<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn">CNN</a> President Chris Licht dismissed the news that Fox News host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/its-kind-of-a-sick-boast-greg-gutfeld-rips-biden-for-making-the-leap-to-full-on-fascist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Gutfeld</a> was winning the ratings war against traditional late-night comedy hosts like his own former boss, <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/fox-news-gutfeld-beats-colbert-in-late-night-show-viewers-key-age-demographics/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Colbert</a>.
During a Thursday appearance on journalist Kara Swisher&#8217;s podcast — <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/can-chris-licht-turn-cnn-around/id1643307527?i=1000586551899" target="_blank" rel="noopener">On With Kara Swisher</a> — Licht argued that Gutfeld&#8217;s late-night comedic offering &#8220;Gutfeld!&#8221; could not be compared to traditional late-night programming, saying that it was &#8220;entertaining,” but he &#8220;wouldn’t put it in the same category.&#8221;
Swisher introduced the topic by asking how a news-first network like CNN could compete with the typical late-night fare on other networks — and she noted that Gutfeld had been fairly effective in bridging that gap at Fox News.
Pointing out the fact that some — including her own sons — often got their &#8220;news&#8221; with a side of humorous commentary from hosts like John Oliver, Swisher asked whether networks that included that type of programming held an advantage over a network that was trying to stick to the news alone — as CNN <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/cnn-announces-new-programming-plan-and-elon-musk-is-already-on-board/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">appears to be doing</a> under Licht&#8217;s leadership.
&#8220;Colbert is very influential in news. Could you inform a broader audience there than you could at CNN? My sons don’t watch CNN. They watch John Oliver, and that’s where they get their news,&#8221; Swisher explained.
Licht pushed back: &#8220;But it’s not news.&#8221;
&#8220;But it is, it’s a point of view and it’s pretty smart,&#8221; Swisher replied — and Licht agreed, to a point.
&#8220;But I think we’re offering something different. And I think, there are certainly elements of that kind of delivery, right? Not necessarily comedy … it’s informed perspective programming that allows you to make your own decisions,&#8221; he said.
Licht objected further when Swisher suggested CNN might offer a late-night show like &#8220;Gutfeld!&#8221; — and suggested that he didn&#8217;t even put the Fox News ratings juggernaut in the same camp as the late-night shows on the legacy networks.
&#8220;I would call him — just an entertaining show. I would not call him a late-night show. As someone who worked on a late-night show and knows what goes into that, I wouldn’t put it in the same category,&#8221; Licht said.
&#8220;He beat Colbert, but go ahead,&#8221; Swisher <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2022/10/27/fox-news-channels-gutfeld-hits-25-million-viewers-highest-rated-night-in-shows-history/?sh=2a1024c262aa" target="_blank" rel="noopener">shot back</a>.
&#8220;Are we gonna get into this conversation? That’s not true,&#8221; Licht said, adding, &#8220;I’m still gonna defend my friend, Stephen.&#8221;
Swisher again argued that Licht, with his own experience working in late-night television, might want to consider bringing one to CNN. &#8220;You’re good at making these shows. Why not have one there? If you’re talking about a panoply of things to give to people,&#8221; she said.
Licht&#8217;s interview is available here:
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Obvi the media eats this one up, but this is a really interesting chat with new ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/CNN?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@CNN</a>⁩ head Chris Licht for non insiders. A lot to unpack. <a href="https://t.co/yftXToufiZ">https://t.co/yftXToufiZ</a>
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Rob Schneider Visits “Gutfeld!”

CNN Chief Chafes Over Gutfeld, Balks When Journalist Points Out: ‘He Beat Colbert’

CNN Chief Chafes Over Gutfeld, Balks When Journalist Points Out: 'He Beat Colbert'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fox-news">Fox News</a> host Greg Gutfeld blasted his own network after he told them not to show video of a couple of climate activists latest stunt before he called the network &#8220;idiots&#8221; for playing &#8220;this crap.&#8221;
During the Fox News&#8217; &#8220;The Five&#8221; on Monday, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-gutfeld">Gutfeld</a> didn&#8217;t hold back his thoughts about the publicity stunt as the network showed footage of global warming protestors vandalizing one of the world&#8217;s most famous pieces of art at a museum in London.
&#8220;Let&#8217;s not show it,&#8221; Gutfeld can be overheard saying. &#8220;Don&#8217;t show it.&#8221;
One of the hosts, Jessica Tarlov, states, &#8220;no, I don&#8217;t think we even have it,&#8221; as the network played the clip of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/climate-change">activists</a> vandalizing the famous painting with cans of tomato soup, as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-global-warming-protesters-vandalize-one-of-worlds-most-iconic-art-masterpieces">The Daily Wire</a> previously reported.
&#8220;This is why it works!&#8221; Gutfeld replied. &#8220;This is why it works because we&#8217;re idiots because we play it. This is why these people are brilliant because you saw this originally at sporting events.&#8221;
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Greg Gutfeld compares climate activists spilling milk on floors and streakers at sporting events to mass shootings.
&quot;It’s not hard to find out how they figured this out. It all works with mass shootings as well. If you can just read the press, we&#39;re suckers!&quot; <a href="https://t.co/qxTXqKLCTJ">pic.twitter.com/qxTXqKLCTJ</a>
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&#8220;Once &#8230; yes, this is a brilliant play,&#8221; he added, disputing his cohost Judge Jeanine Pirro who said it wasn&#8217;t. &#8220;We&#8217;re not supposed to play this crap. We&#8217;re amplifying their stupid silly message. But I get it. It&#8217;s fun to watch.&#8221;
&#8220;But it&#8217;s not hard to find out how they figured this out,&#8221; Gutfeld continued. &#8220;It all works with mass shootings as well. If you can just read the press, we&#8217;re suckers. We&#8217;ll just play the same thing, over and over and over again. Like when it was happening at sporting events. It happened once. Then it happened twice and then it kept happening. And then it stopped.&#8221;
The Fox News host said if you go back twenty years there was &#8220;always&#8221; streakers on the field. He noted that it didn&#8217;t stop until people stopped covering it.
&#8220;So, I thought that we weren&#8217;t going to play it, that&#8217;s really sucky,&#8221; Gutfeld said, noting what he called his solution for this and that&#8217;s the old-adage &#8220;an eye for an eye for this crap.&#8221;
&#8220;We should be able to vandalize their belongings,&#8221; the host told the panel. &#8220;Like, if they got a smart phone, which they all do &#8230; you confiscate, you step on it. That&#8217;s a couple hundred bucks. Or you go to their house. You find out where they sleep and you just dump a bunch of milk in their house.&#8221;
&#8220;Because you know, I don&#8217;t like being played,&#8221; Gutfeld aded. &#8220;That&#8217;s what they&#8217;re doing. They are playing the media on this &#8230; I&#8217;d hate to be their parents.&#8221;
The latter comment about dumping milk in their house stems from a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cymOcngAX8Q">clip of another group</a> of teen climate activists in a store in London dumping gallons of milk on the ground.

