Anonymous #1 9w

Bait harder

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Anonymous OP 9w

Not bait? His job was to be funny and he couldn’t even do that

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Anonymous #1 9w

Most people found him funny, comedy is subjective and he was currently the most watched late night host. So point is invalid, try again

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Anonymous OP 9w

I mean, he just got fired

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Anonymous #1 9w

You mean he demanded too much money and they wouldn’t agree because the people-who-watch-tv generation is dying off. But yeah he was hysterical. The only people who didn’t think so were just bootybothered republicans

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Anonymous #2 9w

Exactly! And yeah his show cost a lot but he was repeatedly the number one successful late night tv show host

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Anonymous #4 9w

GOD I’d kill for that timeline because at least that president was more intelligent than less egotistical than ours

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Anonymous OP 9w

Bro was dual wielding at the apocalypse robot, we are never going to have a president as cool as Commander Colbert 😭

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Anonymous #4 9w

Goddamn right

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Yeah, but Trump hasn’t been in his mask-off second-term revenge tour openly abusing his power against any company that does business with his critics for ten years. It’s been less than one. Until very recently, the network might have believed Americans would eventually hold Trump accountable and keep him from going that far. I’m not aware of hard evidence that’s the reason they ended the show, but it would be naive not to suspect that it was a factor they considered

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How so? U mean networks dont cancel shows after carefully considering the possible opportunity costs of keeping/replacing it? Or that the President doing unpredictable things to illegally sanction them (like for instance coercing government contractors to sever relationships with the company) isnt one of the risksthey usually consider? Bc I agree. Traditionally Im sure it wasnt… Do I actually need to spell out what happened recently that may have changed that? Or maybe I just missed your point

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Well, except I distinctly remember he was really funny long before Trump so you can’t give him all the credit. ‘Great comedic talent’ is subjective, but he was certainly the funniest political pundit

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You mean, past tense, it would HAVE been unprecedented, right? Because yes, it would have been unprecedented. Until he did almost exactly that with those law firms and a couple of them (despite being law firms) made explicit concessions to appease him. I admire your faith in CBS, but I think it may be optimistic. If some of the nations top professional bullshit-fighters capitulated, are we really sure the network would play hero when it can avoid having to by way of ‘anticipatory compliance’?

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Anonymous #2 9w

In fact, iirc the second/third of the law firms did it anticipatory; despite public threats not having made (yet) against them. Lawyers are REALLY good at reading implicit threats. If it was rational on their part, its not crazy for CBS to follow their lead. & a law firm is better suited than a tv network to fight over this if there WAS a remedy more efficient than appeasement. They also have just as strong an incentive. Just saying; nothings unprecedented or implausible about this theory.

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