Remember Gov. Gavin Newsom’s French Laundry gaffe?
Many have likely forgotten, even though it showed the California Democrat as the ultimate hypocrite. The <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/no-masks-all-indoors-award-winning-journalist-claims-22-people-attended-newsom-dinner-not-12-15k-bar-bill" target="_blank" rel="noopener">wannabe president dined, sans mask</a> with a large group at the height of the pandemic lockdowns.
No social distancing. No chance for Californians to similarly enjoy a carefree meal. He got caught red-handed defying his own rules.
That memory might have lingered if late-night comics or “Saturday Night Live” had parodied the moment. They had the material, of course. The jokes all but wrote themselves.
Instead, they collectively stood down. And other politicians followed Newsom’s embarrassing lead, from <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pelosi-admits-breaking-lockdown-for-salon-visit-blames-business-says-she-did-nothing-wrong" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Rep. Nancy Pelosi</a> to then-<a href="https://reason.com/2021/09/17/london-breed-san-francisco-mask-covid-hypocrisy/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">San Francisco Mayor London Breed.</a> Comedy Nation looked the other way during those news cycles, too, and the American people suffered as a result.
Some of those same politicians won re-election post-COVID.
It’s why political humor has consequences. The right joke or comedy sketch can linger longer than a white paper or news headline. We laugh and then we think, and suddenly we’re looking at an issue in a new, startling way.
Even false political jabs can linger longer. Sarah Palin never said, “I can see Russia from my house.” Tina Fey’s Palin “Saturday Night Live” sketch character did, though, and people tied it to the real Palin.
Politicians hold considerable sway over us, yet they can be brought to heel by laughter. It’s why free speech matters and stinging satire leaves a mark.
<div id="attachment_855679" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-855679" class="size-large wp-image-855679" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154-864x576.jpg" alt="LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JANUARY 8: California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass tour the downtown business district of Pacific Palisades as the Palisades Fire continues to burn on January 8, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. Fueled by intense Santa Ana Winds, the Palisades Fire has grown to over 2,900 acres and 30,000 people have been ordered to evacuate while a second major fire continues to burn near Eaton Canyon in Altadena." width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192407154.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Credit: Photo by Eric Thayer/Getty Images.</div>
Will we see comedians hold the politicians at the heart of the California wildfires accountable in the days ahead? If not, shame on them.
We’re watching gross incompetence in real time as thousands flee their homes and worry if they’ll be still standing upon their return. The raging fires are like something out of a Hollywood disaster movie.
It’s often unhealthy to score political points during a tragedy. At times, it’s unavoidable, and now is certainly the case.
We know L.A. Mayor Karen Bass cut $17.6 million from the city’s fire department budget. The progressive mayor wasn’t even in L.A. when the fires broke out. She was in Ghana on a political junket.
The optics couldn’t get much worse. Remember how “<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gaqTdV4pqI" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Saturday Night Live</a>” and late-night comedians mocked Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas when he was out of state in Cancun during a deadly cold weather front in 2021?  It’s hard to forget given the nonstop jokes on the subject.
Fair? Unfair? He probably thinks twice now before jetting out of town. What Bass and Co. have done to California is immeasurably worse.
Need more material tied to the fires? <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/karen-bass-ignores-questions-about-her-handling-of-devastating-fires" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mayor Bass literally stood silent</a> as a European journalist pelted her with tough but fair questions about the unfolding tragedy. Later, the Mayor tried to steer locals to a website where they could get more information, except during her speech she simply said “URL” <a href="https://www.mediaite.com/tv/la-mayor-karen-bass-stumbles-through-presser-script-failing-to-share-emergency-information-website-address-this-can-be-found-at-url/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">and omitted the actual website’s address</a>.
More comedy gold for satirists speaking truth to power. An A.I. bot could probably crank out a few monologue jokes. Will late-night comedians bite?
So far, they’re <a href="https://latenighter.com/news/heres-how-the-late-night-shows-addressed-the-l-a-wildfires/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">taking the high road</a> regarding the devastation.
Far-Left “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert kept the mood serious.
“We want to send our love and concern to all the residents of Los Angeles who are facing what is being described as the most destructive fire in the city’s history.”
The host of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” took a similar tack.
“The scenes we’re seeing on television are obviously harrowing, and there are no real words that I can share other than that we are thinking about you and we are hoping for your safety.”
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That’s understandable … for now. Although, if a Republican governor was in charge the tone might be different. Might.
It’s what happens next that matters, and it could have political repercussions.
Fox News’ “Gutfeld!” won’t hold back. The Libertarian host <a href="https://x.com/greggutfeld/status/1877334892398129301" target="_blank" rel="noopener">already weighed in</a> via his X account, and his 10:00 p.m. show will likely do the same.
<div id="attachment_856469" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-856469" class="size-large wp-image-856469" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-1954075349-864x576.jpg" alt="NEW YORK, NEW YORK - JANUARY 22: Host Greg Gutfeld appears during Former 2024 presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy's visit to &quot;Gutfeld!&quot; with at Fox News Channel Studios on January 22, 2024 in New York City. (Photo by Roy Rochlin/Getty Images)" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-1954075349-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-1954075349-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-1954075349-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-1954075349.jpg 1024w" sizes="(max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" />Roy Rochlin/Getty Images</div>
Another possible source of comedy? HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher.” The long-running host has shown a knack for truth-telling regardless of party affiliation. He’s been a thorn in the Left’s side for several years, mocking progressives for their extreme culture war positions and woke overreach.
He’s based in L.A. and might skewer pols who have made the problem exponentially worse. He’s also a Climate Change alarmist and might focus on that angle, even if there’s no evidence climate change played a role in the catastrophe.
So far, late-night hosts are living down to their partisan reputations.
Rather than satirize Newsom or Bass — or others directly overseeing the city and state — they&#8217;re targeting President-elect Donald Trump for his rhetoric.
Both &#8220;Daily Show&#8221; host Desi Lydic and Meyers <a href="https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/late-night-hosts-mock-trump-response-la-fires-1236271464/">attacked Trump&#8217;s critiques</a> rather than the actions, or inactions, of key Democrats. That&#8217;s a sign it will only grow more one-sided from here.
Will Jimmy Fallon courageously skewer the politicians who let their constituents down? Colbert? Meyers? Kimmel? Stewart?
<div id="attachment_856475" style="width: 394px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-856475" class="size-large wp-image-856475" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192544199-384x576.jpg" alt="THE TONIGHT SHOW STARRING JIMMY FALLON -- Episode 2076 -- Pictured: Host Jimmy Fallon during the monologue on Thursday, January 9, 2025 -- (Photo by: Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images)" width="384" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192544199-384x576.jpg 384w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192544199-200x300.jpg 200w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/01/GettyImages-2192544199.jpg 683w" sizes="(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px" />Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images</div>
We’ll have to wait and see. If the past is prologue, these comedians will find a way to blame President-Elect Donald Trump for the crisis or avoid political name-calling in general. It may be up to YouTube-based comedians and podcasters to pick up the slack, and their social media platforms will only grow in response.
Too many modern journalists have refused to hold Democratic politicians accountable over the past few years. Just consider how many questions Vice President Kamala Harris has fielded of late over President Joe Biden’s cognitive decline.
Try zero, and that’s inexcusable.
It’s no laughing matter when mainstream comedians choose politics over the truth.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.
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Late Night with Seth Meyers – Season 12