Fox News Channel’s “Gutfeld!” Live In Dallas

‘We’re Not Supposed To Play This Crap’: Greg Gutfeld Blasts Own Network Over Showing Clip Of Latest Activists Stunt

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Fox News host Judge <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeanine-pirro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeanine Pirro</a> delivered an earful on Vice President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> during Tuesday&#8217;s broadcast of the network&#8217;s afternoon panel show &#8220;The Five.&#8221;
Pirro criticized <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/kamala-harris-latest-word-salad-stops-just-short-of-saying-kids-belong-to-the-government/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harris</a> for claiming that the U.S.-Mexico border was &#8220;secure&#8221; — and repeatedly blaming former President Donald Trump and Republican governors for the ongoing crisis — saying that people could disregard anything she said after that because they could be certain that she was lying.
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Everybody knows Joe is a disaster and you’re a disaster too! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheFive</a> <a href="https://t.co/WdVNanb6pL">pic.twitter.com/WdVNanb6pL</a>
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&#8220;Look, I don&#8217;t know how the woman gets out of bed and faces the world. She is a catastrophe,&#8221; Pirro began, joking that Harris should have skipped NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Late Night With Seth Meyers&#8221; and appeared on &#8220;Gutfeld!&#8221; with host Greg Gutfeld instead.
&#8220;The number one comedy show, which is — what is the name of that show?&#8221; she asked sarcastically as Gutfeld, seated across the table from Pirro, shuffled papers and laughed.
&#8220;Look, you know, maybe when she says the border is secure, maybe you shouldn&#8217;t have to listen to anything after that because you know it&#8217;s a lie,&#8221; she continued. &#8220;So it doesn&#8217;t matter whether that stops someone from hearing the other things she&#8217;s saying because you know right then and there that she&#8217;s lying.&#8221;
&#8220;And then she says, &#8216;I love Joe Biden,’” Pirro continued, pointing out the fact that Harris had effectively labeled Biden a segregationist from the debate stage during the 2020 presidential primary.
&#8220;She said, &#8216;Having been vice president, he knows what the job involves,’” Pirro added, explaining, &#8220;She&#8217;s basically selling herself to you saying because he was vice president, he could be a good president, so I could be a good president, too — but everybody knows Joe&#8217;s a disaster and you&#8217;re a disaster, too!&#8221;
Pirro went on to list a number of the specific issues that Harris — who was appointed to oversee the Biden administration&#8217;s efforts to gain control of the border and manage illegal immigration — had failed to address, such as rampant human and drug trafficking. Instead, Harris <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/absolute-dereliction-of-duty-kamala-pushes-mass-amnesty-blasts-migrant-busing-on-late-night-tv/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">criticized</a> Governors Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Greg Abbott (R-TX) for transporting migrants to self-proclaimed sanctuary cities, arguing that they were derelict in their duty to take care of migrants who had arrived in their states.

Sharon Osbourne Visits “The Five”

‘Joe Is A Disaster, And You’re A Disaster, Too!’: Judge Jeanine Unloads On Kamala Harris

Judge Jeanine Unloads On Kamala Harris After Seth Meyers Appearance

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To hear the mainstream media tell it, “conservative comedian” is a contradiction in terms because conservatives are incapable of being funny. However, this stance ignores the enormously profitable careers of some right-leaning comedians who appeal to half the country. 
Let’s just say there’s a reason “Last Man Standing” was FOX’s second highest rated series and Jon Stewart can’t figure out why no one’s watching his show anymore.
Now even some libs are admitting that conservative comedians have something the woke crowd no longer does: freedom. In a world where making fun of anyone or anything can be deemed “problematic” and get a celebrity canceled, even the biggest names in comedy are struggling to find material that’s, you know, actually funny. Conservatives who don’t play by those woke rules are reaping the benefits.
Here are the most successful living comedians who lean conservative.
<h3>Greg Gutfeld</h3>
Where Jon Stewart has failed, Gutfeld has flourished. The Fox News commentator describes himself as libertarian and has done wonders for advancing the cause of conservative comedians. The New Republic, <a href="https://newrepublic.com/article/161985/gutfeld-worst-show-television" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wondered</a> if his show “Gutfeld!” was “the worst show on television,” and declared it was “the latest evidence that conservatives have no sense of humor.” But the data doesn’t back their claims.
Even Slate <a href="https://slate.com/culture/2022/06/greg-gutfeld-fox-news-show-conservative-comedy.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">admitted</a> that in 2019, Gutfeld attracted a larger average viewership (1.73 million total viewers) than any other late-night show except for Steven Colbert and Jimmy Fallon.Then by 2021, “Gutfeld!” grew to more than 2 million viewers, besting even the late-night mainstay Colbert. 
Gutfeld blends satire with observational comedy and sketches, mocking cancel culture and the absurd fussiness of the modern Leftist. He’s been dubbed the “undisputed king of American late-night television” thanks to his willingness to poke fun at the things conservatives were secretly laughing about anyway.
<h3>Tim Allen</h3>
Speaking of ratings juggernauts, Tim Allen is one of the industry greats who’s best known for starring in sitcoms regular people can relate to. The 90s classic “Home Improvement” was a national treasure. More recently, the Fox sitcom “Last Man Standing” featured Allen playing Mike Baxter, an unapologetic conservative patriarch who often butted heads with other members in his family, particularly his eldest daughter Kristen and her husband Ryan, over their liberal viewpoints.
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/tim-allen-sends-farewell-message-as-last-man-standing-closes" target="_blank" rel="noopener">At the time of its cancellation</a>, “Last Man Standing” was an indisputable hit with an average of 8.3 million viewers every episode. ABC gave a vague reasoning for canceling the show in 2017 &#8211; later picked up by Fox &#8211; but the comedian summed it up best when he <a href="https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2017/09/tim-allen-last-man-standing-dangerous-conservative-character" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>, “there is nothing more dangerous, especially in this climate, than a funny, likable conservative character.”
<h3>Adam Carolla</h3>
Funnyman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/adam-carolla-truth-yeller" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Adam Carolla</a> makes no apologies for being conservative. The creator of “The Man Show” and “Loveline” co-host explained in a 2012 interview why he switched from Democrat to Republican. 
“I got tired of the whining and the name-calling,” Carolla <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/adam-carolla-o-reilly-factor-387353/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> The Hollywood Reporter. “If you say you want to beef up the border, they say you’re anti-immigrant. If you want people to show I.D. before they vote, then you’re for voter suppression. If you want women to pay for their own contraception, then you’re anti-women. If you’re for traditional marriage, then you hate gay people.”
Though many of Carolla’s views are considered Libertarian, one of the most important stances he takes is being anti-apology. After getting slammed for mocking Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY), the comedian explained why he wasn’t going to say sorry.
Besides claiming what he said was plainly the “truth,” Carolla expressed his problem with apologies in general. “Apologizing just leads to more apologizing,” he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/apologizing-just-leads-to-more-apologizing-adam-carolla-defies-the-lefts-bullying" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>. “They want you to apologize because they want dominion over you. And once you apologize, they just keep coming back.”
<h3>Rob Schneider</h3>
Schneider is a famous actor and comedian who’s had decades of success after working on the sketch comedy show “Saturday Night Live.” Unlike his frequent collaborator Adam Sandler, who is believed to be Republican but won’t confirm it, Schneider recently went <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/i-dont-care-about-my-career-rob-schneider-says-hes-absolutely-willing-to-lose-everything" target="_blank" rel="noopener">on record</a> saying he’d sacrifice his whole career to keep publicizing the truth as he sees it.
“Are you willing to lose it all for what you believe?” Glenn Beck asked during an interview.
Schneider didn’t hesitate, saying, “Absolutely. Because if we don’t have it, then we have nothing.”
“I’m not — I don’t care about my career anymore,” Schneider continued. “I care about my children’s — the country they’re going to live in.”
<h3>Jeff Foxworthy &amp; The Blue Collar Comedy Tour</h3>
Jeff Foxworthy is the main face of the Blue Collar Comedy Tour. He’s best known for one-liners that start with, “You might be a redneck if…” His brand of stand-up is specifically targeted to people living in red states, and he’s made a small fortune making them laugh. 
Though he’s a registered Republican and has financially supported several conservative candidates, the comedian says he typically avoids political jokes. “No matter which side you’re on, half of the crowd is going to hate you. That’s not my job,” Foxworthy told Daily News in 2020. 
Foxworthy and three of his comedian friends including Bill Engvall, Ron White, and Larry the Cable Guy went around the country from 2000 &#8211; 2006 sampling satire and situational comedy that resonated with audiences coast to coast. 
<h3>Dennis Miller</h3>
Miller makes the list at 21 on Comedy Central&#8217;s 100 greatest stand-up comedians of all time and was ranked as the best host of SNL&#8217;s Weekend Update by left-wing outlet Vulture. And while there are some on the right who question his loyalty, the fact remains that most Leftists think he’s conservative. 
Miller said he had a “great” weekly gig on “The O’Reilly Factor” on FOX News, which made him political by default.
“I’m socially liberal. I’m fiscally conservative. I don’t trust radical Islam as far as I can throw it. So when Bill (O’Reilly) would ask me questions about the world over the six year period that I was there, I would answer them,” Miller <a href="https://www.telegram.com/story/entertainment/2019/04/26/dennis-miller-steers-into-political-comedy/5334762007/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told</a> Telegram &amp; Gazette in 2019. “Once you do &#8216;Weekend Update,&#8217; for better or for worse, you’re known as a topical comedian. I just decided to steer into the skid.”
Leftist late-night host Jimmy Kimmel accused him of defecting as well.
“I think people get upset because you’re conservative because you’re a comedian,” Kimmel <a href="https://www.vulture.com/2018/11/dennis-miller-jimmy-kimmel-comedy-trump.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> in 2018. “I think it’s weird for a comedian to be conservative — unusual, I should say. They say ‘What happened to you?’ What did happen to you, Dennis?”
<h3>Honorable Mention: Dave Chappelle</h3>
First and foremost, let’s be clear: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-chappelle-is-uncancelable-and-trans-activists-cant-stand-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dave Chappelle</a> is not a conservative. But he’s done a lot for exposing the insanity of the Left just by making jokes about their most sacred <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/dave-chappelle-is-uncancelable-and-trans-activists-cant-stand-it" target="_blank" rel="noopener">protected victim groups</a>, including trans people. 
The Chappelle controversy exploded in 2021 with the release of his comedy special “The Closer.” Furious activists tried to have it removed from Netflix all for saying he understands where J.K. Rowling is coming from.
“Gender is a fact,” Chappelle says in the special. “Every human being in this room, every human being on Earth, had to pass through the legs of a woman to be on earth. That is a fact. Now, I am not saying that to say trans women aren’t women, I am just saying that those p*****s that they got … you know what I mean? I’m not saying it’s not p****, but it’s Beyond P**** or Impossible P****.”
“Any of you who have ever watched me know that I have never had a problem with transgender people. If you listen to what I’m saying, clearly, my problem has always been with white people,” Chappelle jokes later. 
The outrage led to Chappelle getting attacked with a weapon onstage while performing stand-up and to getting a Minnesota comedy event canceled due to social pressure. So far Chappelle, arguably one of the most successful working comedians today, hasn’t officially switched parties. But he’s at least willing to call out hypocrisy when he sees it.

