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   On 2025-09-25 12:34 p.m., Ubiquitous wrote:   
   > The National Security Advisor during President Donald Trump's first term said   
   > he was asked to go on CBS's "The Late Show" with Stephen Colbert in 2024, but   
   > only if he would denounce Trump and tell the audience not to vote for him.   
   >   
   > Retired United States Army Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster made the   
   > revelation during a recent episode of the GoodFellows podcast, a weekly   
   > Hoover Institution broadcast. Moderator Bill Whalen mentioned that late shows   
   > have "drifted to the Left," which prompted McMaster's response.   
   >   
   > "When my book 'At War With Ourselves' came out, my publicist said, 'Hey, you   
   > know, the Stephen Colbert show said you could come on, but if you come on you   
   > have to condemn President Trump and recommend that nobody vote for him,'"   
   > McMaster said.   
   >   
   > The retired lieutenant general said it was an "easy choice" to decide against   
   > the appearance, but noted how it points to the political sway of late-night   
   > programs in general.   
   >   
   > "I don't know if it was just a producer or if it was Stephen Colbert   
   > directly, but you know, there has been this orthodoxy that has gripped late-   
   > night television. So many of these monologues, honestly...they're just like   
   > diatribes. They're not funny. Which might be why the ratings are going down."   
   >   
   > The controversy over late-night shows and free speech has reached a fever   
   > pitch, with leftists crying "censorship" and conservatives pointing out that   
   > this has been happening to right-wing entertainers for years. ABC's late-   
   > night host, Jimmy Kimmel, was briefly taken off the air for spreading false   
   > information about Charlie Kirk's suspected assassin.   
   >   
   > All the other major late-night hosts, including Stephen Colbert, Jimmy   
   > Fallon, and Jon Stewart, spoke out in support of Kimmel, but are being   
   > labeled as hypocrites by anyone who noticed that they had previously been in   
   > favor of conservatives being silenced for perceived slights.   
   >   
   > Clips of Kimmel joking about Roseanne Barr's show getting canceled for   
   > controversial comments went viral just after he was suspended, with followers   
   > pointing out the blatant hypocrisy. Kimmel can also be seen celebrating   
   > President Trump being banned from X and Tucker Carlson getting fired from Fox   
   > News.   
   >   
   > McMaster said the answer isn't government "crackdowns," but letting low   
   > ratings bury the shows.   
   >   
   BINGO!!!   
      
   And how about a little competition? Instead of only platforming   
   left-friendly right-hating hosts of these shows, pick someone who is   
   genuinely moderate or even openly right wing and then see who develops a   
   following.   
      
   If the networks are still in business to make a profit, rather than   
   pissing money away on shows that lose millions but deliver The   
   Narrative, then they could program someone that might actually have a   
   substantial audience and make money via advertising they way they used to.   
      
   Isn't Gutfeld's show doing pretty well? He certainly leans right so that   
   should be proof that a right-leaning show can be a money maker.   
      
   Or program a genuine moderate - if you can find one - and see how that   
   goes against the likes of Kimmel, Colbert and Gutfeld.   
   > Representatives from 'The Late Show' did not respond to a request for   
   > comment.   
   >   
   >   
      
      
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