Will Late Night Roast Newsom And Bass For Fires? Don’t Hold Your Breath.

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It only took three-plus years for late-night comedians to do their jobs – i.e. mock President Joe Biden.
Satirists looked the other way while the elderly leader racked up enough viral video gaffes to fuel a dozen YouTube channels.
Now, finally, late-night is addressing the elephant in the electoral room. Call it the ultimate heel pivot.
All it took was an unedited, 90-minute forum where Biden couldn’t fall back on notes, a teleprompter or a subservient reporter.
Biden is suffering from an undisclosed medical matter that’s left him quiet, frail and unable to complete his thoughts.
Or, as Bill Maher recently quipped, the president “famously loves trains but apparently not of thought.”
In Maher’s defense, he hasn’t been as overtly captured as his late-night peers. If Stephen Colbert, Seth Meyers, Jimmy Fallon and Jon Stewart aren’t reading DNC press releases to the letter, there’s a solid plagiarism case afoot.
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“The Tonight Show’s” Jimmy Fallon is the least political animal of the lot, but even he has treated Biden’s obvious condition with a cheeky, “Nothing to see here, folks” attitude.
No more.
He still played up Biden’s age over comments about his mental failings in his first appearances since the June 27 debate. A typical Fallon barb? He said Democrats plan to ape a 2009 Pixar film.
“Tie a bunch of balloons to the White House and hope he flies away like the old guy from ‘Up.’”
A day later, he doubled down on the flailing leader when discussing President Donald Trump’s search for the best Vice-Presidential candidate.
“Trump needs someone who can help him win, so right now the front-runner is Joe Biden.”
Colbert, who pulled as many punches as a WWE wrestler during Biden’s White House days, let loose with a fury that must have caught his audience off guard.
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Did the ghost of the late Rush Limbaugh visit CBS’s writers’ room?
“I don’t know what’s going on in Joe Biden’s mind, something I apparently have in common with Joe Biden.“
“Biden debated as well as Abe Lincoln … if you dug him up right now.”
The satirical kill shot? Colbert summoned Trump’s favorite nickname for the current Commander in Chief.
“I guess you could say he’s … Sleepy Joe,” he added, wincing for his audience’s consideration.
“Late Night with Seth Meyers” channeled more fury than anything else in its first original show since the debate. Meyers, nastier than his old “Saturday Night Live” persona, couldn’t deny what Biden’s debate performance revealed.
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Nor could he make anything comical from those revelations, including plans to shrink Biden’s work day akin to a cranky toddler’s schedule.
“Your plan to calm fears about his age is an earlier bedtime? Are you hoping we’ll forget he’s 81 if you treat him like he’s 5½?”
The host wasn’t angry that the media covered up Biden’s frail state. Nor did he complain that Team Biden did the same so effectively. Instead, he raged against Biden’s interview with ABC News’ George Stephanopoulos.
&#8220;This isn’t about how you feel. This is about how voters feel. If you truly believe that American democracy is at stake – and it is – then you have to act like it.”
Jon Stewart, the old/semi-regular “Daily Show” host, added his own sense of outrage to the Democrats’ plight.
“He’d been home for almost two weeks. He was jet-lagged? How big is that f***ing jet? The point is, for a campaign based on honesty and decency, the spin about the debate appears to be blatant bulls***. And the redemption tour hasn’t gotten that much better.”
He <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2024/07/11/jon-stewart-joe-biden-debate-trump/74365788007/">doubled down via his “Weekly Show” podcast</a>.
&#8220;Joe Biden has run on this idea of honesty and decency, but they have not been honest about the condition and the difficulties that he has been facing .. And so it undercuts one of the foundational arguments that they even have made.&#8221;
Freed from his Comedy Central perch, he dug further in, speaking for Americans who bought the media’s lies fed to them by Biden, Inc. 
&#8220;I have been stunned and disappointed and angered by what I saw, and how I&#8217;ve been talked to that I didn&#8217;t see what I saw.&#8221;
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If Stewart had perused The Daily Wire over the past three years he’d have learned Biden’s decline is old news.
Let’s be clear about late-night’s sudden about face. The comic hosts want to defeat Trump in November. They realize a diminished Biden has little chance of retaining the White House.
Now, it’s time to usher the aging leader off the stage.
It’s why they, along with the press corps, suddenly started doing their jobs again after a three-year nap.
Not everyone has abdicated their duties as politically astute comics. Kyle Dunnigan of “<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/show/mr-birchum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Mr. Birchum</a>” fame has been skewering President Biden for some time now. His withering sketches, alternately goofy and cutting, reveal a Biden that’s familiar to those who didn’t buy the media’s “cheap fake” narratives.
Joe Rogan’s Spotify podcast has roasted Biden’s mental decline, one of many reasons the show’s popularity remains sky high.
Even Dana Carvey, whose political impressions aren’t mean spirited, mocked Biden via his “Fly on the Wall” podcast.
It’s called “speaking truth to power,” a late-night host’s number-one duty. Sadly, once Democrats determine an election year plan, they’ll forget it all over again.
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Christian Toto is an award-winning journalist, movie critic and editor of <a href="http://www.hollywoodintoto.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">HollywoodInToto.com</a>. He previously served as associate editor with Breitbart News’ Big Hollywood. Follow him at <a href="https://twitter.com/HollywoodInToto?lang=en" target="_blank" rel="noopener">@HollywoodInToto</a>.
The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

