Media Coverage of the Cancellation of CBS’s The Late Show – Terry Mattingly, 7/30/25 (2111)

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🗓️ 30 July 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Terry Mattingly of Rational Sheep Rational Sheep Pop Goes Religion: Faith in Popular Culture GetReligion.org

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0:00.0	Here's an easy way for you to help us contend for truth in an age of antitruth.
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0:44.7	Before we start the show, I want to let you know something that I found out just last night.
0:47.7	Next year will be our last season.
0:50.6	The network will be ending the late show in May.
0:52.3	And... Yeah, I share your feelings.
0:57.9	It's not just the end of our show, but it's the end of the late show on CBS.
1:02.7	I'm not being replaced.
1:04.2	This is all just going away.
1:06.4	That's late night TV host Stephen Colbert, announcing CBS's cancellation of the late show with Stephen
1:12.8	Cobar.
1:14.6	Minnie in the media hailing it as the end of democracy, and they really mean it this time.
1:20.3	This really is the end of democracy, but there are financial reasons.
1:25.6	How do we explain the very strong reaction by many in the media to this cancellation of a show that reportedly was losing tens of millions of dollars every year?
1:39.5	Greetings and welcome to issues, et cetera, live on this Wednesday afternoon, July the 30th.
1:44.0	I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in.
1:46.0	We'll be talking with Terry Mattingley about media coverage of the cancellation of the late show.
1:50.4	We'll spend some time with Dr. Doug Grodeheis of Cornerstone University discussing whether or not Darwinism can support any system of morality.
1:58.3	Dr. Arthur just joins us to discuss Angel Saints in our departed loved ones at the Lord's
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