Is this really the reason Leno’s leaving? NBC didn’t seem to mind when Carson lambasted politicians. I guess they’ve changed since then ... as long as the bashing is directed toward the right it’s okay, but don’t bash the left?
Consider the source: “Politico”
When Carson was there, NBC wasn’t fully owned and operated by the DNC/OFA.
I'm quite sure that's the case.. In Carson's NBC era, they poked fun at all sides... nowadays, schwacking democrats is almost verboten.
I'd say it's more likely all of his jabs at NBC. From one of this week's monologues, for example:
“According to several reports, scientists say they are getting closer and closer to being able to do Jurassic Park-style cloning of extinct species,” Leno told his audience. “Imagine that. Things that were once thought to be extinct could be brought back from the dead. So there’s hope for NBC. It could turn around.”
That was long, long ago in a universe far, far away.
“NBC didn’t seem to mind when Carson lambasted politicians.”
I was never able to understand Carson’s politics. Was he D or R?