Jon Stewart Delivers A Cursed-Crammed Tirade At Trump & Paramount In Response To The Late Present With Stephen Colbert’s Cancelation

The Day by day Present’s Jon Stewart has weighed in on the controversial cancellation of The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. Stewart, who returned as host of The Day by day Present in 2024 and is a producer on Colbert’s program, echoed, albeit in tune, an identical sentiment expressed by Colbert on his present final night time: “go f*** your self.”

Paramount World, CBS’ guardian firm within the midst of an acquisition by Skydance, got here below fireplace over the previous week for its abrupt cancellation of The Late Present with Stephen Colbert. Though the corporate attributed its cancellation to a monetary determination, detractors are centered on Paramount’s settlement of a lawsuit introduced by President Donald Trump.

Stewart Did not Maintain Again In Protection Of His Good friend And Colleague

Jon Stewart, a frequent and vocal critic of President Trump, fired again at Paramount World, the guardian firm of each CBS and The Day by day Present’s community, Comedy Central. Stewart mentioned that whereas he understands “company concern” within the face of perceived censorship from the federal government, he doesn’t perceive their want to regulate the narrative with The Late Present’s cancellation.

I perceive the concern that you simply and your advertisers have with $8 billion at stake, however perceive this, actually, the exhibits that you simply now search to cancel, censor and management, a not insignificant portion of that $8 billion worth got here from these f****** exhibits. That’s what made you that cash. Reveals that say one thing, exhibits that take a stand, exhibits which can be unafraid.

Stewart continued his profanity-laced dressing down of Paramount World and CBS, stating that he, Colbert, and others aren’t right here to “converse fact to energy”, however merely to attempt their finest.

Consider me, this isn’t a ‘We converse fact to energy’. We don’t; we converse opinions to tv cameras, however we attempt. We f****** attempt each night time. When you imagine, as firms or as networks, you can also make yourselves so innocuous which you can serve a gruel so flavorless that you’ll by no means once more be on the boy king’s radar, why will anybody watch you and you’re f*cking unsuitable.

Stewart then questioned CBS and Paramount’s long-term objectives of placating the President, presently embroiled in one other lawsuit with Rupert Murdoch, proprietor of the Wall Road Journal, relating to a latest report on Trump’s connections to convicted intercourse offender Jeffrey Epstein. Stewart used a extra colourful descriptor to get his level throughout: that trying to remain on Trump’s good aspect is unattainable.

You need to know the way unattainable it’s to remain on Lord Farquaad’s good aspect? Donald Trump is suing Rupert Murdoch, the proprietor of Fox Information, the person apart from [Joe] Biden, perhaps most accountable for getting Trump elected. Fox spends 24 hours a day blowing Trump, and it’s not sufficient.

Stewart Is White Sizzling And Unlikely To Relent Anytime Quickly

As The Day by day Present can also be a possible goal of cancellation as a result of Paramount/Skydance acquisition, Jon Stewart didn’t maintain again in his vicious assault on CBS’ determination to cancel The Late Present. His protection of Stephen Colbert, who began his profession on The Day by day Present in 1997, was equal elements frustration, anger, and confusion, sharing the consensus and ideas of Colbert’s followers.

It’s unsure whether or not The Late Present cancellation was actually a political hit job primarily based on Colbert’s response to the lawsuit settlement, one he known as a “huge, fats bribe,” as Paramount World has been silent since its announcement this week. President Trump celebrated the present’s cancellation earlier this week, throwing extra gasoline on the fireplace surrounding this query.

Stewart ended his feedback with a reminder to the viewers that they could by no means know the reply to this query. The one factor sure, to him, is the optics of acquiescence and knee-bending to a president intent on stifling opposition within the media.

When you’re attempting to determine why Stephen’s present is ending, I don’t assume the reply may be present in some smoking gun e-mail or telephone name from Trump to CBS executives or in CBS’ QuickBooks spreadsheets on the monetary well being of late night time. I believe the reply is within the concern and pre-compliance that’s gripping all of America’s establishments at this very second, establishments which have chosen to not combat the vengeful and vindictive actions of our pubic hair doodling Commander in Chief. This isn’t the second to offer in.

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