<![CDATA[#StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic.]]>’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile critic.

“The legacy of this show needs to be that we remember it as the show that was canceled because a presidential administration wanted it off the air,” says Heather Hendershot, a professor of studies & at Northwestern University.


https://apnews.com/article/colbert-final-show-late-night-cbs-13d6bbf9fe8ed40d72aed0c02d158377

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Satire is effectively dead under Trump. Too dangerous. Welcome to China.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116604212617832165/statuses/116608144809220149https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://social.vivaldi.net/ap/users/116604212617832165/statuses/116608144809220149Wed, 20 May 2026 17:44:44 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 17:09:04 GMT]]>@Nonilex

Fuck this orange bastard…

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116608004540774964https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/xs4me2/statuses/116608004540774964Wed, 20 May 2026 17:09:04 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 17:05:10 GMT]]>@Nonilex Can't wait to be done with my Paramount+ subscription after I watch the final show.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/darren/statuses/116607989196039615https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://c.im/users/darren/statuses/116607989196039615Wed, 20 May 2026 17:05:10 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 17:01:26 GMT]]>@Nonilex So, turn off

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/116607974536225423https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://expressional.social/users/disisdeguey/statuses/116607974536225423Wed, 20 May 2026 17:01:26 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:59:08 GMT]]>@Nonilex
What we should take from this is that a US President who is such a narcissist and so thin-skinned that he cannot take even a humorous criticism.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://libretooth.gr/users/dougiec3/statuses/116607965489919492https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://libretooth.gr/users/dougiec3/statuses/116607965489919492Wed, 20 May 2026 16:59:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:57:33 GMT]]>@Nonilex

(3/3)

...nobody could have forseen the implementation of throughout government agencies in 2025.

Nothing seems to be off limits anymore.

//

1) NS-Schrifleitergesetz (German)
https://taz.de/Presse-im-Nationalsozialismus/!5959219/

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HistoPol/statuses/116607959240263934https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HistoPol/statuses/116607959240263934Wed, 20 May 2026 16:57:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:54:30 GMT]]>@Nonilex

(2/3)

...licenses to the . has already hinted several times that he expects more pro-American stances in the press.

When will they be able to move towards a -style complete (#Presseunterichtung), or even a NS-styled "Schriftleitergesetz" 1), which determined which journalists were still allowed to work? Even though foreshadowed many actions (originally a term in German, as I researched 2day),...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HistoPol/statuses/116607947285885943https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HistoPol/statuses/116607947285885943Wed, 20 May 2026 16:54:30 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:37:03 GMT]]>@Nonilex I will forever remember this monologue… Trump is obviously still fuming over it.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=HaHwlSTqA7s&pp=ygUvQ29sYmVydCB0aGlzIG1vbm9sb2d1ZSBnb2VzIHRvIHlvdSBtciBwcmVzaWRlbnQ%3D

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116607878642210209https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/FrancoisPrague/statuses/116607878642210209Wed, 20 May 2026 16:37:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:36:17 GMT]]>@Nonilex

🥺 😢 😭
https://masto.ai/@Nonilex/116607465454350515

(1/2)

Even if neither , nor , nor the had a direct hand in this, the strategy is clear:

The seizure of control as set out in is progressing. The point at issue here is to

.

has regulary been discriminating against critical journalists, has even revoked ...

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HistoPol/statuses/116607875676706330https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/HistoPol/statuses/116607875676706330Wed, 20 May 2026 16:36:17 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:31:33 GMT]]>@Nonilex MAGAts hate it when you remind them each day of what pieces of human garbage they are.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/MyOpinion/statuses/116607857055419992https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/MyOpinion/statuses/116607857055419992Wed, 20 May 2026 16:31:33 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:31:28 GMT]]>@Beachbum @Nonilex I’ll see if I can find a pirated copy.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116607856705750341https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116607856705750341Wed, 20 May 2026 16:31:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:29:39 GMT]]>@RnDanger @Cassandra @Nonilex At least we aren’t giving CBS/Paramount market share when we pay attention to Colbert anymore. That’s a win.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116607849585320862https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116607849585320862Wed, 20 May 2026 16:29:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:26:55 GMT]]>@Nonilex If nothing else, if you’re pretending to live in a free country, it helps to see people free to express opinions that differ from those mandated by the authorities. That pretense is a great safety valve against revolution.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116607838788033783https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116607838788033783Wed, 20 May 2026 16:26:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:23:29 GMT]]>@Nonilex I have it set up to record but will try to watch it live

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116607825330157194https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/Beachbum/statuses/116607825330157194Wed, 20 May 2026 16:23:29 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:23:12 GMT]]>@Nonilex This will go down in history with the the burning of the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft’s books.

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116607824167486054https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mas.to/users/su_liam/statuses/116607824167486054Wed, 20 May 2026 16:23:12 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:22:27 GMT]]>@Nonilex It doesn't silence him. It frees him from the shackles of the FCC and CBS. Now he can really let loose.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/T2R/statuses/116607821252242709https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/T2R/statuses/116607821252242709Wed, 20 May 2026 16:22:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:14:52 GMT]]>@Cassandra @Nonilex
Was he doing something that's not on the Internet? Ok, JK, but i really only watched his CBS show on YouTube

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116607791440177937https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/RnDanger/statuses/116607791440177937Wed, 20 May 2026 16:14:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 16:09:11 GMT]]>@Nonilex

Massie can haul a few boxes into the studio and they can just read names and show photos for the night till ICEboyz storm the stage.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116607769054815938https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mstdn.plus/users/GGMcBG/statuses/116607769054815938Wed, 20 May 2026 16:09:11 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 15:08:41 GMT]]>@Nonilex Good article. I hope Stephen Colbert ends up on the internet somewhere, just as popular and even less restrained.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ottawa.place/users/Cassandra/statuses/116607531198949159https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://ottawa.place/users/Cassandra/statuses/116607531198949159Wed, 20 May 2026 15:08:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 15:04:38 GMT]]>Kidd continued, “Or when it feels really overwhelming, you want that reminder that there’s still some way to laugh at it. And so the more you lose those ways to laugh at it, the more we all decline.”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116607515235924802https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116607515235924802Wed, 20 May 2026 15:04:38 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 15:02:59 GMT]]>…Through Democratic & Republican admins, & other late-night comedians have offered their take on the day’s events that offered something different from traditional .

“In given moments, like when something big happened, you really do want that perspective that says, ‘Here’s another way to look at it,’” says Dustin Kidd, a professor of at Temple University.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116607508765735785https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116607508765735785Wed, 20 May 2026 15:02:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:59:59 GMT]]>… rejoiced over ’s cancellation posting, “I absolutely love” that the host “got fired.” He followed it with: “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.” Just 2 months later, ABC…temporarily suspended Kimmel….

experts said there are not many other examples of a hit show being shuttered due to pressure. In 1969, CBS abruptly canceled “The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour,” which had aired comedy bits in opposition of the Vietnam War & in support of civil rights.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116607496952230715https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116607496952230715Wed, 20 May 2026 14:59:59 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #StephenColbert’s top-rated late-night TV program goes off the air for the final time Thursday, effectively silencing a high-profile #Trump critic. on Wed, 20 May 2026 14:53:40 GMT]]>“We haven’t connected every single dot on that, but it’s very clear that this was a political decision,” Hendershot continued. “And I think 20, 30, 40 years later, that is going to be strongly remembered about this show — that this was a moment of triumph.”

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116607472154424018https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://masto.ai/users/Nonilex/statuses/116607472154424018Wed, 20 May 2026 14:53:40 GMT