I have always perceived Colbert to be one of the most genuinely liberal voices on mainstream TV, dating back to before The Colbert Report. He was always clearly more liberal than the more libertarian Jon Stewart.
All that to say that I take Colbert’s constant focus on Critiquing Trump to be authentic to his beliefs. But I suspect one reason I have fallen away from regular viewership is that it also seems to be a calculated marketing strategy. This suspicion has been deepened by Licht’s non-Colbert behavior, both pre at MSNBC (Morning Joe) and post at CNN, which is consistent with the interpretation that he has no values other than corporate values. The problem for me is not that I only want to expose myself to genuinely liberal voices on TV (I don’t) but I don’t want to feel like I am being exploited for my own liberal values. I’ve never paid for the services of a sex worker, but I imagine the feeling afterwards might be something like how I feel after watching Colbert. Well, not exactly, but kind of. On Wed, 7 Sep 2022 at 12:17 AM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < [email protected]> wrote: > Tonight's opening credits were almost identical to last season's, with the > only change being Louis Cato and the rest of the Late Show Band walking > onstage in the same spot Jon Batiste used to. > > No new or guest personnel tonight. I do note that James Taylor is > scheduled for later this week, so we may see Mr. Goldings on keys as well. > > And of course, this is just the first episode of the new season. > > Best, > David > > > On Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 01:51:27 PM PDT, 'David Bruggeman' via > TVorNotTV <[email protected]> wrote: > > > They may not be in any hurry to name a permanent keys player. We might > see a rotation of folks > > Goldings did post some photos and audio from his Late Show appearances > with Taylor on the 'gram. > > https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2LXbBlo86/?hl=en > > David > > <https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg2LXbBlo86/?hl=en> > > On Tuesday, August 16, 2022 at 11:27:51 AM PDT, 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > To update, Goldings did also appear with Walsh; several Redditors > confirned. B > > Mark Jeffries, in part, Aug 12th: > > I'm guessing there's going to be a new keyboard player. Larry Goldings > sat in with James Taylor last week and there was someone else hidden in the > back this week with Joe Walsh (it might've been Goldings, because they were > playing the same keyboard Goldings played). I guess we'll find out in > September. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/378107255.120290.1662535073327%40mail.yahoo.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/378107255.120290.1662535073327%40mail.yahoo.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAKGtkYLtxuF0B7SMr9V4BFgo7Pq%2BV_oxLRy9VfmHAFeNkd2X8A%40mail.gmail.com.
