47-0 liberals: The overwhelming political bias on late-night shows
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Here are some eye-opening numbers for those readers who wonder about the typical political leanings of late night hosts. Are they liberal? Yes, they are very, very liberal, according to some meticulous research released Monday by Newsbusters.org, a conservative press watchdog.
“The late-night comedy scene has been reliably liberal for a long time, but the 2022 midterm election was a regular messaging machine for the Democrats,” broadcast analyst Alex Christy wrote.
The study revealed that during the fall political campaign — a period stretching from Labor Day through the Monday night before Election Day — liberal guests outnumbered conservative guests 47 to 0 on the late night shows.
That’s right. Those guests were 100% “liberal and/or Democrat,” the analysis found.
It was a thorough undertaking. The study looked at six daily well-known late night comedy shows: ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”; NBC’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and “The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon”; CBS’s “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” and “The Late Late Show with James Corden” and Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.”
The Fox News Channel’s late-night offering — “Gutfeld!” — was not included in the study.
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