Colbert’s audience wasn’t supposed to laugh, but they did when he called CNN ‘objective’ during his interview with Kaitlin Collins.
Even Collins asked “is that supposed to be a laugh line?”
Here’s the clip:
Stephen Colbert: “I know you guys are objective over there (at CNN) that you just report the news as it is”
Kaitlan Collins: “That supposed to be a laugh line?”
Colbert: “It wasn’t supposed to be” pic.twitter.com/ZsqPinvMz3
— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 13, 2024
Colbert responded “It wasn’t supposed to be…”
But when Colbert said it, you could hear the cynicism in his voice. He and his audience both know that CNN is far from objective and that’s why it was definitely a laugh line.