Late Night with Seth Meyers – Season 11

Late Night Gives Up The Biden Ghost

Bill Maher

Joe Biden

Readers Pass

Stephen Colbert

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President Joe Biden took a few questions during a brief ice cream break with NBC late-night host and comedian Seth Meyers, telling reporters he hoped the United States could help facilitate a ceasefire in Gaza by Monday.
Biden, between bites of his ice cream cone, said that his advisors were telling him that they were &#8220;close&#8221; to an agreement that could bring about at least a temporary ceasefire between Israel and Hamas, the terror group that controls Gaza and is responsible for the unprovoked attacks on Israel on October 7 of last year.
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Meyers and Biden walked into the ice cream shop, and after some banter with others inside, the president decided on mint chocolate chip ice cream, &#8220;And how about a sugar cone?&#8221;
&#8220;I was worried you were going to be that guy who asks for all the samples,&#8221; Meyers joked, getting laughs from the president and several others.
Once Biden got his ice cream, he offered to buy ice cream for anyone else who wanted some. &#8220;The last of the big spenders,&#8221; he joked, asking the cameraman and others if they wanted some ice cream. &#8220;It&#8217;s not a bribe.&#8221;
Reporters started shouting questions then, asking about his planned trip to the southern border on Thursday.
Biden explained that he had been planning the trip for a while but had not realized that his likely 2024 opponent — former President Donald Trump — was planning to be there that same day. When asked whether he planned to meet with migrants, Biden demurred and said that the Secret Service didn&#8217;t like it when he told people his plans.
&#8220;Can you give us a sense of when you think a ceasefire will start?&#8221; another reporter asked, changing the subject to the Israel-Hamas war.
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Biden, who said on Meyers&#8217; show that he was working to facilitate at least a temporary ceasefire in an effort to get any remaining hostages released, predicted something &#8220;by the end of the weekend.&#8221;
&#8220;Well, I hope by the end of the weekend,&#8221; he said between bites. &#8220;At least my — my National Security Advisor tells me that we&#8217;re close. We&#8217;re close, we&#8217;re not done yet. My hope is by next Monday we&#8217;ll have a ceasefire.&#8221;

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Biden Pauses Mid-Ice Cream Cone To Predict Ceasefire In Gaza — ‘My Hope Is By Next Monday’

Biden Pauses Mid-Ice Cream Cone To Predict Ceasefire In Gaza — 'My Hope Is By Next Monday'

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<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/comedy">Comedian</a> Jon Lovitz said the overt biases of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/television">late-night show</a> hosts are becoming tedious.
The former “SNL” cast member discussed his feelings about hosts like <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-colbert">Stephen Colbert</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/seth-meyers">Seth Meyers</a> constantly pushing a leftist political agenda on their shows. While Lovitz agreed that they were free to talk about anything they wanted, he also said these shows have become more political and less entertaining over the years.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t like it. I don&#8217;t like it,&#8221; Lovitz told Fox News Digital during a recent <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/jon-lovitz-tears-colbert-kimmel-pushing-political-agenda-late-night">interview</a>. &#8220;They were comedy shows. And now, except for Jimmy Fallon, they&#8217;ve all become very political. And for me, it&#8217;s just- it&#8217;s too much.&#8221; 
He continued, “I mean, Johnny Carson would, you know, he would do two or three jokes about whoever was president then or what was going on then and that was it. But they were entertainment shows.&#8221;
&#8220;I know all those guys. And they&#8217;re very nice guys. Very talented. I know Seth. I know Stephen Colbert. I know Jimmy Kimmel. I think they&#8217;re funny, you know,&#8221; Lovitz said. &#8220;But when they started doing the political stuff, like, so one-sided, it&#8217;s like- and that&#8217;s all it is, the whole thing, it&#8217;s just like, that&#8217;s not the shows that I used to go on. You know, it was ‘The Tonight Show’ and David Letterman.&#8221;
Lovitz discussed how much the format of late-night shows has changed over the years, and in his opinion, it’s not for the better.
&#8220;It&#8217;s their show. They can do whatever they want. But you&#8217;re asking me, do I like it, and I&#8217;m like, no,&#8221; the 66-year-old comedian said. &#8220;If I want the news, I&#8217;ll watch the news. I&#8217;m not watching those shows. They&#8217;re late night entertainment, but it&#8217;s all political, except for Jimmy Fallon. And they keep getting mad at Jimmy. &#8216;Why don&#8217;t you go into politics?&#8217; Because he&#8217;s doing a silly, like, escapism entertainment show.&#8221;
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Lovitz said most late-night hosts have sacrificed the humor and fun for partisanship.
&#8220;They just hammer it to death… they&#8217;ve become, &#8216;Here&#8217;s my political agenda.&#8217; They&#8217;re very open about it,&#8221; he went on. &#8220;And I&#8217;m like, well, all right. I have no say in that. It&#8217;s their show, you know. But I don&#8217;t particularly- I don&#8217;t like that they&#8217;ve become that because where&#8217;s the comedians and the stand-up and the bits, you know, like Letterman. It was comedy.&#8221;

