Always classy Jon Stewart enlisted profanity and abuse as he tore into CBS’ decision to cancel The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on Monday’s episode of The Daily Show, spraying obscenities at their shared parent company, Paramount Global, for what he called capitulation to an omnipotent President Donald Trump.
NBC News reports Stewart referred to Paramount’s still pending merger with Skydance in an $8 billion deal and claimed – without offering evidence – shows like The Late Show made CBS buckets of that money.
Stewart quickly unleashed his foot-stamping tirade against his targets:
Shows that say something, shows that take a stand, shows that are unafraid — this is not a ‘We speak truth to power.’ We don’t. We speak opinions to television cameras. But we try.
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