Warren: Colbert 'may have been canceled in order to curry favor' with Trump [View all]
Source: The Hill
07/23/25 6:45 PM ET
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said in a Wednesday opinion piece for Variety that comedian Stephen Colbert’s show may have been canceled by CBS “to curry favor” with President Trump.
CBS announced the cancelation on Friday, days after Colbert, a frequent critic of Trump, had criticized a merger between Skydance and Paramount, CBS’s parent company. The approval of federal regulatory agencies is necessary for the merger to go through. While CBS said the cancelation was strictly a financial issue and there have been reports that Colbert’s show was losing money, a number of observers and Colbert himself have raised the possibility of politics.
“In the coming weeks, months, and years, all of us must show Trump that we see his march toward authoritarianism and we will not be silenced. Democrats need to embrace the fight against corruption as a top priority. Republicans need to grow a spine and get behind common-sense anti-corruption measures,” Warren said in her piece.
“All Americans need to speak up. Because yes, it’s a shame that CBS canceled ‘The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,’ but it is a threat to all of us that the top late-night show in the country may have been canceled in order to curry favor with a wannabe king,” she added.
Read more: https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/5416852-elizabeth-warren-stephen-colbert-cbs/
Link to Senator Warren OP Ed - Elizabeth Warren on Colbert ‘Late Show’ Cancellation: Is the Paramount Trump Payoff a Bribe?
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