FOX Summer TCA 2018 All-Star Party – Arrivals

6 Conservative Comedians Who Aren’t Afraid To Mock The Left’s Insanity

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Fox News host <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/its-kind-of-a-sick-boast-greg-gutfeld-rips-biden-for-making-the-leap-to-full-on-fascist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Gutfeld</a> mocked Democrats for transferring their hyperbolic attacks from one Republican to the next as it became politically expedient.
The host of &#8220;Gutfeld!&#8221; joined his co-hosts on the network&#8217;s drive-time panel show &#8220;The Five,&#8221; where the topic turned to Governors <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/desantis-wrecks-top-democrat-for-human-trafficker-remark-i-didnt-hear-a-peep-out-of-those-people/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R-FL) and Greg Abbott (R-TX) and their plan to continue busing or flying illegal migrants from their states to liberal enclaves and self-proclaimed &#8220;sanctuary cities.&#8221;
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&quot;Suddenly you have a new Hitler,&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/greggutfeld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@GregGutfeld</a> mocks Democrats for always vilifying the new &quot;bad Republican&quot; — &quot;Suddenly the guy they called Hitler is not Hitler, because not everybody can be Hitler at once, right?&quot; <a href="https://t.co/43T4HPODJF">pic.twitter.com/43T4HPODJF</a>
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&#8220;Obviously I think it’s brilliant,&#8221; Gutfeld said of the plan. &#8220;You can call it a stunt, you can say they&#8217;re using people as props, but that’s how the Republicans — Republicans learned that from the Democrats.&#8221;
&#8220;The ball has been moved down the field on this. The immediate Democratic response has not been to attack the problem with solutions, but to attack the person with the solutions, which is DeSantis, right?&#8221; Gutfeld continued, adding that watching the Democrats attempt to spin the story had been entertaining to him.
&#8220;They believe that the whole goal of Republicans now is to, quote, &#8216;own the libs.&#8217; No. It was simply to attract attention to a problem. You are owning yourself,&#8221; he added. &#8220;That just happens to be icing on the cake, right?&#8221;
Gutfeld went on to note that the Democrats&#8217; insistence on labeling a Republican boogeyman would eventually come back to bite them.
&#8220;I think when Democrats realize there’s a new formidable Republican, you know, out there, suddenly you have a new Hitler. Then the old Hitler — well, maybe he’s not so bad. Suddenly The New York Times is saying how Trump is kinder and gentler, and is funny, and he never took himself seriously, and charming. That&#8217;s — so now, the guy they called Hitler is now not Hitler, because DeSantis — you can&#8217;t — you can&#8217;t — not everybody can be Hitler at once, right?&#8221; Gutfeld kept at it.
&#8220;This is obviously what happened when they demonized Romney, and then when Trump came along, then Romney became a statesman. When it was Romney, he was evil before McCain became a moderate,&#8221; he explained. &#8220;So they do this all the time.&#8221;
Gutfeld concluded by saying that Republicans needed to do a better job when it came to immigration, and that it might just all boil down to pronouns: Instead of complaining about &#8220;them&#8221; — the migrants — he said that Republicans should focus on themselves.
&#8220;We need to use the pronoun &#8216;we&#8217; and say we need a process overhaul, we need to make it easier for people to come in to this country through a process,&#8221; he said.

Greg Gutfeld Mocks Democrats’ Hyperbolic Smears Against Republicans

'Suddenly You Have A New Hitler': Greg Gutfeld Mocks Democrats' Hyperbolic Smears Against Republicans

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Fox News anchor <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/dana-perino/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Dana Perino</a> caught her cohosts by surprise when she let an off-color joke slip out during a live broadcast.
Perino, who is typically more reserved than her cohosts on the network&#8217;s drive-time panel show &#8220;The Five,&#8221; made a joke during Monday&#8217;s broadcast about President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden&#8217;s</a> recent claim that <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/i-got-that-biden-claims-people-who-are-hurting-because-of-inflation-need-to-put-this-in-perspective/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">inflation</a> had only risen &#8220;an inch&#8221; in recent weeks.
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&quot;An inch matters.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/DanaPerino?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@DanaPerino</a> surprises her cohosts with off-color crack during live broadcast. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheFive</a> <a href="https://t.co/D3cxGPQGTj">pic.twitter.com/D3cxGPQGTj</a>
&mdash; Virginia Kruta (@VAKruta) <a href="https://twitter.com/VAKruta/status/1572000876990169088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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Cohost Greg Gutfeld responded to Biden&#8217;s comments first, saying that he meant to take a moment to defend the president.
&#8220;You know, I&#8217;ve got to take this moment to defend him, especially on the inflation piece,&#8221; Gutfeld said. &#8220;When he said inflation is up just an inch, he was probably referring to a chart. Right? Oh, look, that’s just an inch. That’s just an inch.&#8221;
&#8220;Maybe,&#8221; Perino replied.
&#8220;I think you’re right,&#8221; cohost Jesse Watters added.
&#8220;I thought that was a brilliant joke, but screw all of you. I’m always overwhelmed when Biden talks, because it’s like — it&#8217;s like the Netflix menu, so many options, and they all suck,&#8221; Gutfeld continued. &#8220;He basically said that Trump was divisive. He saw the pandemic was over. There was no inflation. We forgot that if the pandemic is over — I mean we did mention this — that means what he did with the loan forgiveness was what we thought it was: it was a trillion dollar bribe to his voters, that you and me, truck drivers, everyone else who&#8217;s making a living, has to pay for.&#8221;
&#8220;All of this stuff is exhausting,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/its-kind-of-a-sick-boast-greg-gutfeld-rips-biden-for-making-the-leap-to-full-on-fascist/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gutfeld</a> kept on going. &#8220;It gives you so much material to work from it’s almost brilliant, but do we get any clarity on anything, right? Or do we just listen to an interview with some guy, whose kind of along for the ride, who’s got some opinions about the pandemic and Taiwan, and casually just throws them out there, and you have to come out and clean up after him, because no, we’re not going to go to war over Taiwan because we have this thing called strategic ambivalence.&#8221;
&#8220;He’s not really president. He’s not even present,&#8221; Gutfeld concluded, arguing that Biden had essentially been sent out to do an interview but he hadn&#8217;t truly been the one calling the shots.
&#8220;More to come on all of this, because it’s just an inch,&#8221; Perino cut in, changing her tone slightly as she added, &#8220;You know, an inch matters.&#8221;
Perino turned toward the camera then, as her cohosts groaned and laughed.

