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CBS cancelled the Late Show with Stephen Colbert just days after he criticized the $16 million bribe the network paid to Trump. Here’s why “Colbert’s cancellation is a dark warning”.

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Hi. Hey. Mike here. When media companies cancel Late Night shows to appease fascist presidents, America fucking ends.

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Writers Guild Demands Investigation Into Stephen Colbert 'Late Show' Cancellation, Has 'Significant Concerns' About Bribery at Paramount.

In the statement, the labor union says it has "significant concerns" that the move may have been intended to bribe president Donald Trump into sanctioning Paramount's pending acquisition by Skydance. Colbert is a frequent critic of Trump, having referred to Paramount's recent $16 million settlement with the president as "a big fat bribe" only three days before the cancellation, and the WGA noted that the company could be "sacrificing free speech to curry favor with the Trump Administration.

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