College dropout and radio entertainer Rush Limbaugh is butt-hurt by CBS’s decision on Thursday to hire Stephen Colbert as David Letterman’s successor on the ?Late Show.?
?What do I think of Colbert getting Letterman’s gig?? Limbaugh asked.??I’ll give you the short version: CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America,? he said.
?No longer is comedy going to be a covert assault on traditional American values, conservative values ? now it’s just wide out in the open,? he continued. ?What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny and a redefinition of what is comedy and they’re blowing up the 11:30 format under the guise of ?the world’s changing.??
?It’s the media planting a flag, here,? Limbaugh concluded. “Maybe it’s the media’s last stand. It’s a declaration.?
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h/t Media Matters
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