Jon Lovitz

Jon Lovitz Trashes Late Night Hosts For Rampant Political Agendas: ‘They Hammer It To Death’

Jon Lovitz Trashes Late Night Hosts For Rampant Political Agendas: 'They Hammer It To Death'

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Five late-night comedy hosts announced plans for a joint podcast, and got a live roast in return.
Comedians Jimmy Kimmel, Jimmy Fallon, Stephen Colbert, John Oliver, and Seth Meyers – whose shows are on a forced sabbatical due to the ongoing writers and actors strike in Hollywood – announced plans for &#8220;Strike Force Five.&#8221; The joint effort is expected to last at least through the remainder of the strike and proceeds will go to support their staffers while they are out of work.
&#8220;MAJOR LIFE UPDATE &#8211; for the remainder of the strike @StephenAtHome, @JimmyFallon, @SethMeyers, @IamJohnOliver &amp; I are joining forces for a new podcast called @StrikeForceFive. Hear the first episode tomorrow 8/30. ALL proceeds (thanks to @Casamigos and @MintMobile) go to support our out of work staffs. Listen now — <a class="css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1cvl2hr r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0" dir="ltr" role="link" href="https://t.co/qsyo28mYSV" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow">https://bit.ly/44tflxq</a> @SpotifyPodcasts,&#8221; Kimmel shared via X. 

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MAJOR LIFE UPDATE &#8211; for the remainder of the strike <a href="https://twitter.com/StephenAtHome?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StephenAtHome</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@JimmyFallon</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/sethmeyers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@SethMeyers</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/iamjohnoliver?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@IamJohnOliver</a> &amp; I are joining forces for a new podcast called <a href="https://twitter.com/StrikeForceFive?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@StrikeForceFive</a>. Hear the first episode tomorrow 8/30. ALL proceeds (thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/Casamigos?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Casamigos</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/Mintmobile?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MintMobile</a>) go to support… <a href="https://t.co/Czyvlpmba2">pic.twitter.com/Czyvlpmba2</a>
&mdash; Jimmy Kimmel (@jimmykimmel) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmykimmel/status/1696612559661736081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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Meyers <a href="https://twitter.com/sethmeyers/status/1696635013687558435" target="_blank" rel="noopener">responded</a> with a joke, saying, &#8220;I had NO idea this was being recorded &#8230;&#8221;
&#8220;Late night unite! Your new favorite podcast Strike Force Five premieres tomorrow with all of our proceeds going to staff and crew affected by the ongoing writers strike. Check it out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts,&#8221; Fallon added.
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Late night unite! Your new favorite podcast Strike Force Five premieres tomorrow with all of our proceeds going to staff and crew affected by the ongoing writers strike. Check it out on Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. <a href="https://t.co/PQVgLEiftN">pic.twitter.com/PQVgLEiftN</a>
&mdash; Jimmy Fallon (@jimmyfallon) <a href="https://twitter.com/jimmyfallon/status/1696637418454053235?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 29, 2023</a></blockquote>
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But critics weren&#8217;t so sure that anyone really needed them to come back.
&#8220;Five insufferable one-trick ponies doing a podcast to echo each other on Trump and DeSantis and anyone who doesn&#8217;t have a D next to their name. And if you forgot these guys haven&#8217;t been on the air for months, you&#8217;re not alone,&#8221; Joe Concha said in a post on X.
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Five insufferable one-trick ponies doing a podcast to echo each other on Trump and DeSantis and anyone who doesn&#39;t have a D next to their name. And if you forgot these guys haven&#39;t been on the air for months, you&#39;re not alone. <a href="https://t.co/RKsHu7RVEX">https://t.co/RKsHu7RVEX</a>
&mdash; Joe Concha (@JoeConchaTV) <a href="https://twitter.com/JoeConchaTV/status/1696942807829627195?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Not a lawyer but pretty sure this podcast will violate the Geneva Conventions,&#8221; Grabien media founder Tom Elliott <a href="https://twitter.com/tomselliott/status/1696878030235328809" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
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&#8220;Can&#8217;t wait for the first episode about Trump&#8217;s mugshot and how bad the new strain of covid is,&#8221; @thefirstontv <a href="https://twitter.com/TheFirstonTV/status/1696903174177604080" target="_blank" rel="noopener">added</a>.
&#8220;It is super cringe that they coordinated to all sit in very &#8216;regular person&#8217; rooms, as though they don’t all have home offices that clearly illustrate their wealth and success. Just be you, you d*** phonies,&#8221; Noam Blum <a href="https://twitter.com/neontaster/status/1696867728512995349" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a>.
&#8220;They have banished all the late night hosts to a podcast,&#8221; Ashley St. Clair posted. &#8220;Nature is healing.&#8221;
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they have banished all the late night hosts to a podcast
nature is healing <a href="https://t.co/t0uw4RUMqS">https://t.co/t0uw4RUMqS</a>
&mdash; Ashley St. Clair (@stclairashley) <a href="https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1696710363406872946?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">August 30, 2023</a></blockquote>
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&#8220;Late night group therapy for libs actually becomes group therapy for libs,&#8221; Stephen L. Miller <a href="https://twitter.com/redsteeze/status/1696636706961924120" target="_blank" rel="noopener">replied</a>.
&#8220;Breaking Points&#8221; cohost Saagar Enjeti took a slightly different approach, <a href="https://twitter.com/esaagar/status/1696629378992460262" target="_blank" rel="noopener">saying</a>, &#8220;I am begging studio execs to cave so we can end this abomination.&#8221;

