidential bid of Senator Ted Cruz with Fox News host Bill O'Reilly on Tuesday's CBS Late Show, host David Letterman described the Texas Republican motivating "extreme" supporters: "...he announced at Liberty Coll ...

Chorus: Late Night Comics Mock Ted Cruz as Anti-Immigrant, Stupid

By Scott Whitlock | March 24, 2015, 11:40 AM EDT

In a preview of the 2016 campaign, all five late night comics on Monday night mocked Ted Cruz, hitting the Republican as anti-immigrant, regressive and stupid. CBS host David Letterman didn't bother with a joke. Instead, he lectured, "Here' ...

Letterman Laments Attention Devoted to Clinton E-Mail Scandal; Fallon Mocks Her Press Conference

By Curtis Houck | March 17, 2015, 3:05 AM EDT

In a contrast of how two network late night comedy hosts addressed the Hillary Clinton email scandal on Monday, CBS’s David Letterman whined about the attention and effort being devoted and given to the scandal while NBC’s Jimmy Fallon took to mocking Cli ...

Olbermann on Brian Williams: Who Cares What He Said, He Was in Iraq and New Orleans!

By Jack Coleman | March 11, 2015, 3:43 PM EDT

If this was intended as a defense of discredited NBC Nightly News anchor/fabulist Brian Williams, ex-MSNBC ringleader Keith Olbermann should have bitten his tongue instead. Appearing on Late Show with David Letterman last night, Olbermann described Willia ...

CNN: Brian Williams's SEAL Team Six Tales Don't 'Pass the Smell Test'

By Matthew Balan | February 13, 2015, 1:52 PM EST

Thursday's Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN spotlighted another set of questionable accounts by Brian Williams regarding a supposed relationship with members of the celebrated Navy SEAL Team Six. On three separate appearances on CBS's Late Show betwee ...