Stephen Colbert was fired from CBS for losing them money – the bias and lack of comedy apparently wasn’t the issue

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July 23, 2025

Stephen Colbert was fired by CBS. It was obviously a financial decision as he was losing 10s of millions of dollars every year.

Colbert and Jon Stewart threw a series of unfunny tantrums and profanity-laden bits, insisting that the one-sided nature of his show was not the problem; the problem was that corporate America loves President Donald Trump too much.

This is, of course, not true.

If they took all the anti-Trump people off the air, there would be no one left on TV.

Dale Jackson is a thought leader for Yellowhammer News and hosts a talk show from 5-9 a.m. weekdays on WVNN.

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