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Dana Perino Shocks Cohosts With Off-Color Joke During Live Broadcast

Joe Biden

Fox News host <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-gutfeld/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Greg Gutfeld</a> ripped into President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/joe-biden/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Joe Biden</a> over his recent attacks accusing Republicans of embracing &#8220;semi-fascism&#8221; and suggesting that they&#8217;d need an F-15 fighter jet to defend themselves against the government.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/so-deeply-offensive-greg-gutfeld-reveals-what-makes-him-want-to-punch-al-gore-in-the-face/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Gutfeld</a> made the comments during Wednesday&#8217;s broadcast of popular drive-time panel show &#8220;The Five,&#8221; arguing that people might be allowing Biden&#8217;s age to make them believe he was kinder and gentler than he really was.
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&quot;It&#39;s kind of a sick boast. It’s not semi fascist, it’s full on fascist. Who knew Joe would become a wartime president, but he is waging war on people in the country,&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/greggutfeld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@greggutfeld</a> unloads on Biden. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheFive</a> <a href="https://t.co/nQJKgPuacN">pic.twitter.com/nQJKgPuacN</a>
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Co-host Judge <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/jeanine-pirro/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeanine Pirro</a> put the topic to Gutfeld first, saying, &#8220;One of the things that the president talked about was — he says if you want to fight against the country, you need an F-15, you need something a little more than a gun. First of all, it’s a little tone-deaf given that we were at the one year anniversary of having left Afghanistan and having left F-15s for the Taliban, but what was he talking about?&#8221;
&#8220;With that logic, why are we giving arms or money to Ukraine? Isn’t that useless if you’re against a superior army?&#8221; Gutfeld asked. &#8220;By his logic, we should give up all of our rights, all of our protections, because they&#8217;re no match for government force. Right? It’s kind of a sick boast. It’s not semi-fascist, it’s full on fascist.&#8221;
&#8220;Who knew Joe would become a wartime president, but he is waging war on people in the country,&#8221; Gutfeld continued, adding, &#8220;He’s an empty vessel that they filled with left-wing agitprop and all this other crap.&#8221;
Gutfeld went on to note that a lot of Americans had been sucked into the narrative of Joe Biden the &#8220;nice guy,&#8221; adding that people then tended to forget he was also the guy who had claimed then-presidential candidate <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/mitt-romney/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mitt Romney</a> (R) would put black people back &#8220;in chains.&#8221;
&#8220;He says the craziest stuff,&#8221; Gutfeld added. &#8220;I think what we’re suffering from is old man syndrome. This is when you ascribe certain gentleness to people as they age, like I&#8217;ve noticed that since my hair has gone gray, babies like me, they think I’m harmless&#8230; When you look at inmates, older inmates, you feel bad for them and go, that guy wouldn’t hurt a fly. While 30 years from now he murdered a family, so of course now he’s got salt and pepper hair, he looks like Harold, everything’s okay. That’s the problem with Joe. Joe hasn’t gotten nicer, he’s gotten angrier.&#8221;

‘It’s Kind Of A Sick Boast’: Greg Gutfeld Rips Biden For Making The Leap To ‘Full-On Fascist’

Greg Gutfeld Rips President Biden For Making The Leap To 'Full-On Fascist'

Fascism

Greg Gutfeld of Fox News’ “The Five” <a href="https://grabien.com/story.php?id=387537?utm_source=cliplist&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=cliplist20220729&amp;utm_content=story387537">fulminated against students</a> who want their loans to be forgiven in a tirade Thursday night.
In early May, Gutfeld <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/entitled-sponge-gutfeld-rips-aoc-championing-student-loan-debt-cancellations/">ripped</a> Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) for championing student loan cancellation, calling her an “entitled sponge.”
On Thursday, Gutfeld began, “Why send your kids to college, your loving kids to college, when they return turning against you and biology? You’re actually ruining brains. &#8230; All of those people paying off student loans— they probably worked nights to do it. This is a slap in their face.”
“This is like being in a restaurant and ordering your dessert and then eating it and paying for it and then suddenly they announce a pie-eating contest,” he quipped.
“You’re getting American taxpayers to pay for a gift that benefits Democrats who don’t need it,” Gutfeld posited. “So this isn’t like welfare or unemployment or food stamps. It’s a gift you and I pay that is given to upper-class white art history majors who can then spend that money they would’ve spent on the loan on holidays in the Hamptons.”
He offered his own suggestion: “So my solution is if you wanna forgive that stupid debt, take it from the colleges. Since they’ve tripled the tuition the last thirty years and their education sucks, do not take it from us, ‘cause I swear to God if you do you will see a real insurrection.”
“You’re actually stealing money; you’re stealing money from people and giving it to people. This is redistribution; but it’s not even going to the poor,” Gutfeld opined, before turning to President Biden: “He’s actually taking money from people to bribe people to vote for him. This is a moral wrong. This is the worst thing. It gets me so mad. Every time I think about this it makes me so angry ‘cause it’s actual theft, and they think they can get away with it by saying, ‘It’s only ten grand here, and it’s only this, oh, these students they can’t afford it.’”
“Oh, they can afford it,” he charged. “If you can afford a car payment you can afford your college payment. It’s roughly the same; the average is like $250-270. Give it to the truck drivers that pay off their payments. You dope. So disgusting. You make me sick.”
“And I don’t even know who I’m talking to,” he concluded.
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In December 2021, Gutfeld <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/thats-something-i-would-go-to-war-for-greg-gutfeld-is-a-hard-pass-on-canceling-student-loans/">harshly criticized</a> Democrats calling for student loan debt cancellation, snapping, “You know what? Screw you! No one has to pay your damn debt! That’s on you! It is not a moral obligation on anybody for the decisions that you made.”
“Why don’t we do car loan debt? … that’s more for the working class than for these overeducated, over-caffeinated idiots,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;But you put that on taxpayers, I will join the Army because you ain’t making me pay for your stupid [debt].”

