Letterman Calls Trump 'a Man Without a Soul'

Culture
May 23rd, 2017 3:58 PM
David Letterman has a question for Donald Trump. He wants to ask him, “All right Don. What the fuck happened?” The retired late night talk show host recently spoke with GQ magazine on his past history of interviews with Donald Trump and his current opinion of the President of the United States. Letterman talked to the interviewer about his experience with Donald Trump as a frequent guest on the…

Letterman: Alec Baldwin Deserves a Medal, I Only Trust Al Franken

March 7th, 2017 10:04 AM
Retired talk-show host David Letterman gave a rather unhinged interview to New York magazine where he said “This is like visitors’ day at prison for me.” Letterman thinks Trump is an idiot and an authoritarian Russian stooge, and he thinks comedians mocking Trump are the saviors of America. " Alec Baldwin deserves a Presidential Medal of Freedom. Sadly, he’s not going to get it from this…

Letterman Scalds Trump as 'Damaged,' Needs a 'Psychiatrist' and Drugs

October 7th, 2016 10:57 AM
New York Times TV writer Dave Itzkoff caused liberals to buzz about how they miss David Letterman on television with an article on Friday headlined “Letterman Has No Love for ‘Damaged’ Trump.” Letterman was furious about Trump’s mockery of New York Times reporter Serge Kovalesky, saying the mockery showed Trump was a “damaged human being” and “a person to be shunned.” He added Trump needs “an…

NBC Producer: Trump Campaigned on Late Shows ‘Decades’ Before Run

Business
July 13th, 2016 4:01 PM
Donald Trump officially launched his presidential bid in 2016, but according to an NBC producer the campaign started “decades” earlier in NBC appearances. For years, Trump campaigned on NBC and CBS late night shows reiterating talking points similar to ones he’s used in his presidential campaign, according to former Tonight Show producer Dave Berg’s July 11, USA Today op-ed.
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CNN's Cuomo and Camerota Crack Up Over Letterman's Anti-Trump Top 10

July 13th, 2015 3:27 PM
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. Camerota exclaimed, "We do miss David Letterman!" Cuomo seconded Camerota's sentiment and added, "We miss the social critique. It will be interesting to see who picks…

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

May 23rd, 2015 10:46 PM
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." No. It's not. Cillizza does this despite mentioning the Geoffrey Dickens Top Ten list of liberal outbursts posted at NewsBusters. Cillizza does this despite…

Chris Matthews: I Don't Know Dave Letterman's Politics

May 19th, 2015 9:00 PM
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 political spectrum. 
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Letterman: Jeb Opposing Gay Marriage Like Being Against Women Voting

May 19th, 2015 2:21 PM
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. 

Lefty Critic: ‘David Letterman + Ronald Reagan = Ted Cruz’

May 18th, 2015 6:07 PM
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 which left his audience disinclined to push back against Reaganism. “For those on the progressive or liberal side of the aisle,” wrote Timberg last…
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Notable Quotables: Hillary's Scandals = ‘Distractions’ and ‘Noise’

May 18th, 2015 9:05 AM
This week, as the Clinton Foundation scandal simmers, NBC travels to Africa to tout the "heartwarming" stories of the Foundation's good works, while CBS belittles the scandals as "distractions" and "noise." Yet, even as they protect Hillary, reporters deride GOP presidential candidate Carly Fiorina: "I don't think we would be taking her seriously at all if she weren't a woman."
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Letterman Jokes Hillary ‘Would Be Happy to Delete’ Deflategate E-Mails

May 8th, 2015 12:42 PM
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” the relevant e-mails and texts for quarterback Tom Brady and the team. 
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Letterman Gushes: ‘You Can Feel the Electricity’ When Obama's Here

May 6th, 2015 2:02 AM
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 electricity in the room” whenever he’s on the program. 
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CBS Gushes Over Obama Saying Goodbye to ‘Comedy Legend’ Letterman

May 5th, 2015 9:13 AM
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. 
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Letterman Uses ‘Top 10’ Segment to Mock Hillary’s Scooby Van

April 15th, 2015 2:18 PM
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."