Late Night with Jimmy Fallon – Season 4

Late-Night Hosts Team Up To Pitch A Podcast, And All They Get Is A Live Roast

John Oliver

Late-night hosts <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/cult-cringe-x-100-jimmy-fallon-mocked-for-song-about-new-covid-variant" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Fallon</a> and Seth Meyers have reportedly stepped up to foot the bill for staffers during the ongoing Hollywood writers strike that started earlier this week.
The hosts of &#8220;The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon&#8221; and &#8220;Late Night with Seth Meyers&#8221; will help pay their crews after both shows went dark due to a labor dispute between production studios and the Writers Guild of America (WGA), sources told <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-jimmy-fallon-seth-meyers-nbc-to-extend-staff-pay-1235354983/">Deadline</a> magazine
NBC will reportedly cover the first two weeks after the strike began, with the comedian late-night hosts taking over the financial support for the third week, the outlet noted.
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NBC late-night hosts Jimmy Fallon and Seth Meyers are helping to cover their staff’s pay during the Writers Guild of America strike <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/THRNews?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#THRNews</a> <a href="https://t.co/gAUE5ifWc5">pic.twitter.com/gAUE5ifWc5</a>
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The health benefits for the NBC late-night crew will also reportedly be extended through September.
On Monday, Meyers talked about the impending strike and said he stood by the writers.
&#8220;I love writing. I love writing for TV. I love writing this show,&#8221; the host said. &#8220;I love that we get to come in with an idea for what we want to do every day and we get to work on it all afternoon and then I have the pleasure of coming out here.&#8221;
&#8220;No one is entitled to a job in show business,&#8221; he added. &#8220;But for those people who have a job, they are entitled to fair compensation. They are entitled to make a living. I think it&#8217;s a very reasonable demand that&#8217;s being set out by the guild. And I support those demands.”
The move comes following <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colbert-kimmel-fallon-late-night-shows-immediately-halt-due-to-screenwriter-strike" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reports</a> that WGA members voted last month to authorize a strike if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade association that represents a collective of studios, did not approve a new contract with increased minimum compensation and larger contributions to benefits, the <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hollywood-writers-slam-execs-wga-strike-1235476552/">Hollywood Reporte</a>r noted.
On Tuesday, union members were told to inform their agents, lawyers, and managers that they are &#8220;immediately instructed to engage in no further negotiations, meetings or discussions with any struck company concerning my performance of writing services on future or pending projects, or for the sale or option of literary material I have written, alone or with a writing partner,&#8221; <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-wga-tells-members-they-cant-seek-work-1235353659/">Deadline</a> noted.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/colbert-kimmel-fallon-late-night-shows-immediately-halt-due-to-screenwriter-strike">Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon Late Night Shows Immediately Halt Due To Screenwriter Strike</a>

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – Season 6

Late-Night Hosts Jimmy Fallon, Seth Meyers To Help Pay Staff During Writers Strike: Report

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The late night shows hosted by <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-kimmel" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Kimmel</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/stephen-colbert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Stephen Colbert</a>, <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/jimmy-fallon" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jimmy Fallon</a>, and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/seth-meyers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seth Meyers</a> will cease production on Tuesday as a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/labor-unions" target="_blank" rel="noopener">union</a> of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hollywood" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hollywood</a> screenwriters initiates a strike.
Members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) <a href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/updates/strike-authorization-vote-results" target="_blank" rel="noopener">voted</a> overwhelmingly earlier this year to authorize a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/screenwriter-strike-could-grind-hollywood-to-a-halt-this-week-heres-which-shows-could-be-hit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strike</a> if the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP), a trade association that represents more than 350 studios, did not approve a new <a href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/the-campaign/pattern-of-demands" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contract</a> with increased minimum compensation and larger contributions to pension and health plans. Union members are <a href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/strike/strike-rules" target="_blank" rel="noopener">prohibited</a> from working on their shows as of Tuesday.
“Though our negotiating committee began this process intent on making a fair deal, the studios’ responses have been wholly insufficient given the existential crisis writers are facing,” WGA <a href="https://twitter.com/WGAWest/status/1653242480106815491" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> on social media, noting that six weeks of deliberations with firms such as Netflix, Amazon, Sony, and Disney under the AMPTP umbrella ultimately failed to produce a new contract.
Colbert was scheduled to host Priyanka Chopra Jonas and Chita Rivera on Tuesday, while celebrities such as Chris Hayes and Michael J. Fox were scheduled to appear later in the week, according to a <a href="https://deadline.com/2023/05/writers-strike-late-night-shows-to-shut-down-immediately-1235352054/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">report</a> from Deadline. Fallon was supposed to welcome Ken Jeong, Jennifer Lopez, and JJ Watt this week, while Kimmel was slated to host Dr. Phil and Ricky Gervais. The shows are instead expected to air reruns on Tuesday.
Production for shows such as “Real Time With Bill Maher,” “Saturday Night Live,” and “Last Week Tonight With John Oliver” is also expected to cease this week, according to a WGA <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/business/story/2023-04-20/writers-guild-warns-analysts-investors-may-2-strike-means-no-late-night-shows-delay-fall-season" target="_blank" rel="noopener">memo</a> recently obtained by The Los Angeles Times. The document noted that production delays could inhibit the ability of Disney, Paramount Global, and Comcast NBCUniversal to produce episodes for the fall network television season, while streaming platforms carrying broadcast shows would likewise be impacted.
Meyers said on his Monday show that he supports the strike and wants his writers to receive higher pay.
“No one is entitled to a job in show business. But for those people who have a job, they are entitled to fair compensation,” he said, as recorded by Deadline. “They are entitled to make a living. I think it’s a very reasonable demand that’s being set out by the Guild. And I support those demands.”
Kimmel and Colbert were impacted by a similar strike between 2007 and 2008, when WGA members picketed for three months as a result of failed contract negotiations, causing production delays and shortened seasons for multiple studios.
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The current strike occurs as the shift toward streaming contributes to diminished profits in television and cinema. WGA officials also cited the advent of artificial intelligence as a possible mechanism to increase work capacity for screenwriters, a phenomenon which could enable studios to decrease their headcounts and thereby provoked calls from the union to regulate material produced with the technology.
The union previously <a href="https://www.wgacontract2023.org/updates/bulletins/writers-are-not-keeping-up" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that firms have “used the transition to streaming to cut writer pay and separate writing from production, worsening working conditions for series writers at all levels.” The share of writers working at the minimum <a href="https://www.wga.org/news-events/news/connect/10-3-22/animation-writers-have-been-paying-the-price-for-studio-greed" target="_blank" rel="noopener">standards</a> established by the most recent WGA contract has risen substantially in recent years, producing a 23% median compensation decline when adjusted for inflation, even as series budgets increase.

