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CNN Has an NPR Reunion as They Bizarrely Celebrate Colbert as Rare 'Gentleman' of TV
NewsBusters ^ | Mark Finkelstein

Posted on 05/22/2026 11:17:38 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest

CNN This Morning host Audie Cornish used Friday's Group Chat to promote her new CNN podcast, Engagement Party, co-hosted with former her former National Public Radio colleague Ari Shapiro, whom she brought onto the Chat panel.

The discussion quickly turned into a nostalgic send-off for Stephen Colbert’s Late Show. The segment perfectly illustrated the insular world of legacy media’s liberal talent pipeline. Cornish and Shapiro, both veteran NPR anchors, were joined by Garcia-Navarro (another longtime NPR host) as they lovingly processed Colbert’s exit.

Shapiro set the tone early, describing the finale as “so moving” with a “snow globe moment” that “brought a lot of people to tears.” He praised Colbert as "this gentleman of a mold that you don't see that much anymore" in an entertainment industry full of “big and toxic personalities."

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1 posted on 05/22/2026 11:17:38 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
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To: patro; abb; SE Mom; HarleyLady27; connyankee; Behind Liberal Lines; KC_Lion; frank ballenger; ...

Colbert’s nightly monologues brought millions of other Americans to tears — of frustration and anger.

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2 posted on 05/22/2026 11:19:06 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest (Please ping or FReepmail me to be added to the Liberal Media Criticism ping list.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

or maybe a Treasure and bury him ? LOL


3 posted on 05/22/2026 11:20:43 AM PDT by butlerweave (Fateh)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

The only thing I don’t understand was why they ended the show on a Thursday night instead of a Friday night.


4 posted on 05/22/2026 11:21:32 AM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: TBP

To make it a four-day holiday weekend.


5 posted on 05/22/2026 11:25:14 AM PDT by Colinsky
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Where do they find these freaks? What the heck is a “snow globe moment”?


6 posted on 05/22/2026 11:26:02 AM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is opinion or satire. Or both.)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Ugh Shapiro looks like a total creep. Don’t let that thing anywhere near kids.


7 posted on 05/22/2026 11:26:06 AM PDT by gibsonguy
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

“Colbert as “this gentleman of a mold that you don’t see that much anymore...””

Ha! I saw Colbert only once years ago. Had no idea about him. He was so arrogant and insufferable I immediately changed the channel and that was it for me and watching Colbert.

I’m sure his followers are just like him, hence all this liberal arrogance. Yeah. You could say he’s a liberal groomer.

Good bye Colbert. Good riddance.


8 posted on 05/22/2026 11:27:29 AM PDT by Beowulf9
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Not me as I never watched him including his goodbye yesterday. Life is too short to ever let the leftards get under your skin.


9 posted on 05/22/2026 11:27:37 AM PDT by xp38
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Colbert hasn’t been funny since the original daily show.


10 posted on 05/22/2026 11:44:38 AM PDT by exPBRrat
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Forgotten by June.


11 posted on 05/22/2026 11:51:32 AM PDT by Kudsman (Please Mr. President, unload on Senate Majority leader Thune for not passing voter ID. )
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

Colbert’s Late Show was as entertaining as woman’s roller derby sound track.


12 posted on 05/22/2026 11:59:00 AM PDT by Vaduz (NEVER TRUST A DEMOCRAT)
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To: governsleastgovernsbest

This actually explains a lot about Leftists/Liberals. They do not know what a gentleman is or should be. Not that I’m surprised.


13 posted on 05/22/2026 12:29:41 PM PDT by Twotone (Sometimes I wrestle with my demons. Sometimes we just snuggle.)
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To: Twotone

Comparing Colbert to a mold is not far off.

These people are, to coin an ungentlemanly phrase, just his cock holsters anyway.


14 posted on 05/22/2026 1:04:50 PM PDT by Orosius
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To: Colinsky

Colbert needs an extra day of weekend? Why, so he cna be rfershed fo rhis show?


15 posted on 05/22/2026 9:03:33 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: Orosius

Watch out, you’ll get sued for libel andslander.

By the mold.


16 posted on 05/22/2026 9:04:28 PM PDT by TBP (Decent people cannot fathom the amoral cruelty of the Democrat cult.)
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To: Beowulf9
He was so arrogant and insufferable I immediately changed the channel...

/echo

17 posted on 05/23/2026 5:22:57 AM PDT by VRW Conspirator (How it started: Covfefe -> -> -> How it is going: COVFAFO)
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