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In the Last Six Months, 99 Percent Of Late Night Comedy Guests Were Liberals

From the beginning of June through the end of December, the late night comedy shows welcomed 120 liberal guests and only one conservative, according to a new NewsBusters study.

The 99 percent figure came during the heat of the presidential campaign season, including both party conventions, and its aftermath from June 3 through December 19.

The study looked at the five daily late night comedy shows: ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!, NBC’s Late Night with Seth Meyers and The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, CBS’s The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show

MRC analysts also divided the guests into two categories: partisan officials and then journalists and celebrities.

When it came to partisan officials, the count was 35 Democrats to 0 Republicans.

Colbert led the pack with 16 Democrats while The Daily Show came in a…

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