The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon Late Night Shows Immediately Halt Due To Screenwriter Strike

Late Night Shows Immediately Halt Production Due To Screenwriter Strike

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Vice President <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a> appeared to stop just short of saying that children should be the federal government&#8217;s responsibility during her Monday evening appearance with comedian <a href="http://www.dailywire.com/topic/seth-meyers/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Seth Meyers</a>.
Harris joined the host of NBC&#8217;s &#8220;Late Night with Seth Meyers,&#8221; and at one point during the interview, she argued that the government had to prioritize climate change if it were serious about prioritizing the children.
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KAMALA HARRIS: &quot;When you see our kids, and I truly believe that they are our children, they are the children of our country, of our communities, I mean, our future is really bright if we prioritize them, and therefore prioritize the climate crisis.&quot; <a href="https://t.co/4NTK0wdIwF">pic.twitter.com/4NTK0wdIwF</a>
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&#8220;Truly, when you, you know, when you see our kids, and I truly believe that they are our children,&#8221; Harris said waving her arms in a circular motion to indicate that &#8220;our&#8221; meant &#8220;everyone&#8217;s.&#8221;
&#8220;They are the children of our country, of our communities, I mean, our future is really bright if we prioritize them, and therefore prioritize the climate crisis and the need to address it,&#8221; she continued.
Harris, who was tapped just after President Joe Biden&#8217;s inauguration to lead the administration&#8217;s efforts in addressing illegal immigration, also took the opportunity while talking to Meyers to attack Republican governors like Ron DeSantis (FL) and Greg Abbott (TX) for taking matters into their own hands.
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Kamala calls out TX Gov. Greg Abbott for sending buses of illegal immigrants to her house: “Talk about political theater&#8230;If you’re a leader, participate in a solution.”<a href="https://t.co/o7qJkXIjIO">pic.twitter.com/o7qJkXIjIO</a>
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&#8220;We&#8217;re talking about people who have fleed great harm, who have fled great harm,&#8221; Harris said. &#8220;And they are coming here seeking refuge. And &#8230; talk about political theater, I mean, playing games with people&#8217;s lives, with their lives. There are mothers with sleeping babies getting off those buses. And I just think it&#8217;s an absolute dereliction of duty.&#8221;
Harris argued that when Republican governors sent migrants — via bus or plane — to self-described sanctuary cities, they were derelict in their own duties.
&#8220;If you&#8217;re a leader, participate in a solution,&#8221; Harris complained.
According to the most recent data, the United States will see a record two million border-crossers this year alone — a fact pointed out by NBC&#8217;s <a href="https://dailywire.com/news/chuck-todd-is-clearly-not-buying-kamala-harris-claim-the-border-is-secure/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chuck Todd</a> during Harris&#8217; recent appearance on &#8220;Meet the Press.&#8221;
Responding to Harris&#8217; insistence that the southern border was &#8220;secure,&#8221; Todd pushed back. &#8220;We’re gonna have 2 million people cross this border for the first time ever. You’re confident this border is secure?&#8221;
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&quot;We’re gonna have 2 million people cross this border for the first time ever.&quot; Chuck Todd doesn&#39;t appear to buy VP Harris&#39; claim that the border is secure. <a href="https://t.co/7K6Txsxc0Z">pic.twitter.com/7K6Txsxc0Z</a>
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Harris deflected, first blaming the crisis at the border on former President Donald Trump and then arguing that immigration could be reformed if Republican governors would stop &#8220;playing politics.&#8221;

Late Night with Seth Meyers – Season 10

Kamala Harris’ Latest Word Salad Stops Just Short Of Saying Kids Belong To The Government

Kamala Harris' Latest Word Salad Stops Just Short Of Saying Kids Belong To The Government

Children

Climate Change

Federal Government

Kamala Harris

&#8220;Border czar” Vice President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/kamala-harris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Kamala Harris</a>&#8216; big plan to stop <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/kamala-has-lost-her-gourd-veep-claims-border-is-secure-yet-blames-trump-for-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigration</a> is to enact mass amnesty.
Promising citizenship to millions who break the law in hopes of deterring people at the border makes little to no sense, but neither does much of what Harris had to say on &#8220;Late Night With Seth Meyers&#8221; Monday evening.
&#8220;I just think it&#8217;s an absolute dereliction of duty,&#8221; Harris said in response to conservative governors sending migrants to sanctuary cities and other <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/welcome-home-now-get-the-hell-out-illegal-aliens-already-bused-out-of-marthas-vineyard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic enclaves</a>. The veep, or any Democrat really, has never explained why liberal towns would declare themselves open for all &#8220;refugees&#8221; if they didn&#8217;t have the actual resources to welcome dozens of individuals from the southern border in the first place.
Contrary to all evidence, Harris told funny-man Meyers that the Trump administration and anti-amnesty Republicans are to blame for the current <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bidens-press-secretary-on-illegal-immigration-its-not-like-somebody-walks-over-actually-millions-do" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal alien invasion</a>.
&#8220;If you see a problem, and if we agree that we need to address it, then if you&#8217;re a leader, participate in a solution, right?&#8221; she added. &#8220;When we first came in office, the first bill that we proposed was for a pathway for citizenship &#8212; was to fix a broken immigration system, which was broken under the previous administration.&#8221;
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Biden&#8217;s idea of fixing a &#8220;broken immigration system&#8221; was to sign executive orders <a href="https://knpr.org/npr/2021-01/biden-suspends-deportations-stops-remain-mexico-policy" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suspending deportations</a>, canceling former President Donald Trump&#8217;s &#8220;Remain in Mexico&#8221; policy, halting construction of the border wall, and reversing an executive order from Trump <a href="https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/578880-anatomy-of-bidens-catch-and-release-catastrophe/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">directing</a> the federal government “to employ all lawful means to enforce the immigration laws of the United States.&#8221;
Advocating amnesty was only icing on the cake. The result of such policies has been millions of illegal aliens crossing the border, and if caught, released into the interior of the U.S. as they&#8217;re trusted in good faith to show up for their asylum court hearings.
As Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) pointed out on Monday, what critics of GOP governors also ignore is that Biden himself has shipped migrants all around the country.
&#8220;When the people that are doing the condemnation didn&#8217;t say anything when the President, in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aircraft-records-reveal-secret-migrant-flights-across-u-s" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the early hours of night</a>, was sending people all over the country by airplane and trying to hide it,&#8221; Grassley said. &#8220;These Governors aren&#8217;t trying to hide it, they&#8217;re trying to bring attention to the major problems for their states that the President not enforcing the law is doing to their economy and state budgets.&#8221;
Instead, it would appear that Democrats want border states to shoulder 100% of the problem exacerbated by feckless border policies.
&#8220;Just think of what that signal sends from Texas, Arizona, and Florida, it&#8217;s not &#8216;just a Texas problem,&#8217; or a &#8216;border states problem,'&#8221; Grassley added. &#8220;It affects all 50 states because these people are going to end up in all 50 states in large numbers or small numbers.&#8221;
Regardless, Harris told conservatives that they should &#8220;participate in the solution because we are offering solutions,&#8221; claiming that we get &#8220;gamesmanship with real human beings who trust us.&#8221;
Yet Harris isn&#8217;t offering solutions for border security. Nothing she proposes will reduce illegal immigration.
Instead, as observed Saturday, she&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-advocates-pardoning-pothead-illegal-aliens" target="_blank" rel="noopener">offering plans</a> to shore up a new Democratic voting bloc by the millions. You don&#8217;t have to be a political scientist to suspect she and her colleagues only want amnesty because they think it will help them stay in power.
The views expressed in this piece are the author’s own and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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That didn&#8217;t take long.
Hours after Democratic New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced he would resign following an explosive report alleging he sexually harassed at least 11 women, late-night comedians roasted the sex pest.
“Cuomo announced today that he will resign amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment, so tune in to CNN tonight for … I don’t know, a rerun of the History of the Sitcom?” Seth Meyers joked on &#8220;Late Night.&#8221;
Meyers also mocked the governor, who made more than a million dollars with a book on his response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
“New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced today that he will resign amid multiple allegations of sexual harassment. And this is, frankly, amazing — he made the announcement via book,&#8221; he said.
Amy Poehler, who was a guest on the show, joked about the “Cuomo go-go,” then the two discussed the ways Cuomo said he greeted people, including sometimes touching their stomach.
&#8220;That&#8217;s going to be a no, dog,&#8221; she said. &#8220;That&#8217;s a very forbidden place.&#8221;
Stephen Colbert opened his “Late Show” by saying it&#8217;s “a beautiful day here in New York City” because “this afternoon Andrew Cuomo resigned.”
“Don’t let the door hit you on the butt on the way out,” he said, prompting cheers from the audience. “But if it does, that door should also resign.”
Colbert then mocked Cuomo for saying he would not relinquish power for two weeks, saying he was doing so “for reasons that I do not understand.”
“For now, Cuomo’s still governor, because, for reasons I do not understand, Cuomo’s resignation will take effect in 14 days. Evidently, he gave himself two weeks’ notice,” Colbert said.
The comedian played some clips from Cuomo&#8217;s press conference in which the governor sought to explain his actions, which was also widely mocked on social media.
“Cuomo took full responsibility for his actions — sort of?” Colbert said, making a funny face.
Colbert also roasted Cuomo for claiming he “didn’t realize” he crossed “a line that has been redrawn.”
“I don’t know exactly what line he’s talking about, but hopefully he’ll explain it in his new book, ‘Andrew and the Purple Crayon,&#8217;” Colbert said.
“Warning — that’s not a crayon in his hand,” Colbert said as a cartoon of the governor appeared. “But it is purple.”
The funnyman also noted that Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul, who will become the first woman to be governor of New York, will be taking the seat vacated by Cuomo, adding, “Hopefully after putting a towel down first.”
Jimmy Fallon opened “The Tonight Show” by saying it was “big day here in New York as Andrew Cuomo announced that he’s resigning as governor.”
“During his remarks, he said that it was best that he step aside — and then every woman in the room took two steps aside,” Fallon said.
&#8220;It’s gonna&#8217; be tough for Cuomo — with a track record like this, his only future is either president or Supreme Court justice,&#8221; he said.
Fallon also mocked CNN, saying after Hochul “was announced as New York’s next governor, CNN offered a prime time show to her sister.”

