NPR typically hates everything about Fox News, so it was shocking when snobby Weekend Edition Saturday host Scott Simon interviewed Fox late-night host Greg Gutfeld. It’s much more typical for NPR to toss roses at Stephen Colbert when he’s selling a new cookbook on non-commercial radio. Oh, and then add a 45-minute Fresh Air interview on top of that. Ka-ching!
Simon began by noting the ratings: “Greg Gutfeld dominates late-night comedy. His show, Gutfeld!, on Fox, airs an hour earlier than his rivals but has a larger audience than those of Colbert, Kimmel, Fallon or The Daily Show.”
Then he noted the ideology, unlike Colbert. He has “conservative comics” on his show, and engages in “insult conservatism.” (Please recall all the insult liberalism all over late night — not to mention all over NPR shows like Wait! Wait! Don’t Tell Me!…like when they
