Even by his standards, CBS’s Stephen Colbert displayed a shocking display of hypocrisy during his Thursday monologue on The Late Show as he gushed over President Joe Biden’s Oval Office address and hailed Biden’s “humility and self-sacrifice” in order to save democracy. Yet, later, he urged his viewers to spread fake news on the internet about GOP VP candidate JD Vance having sex with a couch because he found the debunked story funny.
Colbert led off the show by teeing up a clip of Biden’s address, “It’s been four days since Joe Biden’s historic announcement that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race, and last night, in what was to me a very moving Oval Office address, Biden explained his choice to the American people.”
The clip showed Biden declaring that “I revere this office, but I love my country more. It’s…