The Love Is Gone: Cuomo Roasted By Late-Night TV Comedians

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Writing in <a href="https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/04/samantha-bee-is-wrong-about-comedy/amp/">National Review</a>, Kyle Mann, the editor-in-chief of the Babylon Bee, the conservative Christian satirical site, slammed late-night television talk-show hosts, asserting, &#8220;The Left is increasingly the party of self-righteous zealots, disciples of a leftist religion that they cannot laugh about.&#8221;
Mann began his essay by stating:
<blockquote>They think the point of comedy is to make “really targeted jokes,” to “undermine” things, or to “target” things they — and presumably their audience — disagree with. Over the last decade, late-night hosts across the board began to lay aside their relatable, everyman’s brand of comedy and pivot toward lecturing the crowd on their moral values. They went from chasing laughter — no matter who the butt of the joke may have been — to chasing applause. The result has been anything but funny.</blockquote>
“If you find yourself unable to laugh at something, unable to find anything worthy of satire — especially in a politician like Joe Biden — you may be blinded by your own worldview,” Mann pointed out. &#8220;A president who has been in politics for five decades promising hope and change. A politician who campaigned against the abuses of the Trump administration and then, once elected, did the very things his party once decried. A president heralded as a return to normalcy who is now proposing ideas that threaten our <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/joe-biden-says-senate-filibuster-being-abused-must-be-changed-n1262079">norms</a> and <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/09/us/politics/biden-supreme-court-packing.html">institutions</a> at a far more fundamental level than Trump ever did.”
Mann wasn’t shy about criticizing his own side of the political aisle: “Let’s admit something here: Conservatives can be pretty bad at comedy. … I’ve gotta admit, I’ve written some stinkers in my day too. But we’ve got to be honest with ourselves. Conservatives have tried and failed to put out good comedy shows and films to rival the late-night propaganda emanating from the left every weeknight. The problem with many of these attempts is that they were trying to make a point first and be funny second.”
Then he turned to the talk-show hosts, who from Jimmy Kimmel to Stephen Colbert to Seth Meyers to Jimmy Fallon all hail from the political Left, as well as other &#8220;comedians&#8221;: &#8220;[T]he Left is increasingly the party of self-righteous zealots, disciples of a leftist religion that they cannot laugh about. The great pronoun debate is a goldmine of contradictions and absurdities, but they will not touch it.&#8221;
Mann concluded satirically:
<blockquote>Ultimately, it’s up to us, the audience. We have a choice when we hear jokes that criticize what we believe. We can chuckle and think, “I never thought about it that way,” and maybe change for the better, or at least have a healthy and humble sense of humor about who we are. Or, we can choose to be offended, to cancel the comedians that would dare criticize our dogma and demand they be replaced with self-righteous moral lecturers who are preaching to the choir.</blockquote>
Unlike the one-sidedness of the talk show hosts Mann describes, The Babylon Bee, despite its conservative perspective, has also targeted figures on the political Right. It <a href="https://babylonbee.com/news/trump-now-most-acquitted-president-in-history">kidded</a> President Trump after he had been acquitted in his second Senate impeachment trial, saying he stated, &#8220;I am now the most acquitted president ever &#8212; even more than Clinton.” The Bee also targeted televangelist Joel Osteen in 2017, writing, “Joel Osteen Sails Luxury Yacht Through Flooded Houston To Pass Out Copies Of ‘Your Best Life Now.”

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Jimmy Fallon’s re-education is coming along nicely.
The press initially battered the “Tonight Show” host, the least partisan comic on the late night scene, for <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/media-bullied-fallon-hating-trump/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">daring to humanize</a> then-candidate Donald Trump. More recently, social justice warriors <a href="https://www.hollywoodintoto.com/cancel-culture-howard-stern-jimmy-kimmel/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">slammed Fallon</a> for a blackface sketch he performed 20 years ago.
In response, the “Saturday Night Live” alum has been hammering President Trump on a nightly basis like his more aggressive peers.
Here, Fallon attacks President Trump for going to war against TikTok, a Chinese social media platform with billions of users worldwide.
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<blockquote>Fallon: What is he doing, the president of the United States or the preacher from “Footloose “? This is a real national security threat, the knowing which Americans can and can’t dance. I am sure it has everything to do with national security and nothing to do with the TikTok teens that sabotaged his Tulsa rally.</blockquote>
Not to be outdone, the host of “Late Night with Seth Meyers” trotted out random information to suggest a president can’t do more than two things at once, a strawman of the first order.
<blockquote>Meyers: The death toll is climbing, wait times for tests are rising and tens of millions of Americans struggling to survive the worst economic crash since the Great Depression just lost a $600 unemployment benefit because Republicans couldn’t be bothered to extend it or, God forbid, make it permanent. And Trump couldn’t care less about any of that. Time is running out on his presidency and all he can hear is — TRUMP: “TikTok.”</blockquote>
Why would big, bad Trump want to cancel TikTok?
Fallon and Meyers won’t say, of course. They’d rather keep that information from you. So would much of the press.
A few media outlets have shared the alarming details. Here’s a <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/enriquedans/2020/06/28/tiktok-beneath-its-fun-exterior-lies-a-sinisterpurpose/#3765a4803b79" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">warning from Forbes.com</a>, hardly a right-wing site, on the wildly popular platform.
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… the US armed forces have forbidden personnel from using it and describes it as a threat to cybersecurity. Israeli cybersecurity company Check Point has investigated it and concludes it has backdoors and major vulnerabilities, as well as overall security issues. The US government is also investigating it. Meanwhile, Reddit CEO and co-founder Steve Huffman describes it as a “fundamentally parasitic app that is always listening” and warns against installing what he calls “spyware”. Several child advocacy groups say it poses a clear risk to children. Apple claims it has caught TikTok using clipboard capture mechanisms to spy on millions of users.
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Odd that none of that information made it into the late night monologues, right?
Stephen Miller, a right-leaning journalist, <a href="https://spectator.us/media-tiktok-blindspot-national-security/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">shared more worrisome information</a> recently on the subject.
<blockquote>It’s understood to be hacking and using data collected from its users’ phones. Everyone from the Department of Defense, to the US military to the Joe Biden campaign has banned it. The app is now in talks to sell its US operations to Microsoft in order to abate the controversy, a move backed by Chuck Schumer which Trump says he ‘wouldn’t mind.’</blockquote>
Later, Miller spells out why the platform, which appears both creatively challenging and harmeless, is anything but for parents.
<blockquote>It took a random developer on Reddit to dig into exactly what TikTok does to a user’s phone. He reverse engineered the application and posted what he found saying ‘TikTok is a data collection service that is thinly-veiled as a social network. If there is an API to get information on you, your contacts or your device…well, they’re using it.’</blockquote>
Team Late Night went for the easy laugh, and for some in the audience it worked.
Those looking for reality, though, came away hungry for information.
Hope their kids choose their social media apps wisely.
More from Christian Toto: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/toto-late-night-gaslighting-host-seth-meyers-ignores-portland-riots-chaos-to-hit-trump">Late-Night Gaslighting: Host Seth Meyers Ignores Portland Riots, Chaos To Hit Trump</a>

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