{"id":42723,"date":"2025-07-19T12:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:45:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=42723"},"modified":"2025-07-19T12:45:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T19:45:12","slug":"critics-doubt-cbs-claim-that-finances-not-politics-are-behind-late-show-cancellation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2025\/07\/19\/critics-doubt-cbs-claim-that-finances-not-politics-are-behind-late-show-cancellation\/","title":{"rendered":"Critics Doubt CBS Claim That Finances\u2014Not Politics\u2014Are Behind ‘Late Show’ Cancellation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Stephen Colbert attends SNL50: The Anniversary Special on February 16, 2025 in New York City.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0(Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The network announced the cancellation three days after host Stephen Colbert lambasted its parent company for a $16 million legal settlement with President Donald Trump.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

JULIA CONLEY<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Jul 18, 2025 (CommonDreams.org)<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren<\/a> was among those calling into question the official story behind CBS<\/em>‘ cancellation of “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” on Thursday\u2014suggesting that the decision to end the show’s 32-year run wasn’t driven by finances but by “political reasons.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The announcement from CBS<\/em> executives came just three days after Colbert spoke out on his show about a recent $16 million settlement<\/a> reached by CBS<\/em> parent company Paramount over an interview that “60 Minutes” aired with former Vice President Kamala Harris<\/a> ahead of the 2024 election, in which Harris ran against President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Colbert had told his audience that the settlement appeared to be a “big fat bribe” to end a “nuisance lawsuit.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This all comes as Paramount’s owners are trying to the get the Trump administration to approve the sale of our network to a new owner,” said Colbert, referring to a pending $8.4 billion merger with the entertainment company Skydance\u2014whose billionaire founder, David Ellison, has been spotted with Trump in recent months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Warren (D-Mass.) said Thursday that the public “deserves to know if [Colbert’s] show was canceled for political reasons.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CBS canceled Colbert\u2019s show just THREE DAYS after Colbert called out CBS parent company Paramount for its $16M settlement with Trump \u2013 a deal that looks like bribery.

America deserves to know if his show was canceled for political reasons.

Watch and share his message. pic.twitter.com\/Rz7HcWFLYM<\/a><\/p>— Elizabeth Warren (@SenWarren) July 18, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote>