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Late Night Loves Trump and Santos Jokes, But Not Biden and Menendez

October 26th, 2023 10:00 AM

In the first three weeks after the writers’ strike, the late night joke tellers picked right back up where they left off: telling Trump jokes at the expense of almost everything else, including comedy gold mines in Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez’s corruption scandal and Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling a Congressional fire alarm, a NewsBusters study has found. At the same time, jokes about Republican…

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Kimmel Compares Trump, Cruz to STDs, Speculates About Cruz's Sex Life

October 20th, 2023 10:00 AM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel returned to attacking his old nemesis, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz, on Thursday’s show as he compared Cruz and former President Trump to STDs while also speculating on the former’s sex life.

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Kimmel Mocks Scalise For Not Embracing Gun Control After Getting Shot

October 12th, 2023 1:31 PM

During his opening monologue on Wednesday, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel took time to recap the House GOP’s decision to nominate Rep. Steve Scalise to be Speaker of the House. As part of these developments, Kimmel profiled Scalise whom he attacked for not embracing gun control despite almost being assassinated.

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Kimmel, Schwarzenegger Promote Leftism To Justify Remaining in GOP

October 3rd, 2023 2:23 PM

For his first post-Writers’ Strike guest, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel welcomed Arnold Schwarzenegger to discuss his favorite topic: Donald Trump’s weight. Schwarzenegger would also insist that he is still a Republican by offering up left-wing causes such as climate activism and “universal health care” as reasons why.

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'Almost Crossed The Picket Line,' Comedy Hosts Cheer Trump Indictments

October 3rd, 2023 10:35 AM

The men of late night returned from the writers’ strike on Monday and other than CBS’s Stephen Colbert no longer censoring Donald Trump’s name, not much changed as the hosts were eager to get back to their Trump jokes.

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O'Brien: Trump And Liberal Reaction To Him 'Hurt Comedy'

September 13th, 2023 2:45 PM

As the late night comedy shows remain on strike, former late night host Conan O’Brien joined Kara Swisher of New York Magazine on her podcast to discuss the future of the format. During their long discussion, O’Brien argued that Trump and the angry reaction to him from current comedy hosts “hurt comedy.”

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Kimmel Mourns Not Being on Air to Mock Trump's Weight, Indictments

September 8th, 2023 9:46 AM

The late night comedy shows may be on strike which means they’ve had to go four months without offering up their hot takes on the news which they sought the remedy on the Thursday’s edition of their Strike Force Five podcast. When asked which news story he regrets not being able to cover, ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel naturally chose Donald Trump.

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Good Riddance: 95% of Late Night ‘Comedy’ Show Guests Are Liberals

May 19th, 2023 9:00 AM

With the Writers Guild of America going on strike, it is likely that America has seen the last of the first half of 2023’s late night comedy shows. Whether America wants them to return is another question as 95 percent of their guests were liberal, a NewsBusters study has documented.

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Late Night Responds To Carlson, Lemon With 16x As Many Carlson Jokes

April 25th, 2023 11:37 AM

The Monday news media news surrounding Tucker Carlson and Don Lemon provided the late night comedy shows a golden opportunity to show they aren’t just liberal partisans. However, they would fail this test as individual jokes about Carlson outnumbered jokes about Lemon 32-to-2 with five additional jokes about both men.

Why Jimmy Kimmel Is Wrong About Arming Teachers

April 22nd, 2023 1:30 AM

Jimmy Kimmel may never stop apologizing for making bikini models bounce on trampolines.

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Kimmel Show Asks About Periods, Cat Toys In Failed Dunk On Pro-Lifers

April 14th, 2023 12:01 PM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live! conducted a series of man-on-the-street interviews for Thursday’s how where a reporter asked a series of men questions about women’s bodies that they naturally did not know the answers to. The point was not just to laugh at men who can’t identify cat toys or confuse the rectum for the ovaries, but to attack pro-lifers.

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Kimmel Attacks Student For Worrying About Dems Redefining 'Woman'

April 13th, 2023 2:30 PM

ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel took time out of his Wednesday monologue to attack a college student who attended a recent Mike Pence speech at the University of Alabama for daring to be fearful that Democrats are redefining what it means to be a woman. For Kimmel, the concern highlights why university should “have another look at the minimum GPA required” for admission.

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SICK! Journos Blame Conservative ‘Selfish’ ‘Monsters’ for Shooting

April 8th, 2023 9:10 PM

The following are just a few of the ugliest attacks on conservatives from liberal journalists and celebrities in the last month. 

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'Merry Christmas,' Late Night Hosts Celebrate Trump's Indictment

March 31st, 2023 10:39 AM

For the late night comedy show hosts and their audiences, the Thursday indictment of former President Trump was more of a chance to enjoy a cathartic experience than anything else. However, buried beneath their joy was the sense that they haven’t completely thought through the ramifications.