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global1

(25,226 posts)
Thu Jun 17, 2021, 11:01 AM Jun 2021

Has Anyone Noticed That The MSM & Late Night Talk Shows Have Been Showing More Of TFG....

and Putin - than Biden and Putin.

TFG is a thing of the past. We have a new President and he's doing a damn good job - yet the MSM and Late Night Shows seem to want to focus more on the past and showing how bad TFG was instead.

I don't want to see the mug of TFG on these shows anymore. He should be in exile and be long forgotten. Yet it seems like they want to keep his presence alive and kicking and keep on showing images of him - like if we don't know what he looks like.

I'm trying to forget this guy - yet they won't let us.

Stop it already!!!!

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Has Anyone Noticed That The MSM & Late Night Talk Shows Have Been Showing More Of TFG.... (Original Post) global1 Jun 2021 OP
TFG is great for comedians. n/t Casady1 Jun 2021 #1
He's Not Funny - He's Pathetic.... global1 Jun 2021 #3
Not happening Casady1 Jun 2021 #5
True, but so does DU. Sneederbunk Jun 2021 #2
+1,000,000 jimfields33 Jun 2021 #9
The late night shows became overtly partisan during Trump Sympthsical Jun 2021 #4
Stephen Colbert is the highest rated show arlyellowdog Jun 2021 #6
Who is TFG? nt DURHAM D Jun 2021 #7
The Former Guy...n/t SheilaAnn Jun 2021 #8
No I haven't... brooklynite Jun 2021 #10
More like twice as much as nearly nothing or more like twice as much as any other story? tia uponit7771 Jun 2021 #11
He should be receiving the treatment given to former Soviet leaders like Khrushchev and ShazamIam Jun 2021 #12

global1

(25,226 posts)
3. He's Not Funny - He's Pathetic....
Thu Jun 17, 2021, 11:11 AM
Jun 2021

This country and the world will be better off if he's just forgotten.

Sympthsical

(9,041 posts)
4. The late night shows became overtly partisan during Trump
Thu Jun 17, 2021, 11:14 AM
Jun 2021

They kind of stopped doing jokes at some point and just started talking about what an asshole he was. Which, fine. But aren't they supposed to be funny? They ceased being funny. It's kind of why Colbert started losing his shit at what Jon Stewart was saying the other night - he knew his audience wouldn't like it. So he tossed in a lazy Ron Johnson crack.

Knowing that they now cater to a more expressly partisan audience, they cannot leave TFG alone.

Biden can be made fun of. Woody Harrelson doing Biden on SNL was hilarious. I mean, c'mon, this is damn funny:



But late night got so lazy during Trump, it seems like they have no idea what to do. I stopped watching any of the shows early into Trump's term. I was already on edge about him most of the time. Tune in somewhere to be entertained and get to hear even more about him, and not even in an entertaining way? Hard pass.

It's why I never got into Samantha Bee. She was brilliant and funny on the Daily Show. On her show, it seems like she's just screaming in rage the entire time. It isn't funny.

Conan's the only one getting late night right, IMO. He knows the audience just wants to laugh. And he's sadly going away soon.

arlyellowdog

(866 posts)
6. Stephen Colbert is the highest rated show
Thu Jun 17, 2021, 11:23 AM
Jun 2021

Colbert was laughing at Jon Stewart. He made a Ron Johnson joke because he’s very quick. Colbert is partisan, hysterical, and top rated.

ShazamIam

(2,564 posts)
12. He should be receiving the treatment given to former Soviet leaders like Khrushchev and
Thu Jun 17, 2021, 01:03 PM
Jun 2021

in Apartheid South Africa. Their names were dropped from all media and in S. Africa people who had been banned for non-compliance with Apartheid were not even allowed to have visitors at their own homes.

Though I certainly wouldn't approve of that as a national policy.

On the other hand, it is necessary to continue to inform the public about all the new revelations of corruption.

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