Stephen Colbert went too far for even his media enablers in 2017.
The “Late Present” host blasted President Donald Trump with a homosexual slur as a part of a scathing monologue. The language proved so foul that the host quasi-walked it again after media stress.
He didn’t apologize for the crux of the joke. Colbert thought Russia had colluded with Trump to win the 2016 presidential election. And he wished his viewers to realize it.
Why? The Legacy Media informed him so, and Colbert and his fellow late-night clones leaned into the false narrative evening after evening. Month after month.
And he wasn’t alone.
“Saturday Night time Dwell” performed the identical recreation.
Chilly open after chilly open mocked Russia’s ties to President Trump, a relentless satirical meme with little room for debate.
“You belief me greater than American C.I.A.,” a pretend Vladimir Putin (Beck Bennett) asks Trump (Alec Baldwin) in a single such sketch.
Hilarious. Besides…
We started studying, step-by-step, how the collusion narrative was one of many dirtiest tips ever deployed in D.C. (and that’s saying a lot), Colbert and co. couldn’t muster as a lot as a easy mea culpa.
We’re nonetheless discovering simply how filthy it was now, due to Director of Nationwide Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s explosive revelations.
That wasn’t mandatory. We formally discovered there was no “there-there” in 2019 with the Mueller Report’s launch. That didn’t cease a significant Hollywood manufacturing from steamrolling forward, insisting that the fake scandal really occurred.
Showtime’s “The Comey Rule” aired Sept. 27-28 2020 on the pay cable community. The 2-part sequence went into manufacturing whereas key components of the collusion narrative have been crumbling in actual time. The present went on all the identical, and few critics introduced that inconvenient reality to their opinions.
Appears essential, no?
Author/director Billy Ray all however pressured Showtime to air the miniseries earlier than the 2020 presidential election, hoping its content material would affect the outcomes.
He acquired the outcomes he wished, however it’s arduous to say if his factually-challenged undertaking pushed Joe Biden over the end line.
The IndieWire overview of “The Comey Rule” proved as reflexively liberal as anticipated, however it summed up the miniseries all too nicely.
“The present doesn’t provide any breaking information concerning the Russia investigation, however it’s clear in its message that Trump already destroyed one election — by way of meddling, blackmail, and all-around discord — and he’s completely attempting to do it once more.”
Or, Faux Information on steroids.
Right here’s what this critic stated upon the miniseries’ launch. It bears repeating.
This isn’t Resistance Fan Fiction. It’s some of the deeply dishonest productions in current reminiscence. It shouldn’t be banned or canceled, simply mocked into oblivion.
One large replace? In accordance with Showtime’s official YouTube web page, “The Comey Rule” is now not obtainable for screening on the platform. JustWatch.com confirms it may’t be considered on Showtime.
Why would Showtime disguise one in all its unique applications?
Customers should buy “The Comey Rule” on Amazon’s VOD platform. Nobody ought to attempt to ban the manufacturing, in contrast to the destiny of “The Path to 9/11.”
It’s essential to recollect how Hollywood pushed a false narrative for thus lengthy with all of its inventive may. Heck, it’d simply occur once more.