‘You Make Me Sick’: Gutfeld Rips Students Who Want Loan Cancellation

Gutfeld Rips Students Who Want Loan Cancellation

Student Loan Cancellation

Fox News host Greg Gutfeld unloaded on former Vice President Al Gore on Monday, revealing the one thing he said really made him want to punch Gore in the face.
<a href="https://dailywire.com/news/permission-to-go-off-greg-gutfeld-drops-the-hammer-on-biden-says-hes-lost-the-sense-of-what-america-is/">Gutfeld</a> joined his cohosts on the network&#8217;s popular afternoon panel sho &#8220;The Five,&#8221; and the conversation turned to <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/revisionist-nonsense-twittersphere-comes-for-abc-journo-when-he-claims-al-gore-was-a-gracious-loser/">Gore&#8217;s recent comments</a> comparing climate change deniers to the widely-panned Uvalde police officers who failed to confront the gunman at Robb Elementary School for over an hour.
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&quot;It is so deeply offensive.&quot; <a href="https://twitter.com/greggutfeld?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@greggutfeld</a> reveals what makes him want to punch Al Gore in the face. <a href="https://t.co/GOupivMmwc">pic.twitter.com/GOupivMmwc</a>
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Cohost Katie Pavlich began with a comment about a recent CNN <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/07/22/opinions/america-europe-air-conditioning-climate-hockenos/index.html">opinion piece</a> suggesting that Americans should consider helping to save the planet by ditching their air conditioners.
&#8220;I don’t think we will be trying that with temperatures reaching 100 degrees, but it is Al Gore who is sucking the most oxygen with this most ridiculous comparison,&#8221; Pavlich said, pivoting to a clip of Gore.
&#8220;The climate deniers are really, in some ways, similar to all of those almost 400 law enforcement officers in Uvalde, Texas, who were waiting outside an unlocked door while the children were being massacred. They heard the screams. They heard the gunshots. Nobody stepped forward,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/al-gore-compares-climate-deniers-to-police-in-uvalde-attacks-senate-filibuster-for-blocking-action-on-climate-change/">Gore said</a> during a Sunday appearance on ABC&#8217;s &#8220;This Week.&#8221;
Pavlich turned to Gutfeld for his response to the clip.
&#8220;Maybe all those massages he got went to his head,&#8221; Gutfeld quipped, prompting laughter from around the table..
&#8220;He is so profoundly disgusting and not just for what he just said, but just for &#8230; if you &#8230; the original offense is mapping climate denier off Holocaust denier,&#8221; Gutfeld continued. &#8220;So already, when they started doing this business a couple of years ago, they were comparing skeptics — not — skeptics to Nazis. So comparing them to the police who were not able to save those kids, that’s actually a step up.&#8221;
&#8220;So it&#8217;s like — every time he says the holocaust denier, I want to punch him in the face. Because it is so deeply offensive. Because we know what he is doing. We know the undercurrent, what he is trying to do, is he is trying to link you to Holocaust denial. He is the scummiest thing,&#8221; Gutfeld concluded.

‘So Deeply Offensive’: Greg Gutfeld Reveals What Makes Him Want To Punch Al Gore In The Face

