EPISODE · Jul 21, 2025 · 25 MIN
CBS, Coward Broadcasting Network.
from Failing Up · host Timothy Mahar
Political satire has been around as long as time, from Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and in my life-time, the Smothers Brothers, Rowan and Martin, Laugh-In, Saturday Night Live, all entertaining and informative, it goes hand in glove with politics. So, when CBS does cower, shrink like pair in a speedo coming out of the cold pool, and cancel "Late Night with Stephen Colbert" stating it is for financial reason, well the scent of limburger cheese is in the air. It is not the first time that CBS would buckle to the dollars, Edward R. Murrow experienced it when exposing Senator Joseph McCarthy's "Red Scare", (Good Night and Good Luck). The cancellation of the popular Smothers Brothers television program in 1969, because they made censors and sponsors nervous, with their political humor. Is the nightly news profitable, the morning show? Comedy is a refection of current events, some may not laugh, but many will think. timothymahar.org
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Political satire has been around as long as time, from Mark Twain, Will Rogers, and in my life-time, the Smothers Brothers, Rowan and Martin, Laugh-In, Saturday Night Live, all entertaining and informative, it goes hand in glove with politics. So, when CBS does cower, shrink like pair in a speedo coming out of the cold pool, and cancel "Late Night with Stephen Colbert" stating it is for financial reason, well the scent of limburger cheese is in the air. It is not the first t...
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