(07-18-2025, 01:18 PM)robkelk Wrote: I will point out that it's The Express, not me, that is connecting these two events. Since we have no idea what that out-of-court settlement says, there is no way to confirm or refute the correlation.
It's not just The Express connecting the two. Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert himself have both expressed heavy doubt on CBS's stated rationale.
It's probable (though, as you say, we can't know for sure) that this was not in the settlement. But Colbert is also openly critical of the mango on his show, and with this cancelation coming as it is on the heels of the settlement (and a segment where Colbert criticizes both tangerine man and the settlement), it is possible CBS is doing some preemptive cowering to appease the regime.