Greg Gutfeld Reveals What Makes Him Want To Punch Al Gore In The Face

Al Gore

Remember when late night television featured the battle royale between Leno and Letterman?
The TV landscape was much different then, and so was late night TV in general. Jay Leno and David Letterman spent more than a decade fighting for ratings supremacy, with Leno typically coming out ahead.
Every viewer mattered, and the hosts feared alienating anyone who might give them another ratings point.
Today, the field is larger and the goal isn’t just a ratings victory. It’s all about disseminating Democratic talking points. And, in that regard, “The Late Show” still reigns supreme.
Stephen Colbert vaulted over Leno’s “Tonight Show” heir Jimmy Fallon during the Trump presidency, and he hasn’t looked back. He’s the most authentic progressive on late night, a true believer with the power of CBS corporate behind him. That, and a cavalcade of A-list stars dropping by his New York-based studio, leaves him at the top of the ratings heap.
The far-Left adores him, and Colbert does nothing to threaten that bond. He’ll jump on any fake news headline, especially if it means smiting the GOP. Along the way, Colbert ignores the gaffe-tastic Biden administration night after night, targeting the 79-year-old with a few old age gags before “destroying” Tucker Carlson or Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL). 
And his competitors are only too happy to follow suit.
President Biden’s “senior moments” rarely draw snickers, nor do Vice President Kamala Harris’ <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/07/06/kamala-harris-roasted-for-repetitive-remarks-in-highland-park/">word salad speeches</a>.
Except a new kid on the block threatens Colbert’s crown. And, on select weeks, the Fox News superstar <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/andymeek/2022/05/03/how-greg-gutfeld-turned-fox-news-channel-into-a-late-night-ratings-juggernaut/?sh=60e9de3bf638">dons it himself</a>.
Greg Gutfeld joined the late-night ranks in 2021, and he swiftly became the second-most popular show in that time slot. “Gutfeld!” unabashedly leans to the Right, giving half the country a late-night program all its own.
At last.
No major platform or broadcast studio had offered the choice, leaving it to Fox News to shake up the late-night landscape as it has done with network news since its 1996 debut.
And “Gutfeld!” seems here to stay, without A-list guest stars or the budgets other networks can deliver. His audience is growing, and he attracts a surprising number of younger viewers.
He routinely beats Fallon’s “Tonight Show,” which is now a consistent fourth place finisher <a href="https://twitter.com/RoadMN/status/1534189583738576899">according to ShowBuzzDaily.com</a>. The show Johnny Carson made a late-night institution is now a pale imitation of its former self, ratings wise.
Fallon, pushed to the Left after media bullies pounced on him for <a href="https://apnews.com/article/d599adbc29d54df1b2a463d7ac3737f7">tousling President Donald Trump’s hair</a>, attempts a more mainstream comedy showcase. When political or cultural matters flare up, though, Fallon is <a href="https://www.marca.com/en/lifestyle/tv-shows/2021/12/12/61b53c0022601d8c7f8b461f.html">just as liberal</a> as the rest of the pack.
Jimmy Kimmel, another authentically progressive comic, similarly chased away GOP viewers in recent years. “<a href="https://video.foxbusiness.com/v/5613062102001#sp=show-clips">Not good riddance, but riddance</a>,” is how Kimmel sees his transformation from “Man Show” host to DNC puppeteer.
That stance leaves Kimmel as a consistent third-place finisher, albeit one whispering about <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2022/06/jimmy-kimmel-considers-retiring-1234730778/">leaving his long-running platform</a>.
Many credit Jon Stewart for reinventing the late night liberal wheel in recent years. Stewart’s long-running “Daily Show” aped the traditional news format with a bigger left-wing tilt, and that template spread across Hollywood. Stewart hung up his mic in 2015, leaving newbie Trevor Noah behind the Comedy Central mic.
Noah learned on the fly and for a time had earned the media’s respect. His <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/daily-show-ratings-plummet-trevor-noah/">recent ratings fall</a>, however, has been considerable. He’s often beaten by most of his peers, a fact most media outlets choose to ignore.
HBO delivers a double dose of late-night comedy, but one show offers a shocking dash of balance. Yes, the host of “Real Time with Bill Maher” is a reliable progressive, but he routinely <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/all-the-babies-are-in-the-wrong-bodies-bill-maher-questions-trans-explosion-in-epic-rant">shreds his own party</a> along with the new woke agenda.
Audiences are responding to Maher’s new approach. His ratings routinely trump fellow progressive John Oliver over at “Last Week Tonight,” perhaps due to Maher networking with right-leaning folks like <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKOEamKXxJA">Adam Carolla</a> and Daily Wire Editor Emeritus <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XflisXO5mIQ">Ben Shapiro</a>.
Oliver remains a rock-ribbed liberal, and his weekly showcase allows a deeper dive into his partisan posturing.
James Corden (“The Late Late Show”) and Seth Meyers (NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers”) sit in the middle of the ratings pack, with Corden snagging more viewers and leaning less on Democratic talking points. Corden interestingly <a href="https://deadline.com/2022/04/james-corden-leaving-late-late-show-2023-final-year-1235011646/">just announced</a> he’s leaving the late-night game, taking his signature “Carpool Karaoke” segment with him.
Samantha Bee may the angriest, most overtly partisan host on late night today. And that’s saying something. It may, however, be the only point on which she demonstrates any lead.
She’s <a href="https://www.mrctv.org/videos/samantha-bees-tbs-show-debuts-vile-slam-fish-faced-horses-salesman-cruz">cursed out Senator Ted Cruz</a> (R-TX), <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/liberal-comedian-samantha-bee-flamed-twitter-tirade-ron-desantis">slammed Governor Ron DeSantis</a> as a racist and infamously <a href="https://www.indiewire.com/2018/05/samantha-bee-ivanka-trump-feckless-cunt-1201969967/">called former-First Daughter Ivanka Trump</a> the “c-word.”
What does the host of TBS’s “Full Frontal with Samantha Bee” get for her potty mouth? Last place. A recent telecast <a href="https://twitter.com/RoadMN/status/1534189583738576899">drew just 178,000 viewers</a>.
The newer late-night hosts don’t play directly into the ratings picture. They still share uniformly progressive views no matter the platform. Showtime’s <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/desus-mero-self-censor-cancel-culture/">“Desus &amp; Mero” admittedly self-censor</a> to avoid the woke mob, but they shouldn’t bother. The duo shares progressive talking points regularly so they’ll never be targeted for cancellation.
Showtime’s most recent talk show entry, “Ziwe,” <a href="https://www.teenvogue.com/story/ziwe-fumudoh-young-hollywood-2021">embraces identity politics</a> and other woke bromides, but it’s unclear if the talker is making a ratings impact.
Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News&#8217; Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en">@HollywoodInToto</a>. 
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Toto – State of the ‘Late Night’ Union

The State Of The Late Night Union

Jimmy Fallon

Fox News hosts <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/you-can-fight-and-die-for-your-country-at-18-jesse-watters-claps-back-when-geraldo-floats-juvenile-weapons-ban/">Jesse Watters</a> and <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/you-insulting-punk-geraldo-blows-up-at-greg-gutfeld-over-coat-hanger-abortions/">Greg Gutfeld</a> argued over the consequences of drug legalization during Thursday afternoon&#8217;s broadcast of their panel show &#8220;The Five.&#8221;
Watters brought up the disastrous results of <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/canadian-province-decriminalizes-opioids-other-drugs-despite-overdose-deaths-nearly-doubling/">drug decriminalization</a> in Oregon and claimed that the libertarian approach often touted by Gutfeld, who has long been a proponent of decriminalization and even legalization, had clearly failed.
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&quot;A perfect example of libertarianism gone wrong,&quot; Jesse Watters and Greg Gutfeld spar over decriminalizing drugs. <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TheFive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TheFive</a> <a href="https://t.co/v7BvTl7Mjz">pic.twitter.com/v7BvTl7Mjz</a>
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According to reports, Oregon saw a 41% increase in fatal drug overdoses between 2020 and 2021, after decriminalizing small amounts of nearly all drugs — despite the fact that the state also increased access to drug treatment and counseling programs.
Fox News <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/portland-drug-decriminalization-effort-tragedy">reported</a> that the new law, passed in 2020, reduced possession of small amounts of certain drugs — heroin, meth, cocaine and fentanyl — to a Class E violation. That would carry a possible fine of up to $100, which would be dismissed if the person receiving the fine calls Lines for Life and seeks a health evaluation.
&#8220;This is what happens when drugs are illegal,&#8221; <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/permission-to-go-off-greg-gutfeld-drops-the-hammer-on-biden-says-hes-lost-the-sense-of-what-america-is/">Gutfeld</a> said, arguing that the problem was the fact that even when small amounts of the drugs were decriminalized, the street drugs were still often full of toxic additives or mixed with other drugs.
&#8220;All of these poisonings are street concoctions. We always just say, &#8216;Oh, it’s opiates.&#8217; But it’s actually a toxic poison, it’s street fentanyl. This is not prescription stuff,&#8221; Gutfeld said, going on to argue that loosening restrictions on prescription drugs could lead to addicts using safer products.
&#8220;We&#8217;re doing just the same thing with ghost guns and law-abiding gun. Were punishing the law-abiding user because there are people using illegally. It’s the same thing with guns that we&#8217;re doing a drugs. Lower the restrictions, make it OTC,&#8221; Gutfeld argued.
&#8220;I am not buying this libertarian mumbo-jumbo,&#8221; Watters pushed back.
&#8220;What? It’s called facts,&#8221; Gutfeld objected.
&#8220;This is a perfect example of libertarianism gone wrong. Greg has been singing the song ever since I came on &#8216;The Five.&#8217; &#8216;Legalize drugs, legalize drugs, decriminalize it.'&#8221; Watters continued. &#8220;They did it. Oregon listened to Gutfeld. Now, look at Oregon. Everyone’s dead. That’s what happens when you listen to Greg. You die.&#8221;
&#8220;What I’m saying is, if somebody’s actually using a safe drug, this doesn’t happen,&#8221; Gutfeld protested.
&#8220;Is heroin a safe drug?&#8221; co-host Jeanine Pirro asked.
&#8220;People actually take heroin, yes. Do you know that fentanyl is actually a drug that is prescribed? Are you aware of that?&#8221; Gutfeld asked.
Watters continued to argue, telling Gutfeld that he was still wrong — and then co-host Dana Perino jumped in: &#8220;If you do what Greg says, you don’t get the crap from China.&#8221;
&#8220;That’s my point,&#8221; Gutfeld agreed.

