In a conversation with CNN's Kaitlan Collins on "The Late Show With Stephen Colbert," Colbert described CNN as having "objective" reporting, to which the crowd immediately laughed.
The two were discussing Joe Biden exiting the presidential race and the Republican National Convention when Colbert asked Collins about her thoughts on CNN as a network.
"I know you guys are objective over there," Colbert said as the audience started to laugh. "That you just report the news as it is."
"Was that supposed to be a laugh line?" Collins asked.
"It wasn't supposed to be but I guess it is," Colbert said.
Naturally, this started to circulate on X, making "Colbert" the number two trending topic. Many well-known celebrities and Republicans also joined in and threw shade at the network. Others questioned the network's credibility altogether, calling it a democratic super PAC.
Here are some of the more popular reactions circling X:
Stephen Colbert trying to say CNN is objective only to have his own crowd laugh at him is objectively funny. pic.twitter.com/kQ8yCPdg16
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) August 13, 2024
Stephen Colbert's audience exploded into laughter when Colbert said, stone-faced, that CNN objectively reports the news.
— Ian Miles Cheong (@stillgray) August 13, 2024
Kaitlan Collins asked: "Is that supposed to be a laugh line?" to which Colbert replied, "No."
Ouch. CNN has lost all credibility, even among liberals. pic.twitter.com/7FMDcnQMWM
Stephen Colbert's audience ERUPTS into laughter when Colbert says to guest Kaitlin Collins that CNN is "objective" and "just reports the news."
— Charlie Kirk (@charliekirk11) August 13, 2024
COLLINS: "Is that supposed to be a laugh line?"
COLBERT: "No."
Even liberals know CNN is functionally a Democrat super PAC. pic.twitter.com/cKW4urEWcs
NEW: Audience starts cracking up after a serious Stephen Colbert tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins that CNN “just reports the news as it is.”
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) August 13, 2024
Remarkable.
Colbert: “I know you guys are objective over [at CNN], you just report the news as it is.”
Audience: *Laughs hysterically*… pic.twitter.com/9R8iv2UXeN
When gaslighting fails.
— Patrick Bet-David (@patrickbetdavid) August 13, 2024
Even Stephen Colbert’s own audience doesn’t believe him.
pic.twitter.com/TNQx1Mqyyn
Stephen Colbert’s audience erupted with laughter as he was interviewing CNN’s Kaitlin Collins and called CNN “objective” 🤣
— James Jinnette (@james_jinnette1) August 13, 2024
Kaitlin: “Was that supposed to be a laugh line?”
Colbert: “No”
You know it’s bad when a liberal audience knows CNN is trash pic.twitter.com/zURscwJL4u
Not even NYC lefties buy CNN as objective. @colbertlateshow audience laughed when Stephen #Colbert asserted: “I know you guys are objective over there, that you just report the news as it is” @KaitlanCollins: “That supposed to be a laugh line?” Colbert: “It wasn’t supposed to be” pic.twitter.com/IfqNEDPrfa
— Brent Baker 🇺🇦 🇮🇱 (@BrentHBaker) August 13, 2024
Hahaha HOLY SHIT
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) August 13, 2024
Audience LAUGHS At the idea that CNN is objective and Colbert says IT WASNT A JOKE https://t.co/k8iV5YHpVk
