Some examples of media bias are so blatant they practically scream their intentions.
Take the year-long mourning over Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” cancellation. Week after week, saw news articles bemoaning his late-night fate. Most journalists ignored the fact that the show cost CBS $40 million a year.
Oops! Did we leave that out?
Sources inside CBS have suddenly become much more forthcoming about the economics of late-night television—go figure!— revealing that The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has recently been running at an annual shortfall of $40 million. https://t.co/N0H1wR1qHp
— LateNighter (@latenightercom) July 18, 2025
Had Colbert spent the last decade skewering President Joe Biden, Senatorial hopeful Graham Platner and other progressives, the same journalists would have pinned a “Kick Me” sign to Colbert’s back on the way out the door.
Instead, they collectively recoiled at his dismissal, dubbing him an “avenger” and a “minister” to a troubled nation.
Really.
Now? It’s Stephen Colbert who?
Why? CBS News head honcho Bari Weiss is cleaning house at another hard-Left institution – “60 Minutes.” Yes, the same program that got pummeled by President Donald Trump’s lawyers for selectively editing Kamala Harris to make her sound smart in the final days of the 2024 presidential campaign.
The same “60 Minutes” that tried to fix the 2004 election with a “fake but accurate” story smearing President George W. Bush.
The same “60 Minutes” that fought with President Trump over the Hunter Biden laptop, insisting it lacked the resources to see if it was the real deal.
Remember when Trump tied to bring up Hunter Biden’s crimes and Lesley Stahl laughed and called it discredited? pic.twitter.com/Gk6BwCDPWw
— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) December 3, 2024
It was … and they were terrified to learn the truth.
That “60 Minutes.”
Now, with center-Left Weiss attempting to bring the show to the journalistic center, the same Colbert defenders are rallying behind the just-fired Scott Pelley.
He’s been a part of the far-Left show for years, and he epitomized the modern journalist – arrogant, biased and willing to publicly trash his bosses, assuming said bosses wouldn’t fire employees for insubordination.
Wrong.
He’s out of a job, and the media is in full meltdown mode. Here’s a Google News snapshot.
That’s a small sample of the media coverage.
“60 Minutes” legend Steve Kroft says the news program has become “disastrous” under CBS News boss Bari Weiss.
“It’s the highest rated news program on television, and it has been that way for more than 50 years. The audience was up about 9% last year. Why would you mess with… pic.twitter.com/xOGFCfRaiQ
— Variety (@Variety) June 3, 2026
WTF Is Happening at CBS and ’60 Minutes’?
Longtime correspondent Scott Pelley was fired from the gold-standard program on Tuesday, in the latest sign of chaos at the iconic show. https://t.co/sZEtqmrauJ
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) June 3, 2026
Scott Pelley is speaking out after being fired from “60 Minutes” with accusations that CBS leadership has forced bias and catered to politicians. https://t.co/mpW0QWdEIg
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) June 3, 2026
Wait … who is Scott Pelley? Newsbusters offers a crash course on his chronic liberal bias.
Consider this softball he lobbed to President Joe Biden:
“Joe Biden is among the longest-serving politicians in Washington. If there is less bounce in the step than there once was, if the words don’t flow like they used to, maybe there’s something to be said for knowhow, five decades on the Hill and in the Oval…You have lived a long life of triumph and tragedy. In November, you’ll be 80. And I wonder what it is that keeps you in the arena.”
Or this commencement address during the second President Trump administration, which doubled as an MS NOW audition tape:
“Our sacred rule of law is under attack. Journalism is under attack, universities are under attack, freedom of speech is under attack. An insidious fear is reaching through our schools, our businesses, our homes and into our private thoughts. The fear to speak in America….In a moment like this, when our country is in peril, don’t ask the meaning of life. Life is asking, what’s the meaning of you?”
Is it any wonder journalists forgot Colbert’s cancellation to mourn yet another far-Left figure?
And, for added context, consider how little attention these same journalists paid to a former president suffering from obvious cognitive decline?
What’s the worst example of Pelley’s liberal bias that you remember?
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