‘Everyone’s Dead!’: Watters And Gutfeld Spar Over Drug Legalization

Jesse Watters And Greg Gutfeld Argue Over Libertarian Approach To Drug Legalization

Cartels

Drugs

Fentanyl

Jesse Watters

Opioid Crisis

<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cnn">CNN</a> is now down to just over 500,000 average prime time viewers, while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/fox-news">Fox News</a> continues to dominate, new ratings figures released Wednesday show.
The liberal network, which presents itself as &#8220;facts first,&#8221; has routinely struggled with viewership. In April, the network&#8217;s much-hyped streaming service CNN+ was <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yikes-shuttering-cnn-host-chris-wallace-pushes-producer-to-make-project-on-his-trump-interviews-during-show">shuttered</a> mere weeks after its start, due to its failure to bring in new viewers.
CNN is averaging 517,000 total viewers across its prime time programming, a <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/daily-ratings/cable-news-ratings-wednesday-june-8-cnn-down-to-just-over-500000-average-prime-time-viewers/">report</a> from Mediaite said.
Fox News, a right-leaning competitor, brought in nearly five times CNN&#8217;s numbers, averaging 2.57 million viewers across prime time.
Liberal <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/msnbc">MSNBC</a> crushed CNN, too, more than doubling the network with an average of 1.18 million total prime time viewers.
&#8220;&#8216;Anderson Cooper 360,&#8217; which was guest hosted by John Berman, led CNN on Wednesday with 637,000 total viewers at 8 p.m.,&#8221; the Mediaite report outlined, noting that &#8220;Tucker Carlson led the time slot with 3.14 million total viewers, while Chris Hayes landed in second place with 1.21 million total viewers.&#8221;
Among the overall domination of Fox News is host <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/greg-gutfeld">Greg Gutfeld</a>.
As <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/greg-gutfeld-levels-stephen-colbert-for-mocking-fox-news-after-christmas-tree-arson">reported</a> in December, “Gutfeld!” — a rebrand of the “The Greg Gutfeld Show” — is about a year old, and still building. The success of the show has shocked elites in the media, begrudgingly <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/bill-maher-greg-gutfeld-king-of-late-night">earning</a> Gutfeld “the king of late night” title. Fox’s “Gutfeld!” routinely <a href="https://pagesix.com/2021/10/07/fox-news-greg-gutfeld-climbs-to-no-2-in-late-night-tv-wars/">beats out</a> late night shows hosted by left-leaning Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and Jimmy Fallon on NBC, and <a href="https://www.thewrap.com/gutfeld-ratings-win-colbert/">stomped</a> Stephen Colbert’s ratings for the first time in August.
Fox News had already been handily outpacing its competitors in ratings. Forbes <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/markjoyella/2021/12/01/fox-news-easily-wins-november-cable-news-ratings-as-all-networks-see-steep-declines/?sh=379df5e22f14">outlined</a> Fox News&#8217; ratings bloodbath for November.
&#8220;The Fox News Channel prevailed in the November cable news ratings, easily beating back the competition from CNN and MSNBC. According to ratings data compiled by Nielsen, Fox News delivered an average prime time audience of 2.578 million viewers in November, followed by MSNBC (1.091 million total viewers) and CNN (654,000 viewers),&#8221; the outlet reported. &#8220;In the key demo of adults 25-54 — the demographic most valued by advertisers – Fox finished first with an average audience of 420,000 viewers. CNN was second (148,000 viewers) and MSNBC (140,000 viewers).&#8221;
And a notable loser from the Fox News domination is newsman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/yikes-shuttering-cnn-host-chris-wallace-pushes-producer-to-make-project-on-his-trump-interviews-during-show">Chris Wallace</a>, who jumped ship to join CNN+ just weeks before Warner Bros. Discovery <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report">announced</a> that the subscription streaming service would be scrapped.
The shutdown left Wallace a “victim,&#8221; he <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ive-been-a-victim-chris-wallace-says-hes-in-good-shape-despite-cnn-implosion">claimed</a>.
“It’s an interesting thing and I’ve been a victim of all of this in the last week,” Wallace said.
“The idea was you’ve got to get a foothold in the streaming world because that’s where the future of news off the mainstream networks is going to be,” the 74-year-old continued. “Now you have some equally smart people that have come in with a diametrically opposed view, these are the new bosses at CNN+ because of [the Warner Bros. Discovery merger] who have come to the conclusion that to have a narrow niche product like a news streaming service doesn’t work.”
“I have absolutely no idea which is right and wrong, but the Discovery people are in charge and so they made the decision,” he added.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/warner-bros-discovery-is-shutting-down-cnn-after-new-streaming-service-struggled-to-attract-viewers-report">Warner Bros. Discovery Is Shutting Down CNN+ After New Streaming Service Struggled To Attract Viewers</a>
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