Coverage dated August 12, 2024

Stephen Colbert's New York City audience laughs after he praises CNN's objectivity

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Stephen Colbert's New York City audience chuckled after he delivered an unexpected "laugh line" about CNN and the liberal network's objectivity.

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Reports & sources

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RedState
WATCH: Left-Wing Audience's Hilarious Reaction to Stephen Colbert Interviewing CNN's Kaitlan Collins (opens RedState)
Published Aug 12, 2024
Breitbart News
Watch: ‘Colbert’ Audience Laughs When He Calls CNN an ‘Objective’ News Outlet (opens Breitbart News)
Published Aug 12, 2024
Breitbart News's feed description
Audience members of "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert" laughed when Stephen Colbert called CNN an "objective" news outlet, to which CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins replied by asking if that was "supposed to be a laugh line?" Colbert informed that it was not.
Fox News
Stephen Colbert's New York City audience laughs after he praises CNN's objectivity (opens Fox News)
Published Aug 12, 2024
Fox News's feed description
Stephen Colbert's New York City audience chuckled after he delivered an unexpected "laugh line" about CNN and the liberal network's objectivity.
NewsBusters
Colbert, Collins Surprised By Audience Laughing At CNN Being Objective (opens NewsBusters)
Published Aug 12, 2024
NewsBusters's feed description
CNN’s Kaitlan Collins probably expected a friendly and sympathetic audience when she traveled over to CBS and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Monday, but, for a brief moment, Collins and Colbert were caught off guard when the studio audience laughed at the idea CNN is an objective news source.

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