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Stephen Colbert Will Pretend to Support Trump on Face The Nation

By P.J. Gladnick | December 25, 2015, 11:27 AM EST

Don't panic, liberals. Stephen Colbert won't really be supporting Donald Trump on Face The Nation this Sunday. He will only be pretending to support Trump in his character of pretend conservative from The Colbert Report. Since his current Late S ...

Study: Late Night TV Targets Trump and GOP Twice as Much as Hillary and the Democrats

By Rich Noyes | December 21, 2015, 3:25 AM EST

A new report from the Center for Media and Public Affairs at George Mason University finds that it’s not just the news media that’s obsessed with Donald Trump. A study of jokes told by late night comedians finds that GOP frontrunner was the target of more ...

Colbert Skewers Adelson as ‘Part-Time Kuato’; Meyers Jokes GOP Candidates Are ‘Radicalized by ISIS’

By Curtis Houck | December 17, 2015, 3:02 AM EST

On Wednesday, the late-night comedy show hosts gave their thoughts on the previous evening’s Republican debate and, naturally, the jokes skewed to the left. Most prominent, Late Show host Stephen Colbert trashed conservative donor Sheldon Adelson as a “pa ...

Lefty Professor: Republicans Don’t Appreciate Colbert’s ‘Nuance, Irony, and Layered Thinking’

By Tom Johnson | November 29, 2015, 3:55 PM EST

You’ve probably heard the phrase “too smart for the room.” Penn State professor Sophia McClennen thinks that Stephen Colbert is too smart for America, or at least a huge chunk of it, and that consequently he’s fallen to third place in late-night televisio ...

Colbert Cheers Ted Koppel: ‘One of the Most Respected Journalists of Our Time’

By Jeffrey Meyer | November 24, 2015, 11:02 AM EST

On Monday's  Late Show, liberal comedian Stephen Colbert heaped praise on liberal journalist Ted Koppel, who hosted ABC’s Nightline for 29 years, and called him “one of the most respected journalists of our time.”  Colbert provided a fawning introduc ...

Colbert Accuses GOPers of Being Unchristian on Syrian Refugees Comparable to KKK

By Curtis Houck | November 23, 2015, 7:34 AM EST

On the heels of news that he’s slipped to third place in the network late night comedy show ratings due to his alienation of right-leaning voters, Late Show host Stephen Colbert proved why it’s the case on Thursday as he accused Republicans of not being C ...

Colbert Whines to Dickerson: GOPers ‘Are Known for Roughing Up’ Debate Moderators

By Curtis Houck | November 13, 2015, 1:55 AM EST

In promoting the upcoming Democratic presidential debate Saturday night on CBS with moderator John Dickerson, Stephen Colbert lamented during Thursday’s Late Show that Republicans have a reputation of “roughing up the referee in these debates, like the CN ...

Salon Flops with Claim Colbert Offered 'Bombshell Endorsement' of #BlackLivesMatter

By Michael McKinney | November 3, 2015, 4:34 PM EST

Tuesday  at Salon.com,  Sarah Burris claimed that Stephen Colbert  gave a "bombshell endorsement" to Black Lives Matter, when he talked about the  “excessive force by police departments across the country.”  In reality, Colbert gave a moderate r ...

CNN's Cuomo Touts Hillary Clinton 'Giving Her Best' on Colbert

By Matthew Balan | October 28, 2015, 5:30 PM EDT

Wednesday's New Day on CNN spotlighted the late night shows' latest shots at the Republican presidential candidates. Michaela Pereira spotlighted how " Hillary Clinton got her own dig in. Stephen Colbert asked her about going up against Don ...

Colbert Tees Up Clinton to Promote Paul Krugman’s Endorsement of Her

By Jeffrey Meyer | October 28, 2015, 10:42 AM EDT

On Tuesday night, Hillary Clinton sat down with Late Show host Stephen Colbert for a friendly interview which saw the CBS host eagerly tee up Hillary Clinton to promote liberal economist Paul Krugman’s endorsement of the Democrat’s anti-Wall Street propos ...

Colbert Wishes John Kerry 'Congratulations on the Iran Deal'

By Michael McKinney | October 2, 2015, 5:55 PM EDT

On The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Thursday night, Secretary of State John Kerry came on to explain how wonderful the Iran deal is. Colbert began by saying “Congratulations for the Iran deal,” as the New York crowd cheered and clapped. After that, C ...

Stephen Colbert Yuks It Up With Michelle Obama Over Bill Clinton's 'Passion'

By Jack Coleman | September 29, 2015, 9:03 PM EDT

First Lady Michelle Obama appeared on Stephen Colbert's new late show last night and something unexpected happened-- a brief stretch of conversation that was actually funny. Prior to that, Colbert appeared nervous in Mrs. Obama's presence, frequ ...

Stephen Colbert Cozies Up to Elizabeth Warren, Pleads with Her to Run for President

By Curtis Houck | September 24, 2015, 9:40 AM EDT

Joining new Late Show host Stephen Colbert on Wednesday’s show, Democratic Senator Elizabeth Warren (Mass.) received quite the welcome as the liberal late-night host compared her to Batman and repeatedly urged her to consider running for president. Near t ...

Politico Claims 'Colbert Bests Trump'; Other Sources Saw It Much Differently

By P.J. Gladnick | September 23, 2015, 4:34 PM EDT

"Colbert bests Trump." That was the title of a Politico story by Ben Schreckinger about Donald Trump's appearance last night on CBS's Late Show hosted by Stephen Colbert. Huh? Did Ben see the same show as everybody else because your hu ...

Colbert Lectures Cruz from the Left on Reagan: ‘He Raised Taxes’ and Favored ‘Amnesty’

By Brent Baker | October 7, 2015, 11:54 AM EDT

Proving he’s a liberal first and a comedian second, Stephen Colbert, who had a very friendly session last Friday with socialist Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders, was more hostile on Monday night to the political positions of Republican pre ...