Of all the things that are legitimate worries right now, I don't think the late-night hosts being arrested during tapings is one of them.
Although I do note that, if you ARE going to talk about the possibility, Stephen Colbert being forcibly taken to another country wouldn't be "deported," it would be a kidnapping (or an "extraordinary rendition," if you prefer that term). > On Jul 2, 2025, at 8:09 AM, Mark Jeffries <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you think Kristi Noem is going to barge into the Ed with ICE agents during > a taping to arrest Colbert to have him deported, then go to 30 Rock to arrest > Seth Meyers and then to the "TDS" studio to arrest the Greatest F--king News > Team Ever--all during actual tapings? It does seem to me that you're going > to have angry audience members once they realize this isn't a gag and that a > lot of bad stuff is going to go down and there will be bloodshed--or do they > think that's what Fox News, Newsmax and OAN want? > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > On Wed, Jul 2, 2025 at 5:37 AM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> And I'd venture to guess that this still gives le gros orange carte blanche >> to fvck with late night, for example. B >> >> PGage, July 2nd: >> “Paramount said late Tuesday that it has agreed to pay President Trump $16 >> million to settle his lawsuit over the editing of an interview on the CBS >> News program “60 Minutes,” an extraordinary concession to a sitting >> president by a major media organization. >> >> Paramount said its payment includes Mr. Trump’s legal fees and costs and >> that the money, minus the legal fees, will be paid to Mr. Trump’s future >> presidential library. >> >> As part of the settlement, Paramount said that it had agreed to release >> written transcripts of future “60 Minutes” interviews with presidential >> candidates. The company said that the settlement did not include an apology. >> >> The deal is the clearest sign yet that Mr. Trump’s ability to intimidate >> major American institutions extends to the media industry. >> >> Many lawyers had dismissed Mr. Trump’s lawsuit as baseless and believed that >> CBS would have ultimately prevailed in court, in part because the network >> did not report anything factually inaccurate, and the First Amendment gives >> publishers wide leeway to determine how to present information. >> >> But Shari Redstone, the chair and controlling shareholder of Paramount, told >> her board that she favored exploring a settlement >> <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/business/dealbook/redstone-paramount-skydance-deal.html> >> with Mr. Trump. Some executives at the company viewed the president’s >> lawsuit as a potential hurdle to completing a multibillion-dollar sale >> <https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/07/business/media/paramount-skydance-merger-deal.html> >> of the company to the Hollywood studio Skydance, which requires the Trump >> administration’s approval.” >> >> https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/media/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare >> >> <https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/02/business/media/paramount-trump-60-minutes-lawsuit.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>. >> To view this discussion visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0c51a691-f004-483a-8fe3-690a1c2b09e0n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0c51a691-f004-483a-8fe3-690a1c2b09e0n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To view this discussion visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9-xwNTAX4nNF4D%3Dk3Tg%3DGw1cTqDZAj%2B7kx8LVWHnANHg%40mail.gmail.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJ_uKi9-xwNTAX4nNF4D%3Dk3Tg%3DGw1cTqDZAj%2B7kx8LVWHnANHg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/A752FBF4-DC12-4423-85BD-F4EBEB032D58%40ellwanger.tv.
