On Friday night’s The 11th Hour, MSNBC host Symone Sanders ran a segment discussing the recent announcement of CBS’s move to cancel The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, ending David Letterman’s legacy. Despite indicators pointing towards financial implications, panelists, including co-creator of The Daily Show/abortion activist Liz Winstead, decided it was purely political and President Trump's fault.
Hinting that Colbert got his start with political satire with her, Sanders asked for Lizz Winstead's reaction to the cancelation, teeing her up to push the unfounded conspiracy theory and lash out at his conservative competition:
SANDERS: Lizz, you discovered Stephen Colbert. He was a correspondent on Good Morning America, some would argue he was writing puff pieces, you stole him, put him on at The Daily Show. What is your reaction to all of this?
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