Stephen Colbert Accidentally Humiliates CNN
Amala Ekpunobi
Amala Ekpunobi
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🗓️ 15 August 2024
⏱️ 12 minutes
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Summary
CNN host Kaitlyn Collins appearsd on the Stephen Colbert show and The audience burst out and laughter when Colbert referred to CNN journalism as objective. Collins and Cole bear seemed to be the only ones not in on the joke, so I thought I’d explain it to them. Let’s get into it.
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| 0:00.0 | I know you guys are objective over there that you just report the news as it is. |
| 0:04.0 | Oh I know a CNN makes it that supposed to be a lab line. |
| 0:08.0 | I wasn't supposed to be but I guess it is. |
| 0:11.0 | You guys are objective over there. |
| 0:13.2 | Objective over there. |
| 0:14.8 | That's supposed to be a laugh lie. |
| 0:16.8 | I don't know what's funnier in audience of people laughing at the idea of |
| 0:20.1 | CNN being an objective source of journalism or a CNN reporter herself not being in on the joke. |
| 0:26.0 | I love inside jokes. |
| 0:27.0 | I love to be a part of one someday. better. |
| 0:35.0 | Yeah, you're better. |
| 0:39.0 | Guys, before we get into today's video, please like and subscribe. You know on this channel I do a lot of reporting on what's happening in the news, |
| 0:42.0 | things that are popping up in pop culture |
| 0:44.2 | but I'm not always claiming to be objective right I have a lot of personal bias that comes |
| 0:49.4 | through in the things that I talk about and I try to give you my opinion with the news that we |
| 0:54.1 | discuss but CNN claims to be telling a different story they think they're an |
| 0:58.5 | objective source of journalism and this really came to a head when CNN reporter Caitlin Collins was |
| 1:04.0 | on the Stephen Colbert show and actually got laughed at when Stephen Colbert |
| 1:08.0 | referred to CNN as an objective source. I know you guys are objective over there that you just report the news as it is |
| 1:14.4 | Oh, I know a CNN makes a... Is that supposed to be a laugh line? It wasn't supposed to be but I guess it is. |
| 1:21.2 | Uygh it is so awkward and uncomfortable. You even know when Stephen Colbert is saying that they're objective, he does this little hand wave thing. Can we zoom in on that for a second? |
| 1:30.0 | Even he knows the words coming out of his mouth are untrue, but I guess they're used to this sort of late night culture where the audience just applauds and gives praise to whatever it is you say whether or not it's true and that |
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