Does anybody remember the gentle days of political humor when Johnny Carson was the King of Late Night? Today’s late-night environment is largely a nasty gang of hardened leftists (with Jimmy Fallon being the closest to the Carson model).
A new Media Research Center study by Alex Christy found the political tilt of guests (with a political opinion) over a nine-month period was 137 to 8, or 94 percent liberal. That would also suggest the tone of the hosts when they have politics on the brain.
In the fervid public dispute over whether Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance should cause him to quit the campaign, the comedians are not-so-subtly suggesting they are on Team Quit. “It not for me to say,” but get out.
Let’s start with Jon Stewart, king of the new snarky late-night landscape. Biden told ABC’s George Stephanopoulos that if he lost, he’ll…
