A new Media Research Center study by Alex Christy underlines that the late-night jesters on ABC, CBS, NBC, and Comedy Central overwhelmingly tilt their political jokes to whack Republicans. He counted 9,518 political jokes, and of these 7,729 (or 81 percent) were directed at someone or something on the right side of the political spectrum.
The shows included Jimmy Kimmel at ABC, Stephen Colbert and James Corden at CBS, Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers at NBC, and the carousel of cranks on The Daily Show (including Sarah Silverman) on so-called Comedy Central.
Rich targets of satire like Hunter Biden and Kamala Harris are rarely touched, while they gave us an astounding 835 jokes on George Santos. They must have been a little sad Santos was forced out.
This study goads me into my usual question: “Who’s president right now?” The Donald Trump to Joe Biden…
