‘Save Colbert’ rally in New York City touts petition signed by 250,000 people | Stephen Colbert

On Wednesday, several dozen people went to the streets outside the Manhattan studio of the Late show with Stephen Colbert for the CBS and its parent company Paramount to reverse the cancellation of the popular show.

During the rally that started at the Historical Ed Sullivan Theater and went to the Paramount center in Times Square, the demonstrators handed over 10 boxes full of “Colbert” petitions.

Recently, more than 250,000 people have signed. Among the supporters, in addition to many democratic deputies such as California’s Ro Khanna and Ted Lieu, Daily Show Aasif mandvicomedian Kristen SchaalVeep Manager Producer David Mandel and the actor Frances Fisher.

Petition led by the progressive change campaign committee, condemned Paramount’s “clear political” decision added: “America needs Stephen Colbert’s voice more than ever. Save the late show.”

“This is much larger than a TV show and even a network. This is about the sad tendency of people in institutions.

“If opposing voices like Stephen Colbert can be silenced, in addition to the universities that lose their leadership, and where law firms are chosen together, this is one more step on the way to persecution and authoritarian,” Green added.

Recently, widespread anger follows Paramount’s decision to cancel the show after Paramount solved what he was condemned by as a “unquestionable case ğı that the American Writers Guild brought to 60 minutes and CBS News. Trump claimed that the CBS News had misleading an interview with Kamala Harris during the presidential campaign last autumn.

Following the settlement of Paramount, Colbert, who has long been Trump’s critic in his show, called Paramount’s settlement last week as “big, fat bribery”.

“As someone who has a proud employee of this network, I have been uncomfortable… Something – anything – I don’t know that it will repair my confidence in this company. But I can only say it will help $ 16 million with a knife,” he said.

CBS Managers in question He added that the decision to cancel the show was “a completely financial decision against a difficult ground late at night ve and that it is not related to the performance of the show, its content or other issues in Paramount”.

The people continue to be convinced. In addition to the Ed Sullivan Theater in the afternoon on Wednesday, dozens of protesters, including New York MPs and former Paramount subscribers, were gathered in the opposition.

Many carried signs to protest against CBS and Paramount, some of them “Dump Trump. Colbert Keep”, “This is full bull shit” and “do not submit to the King of Orange”.

Susan Staal, who appealed to the crowd, said the audience for a long time: “This country needs opposition voices. This country has the journalists who are currently violated to free speech and comedians who violate the basis of this democracy.

Heather Cousins, a former paramount subscriber whose similar feelings echoed, called the cancellation of the show as “an open bribery action and free speech against our constitutional rights ::“ Paramounts and CBs destroy culture and history in New York. Late show is a representation of hope at a time when our country is very few. ”

Saima Akhter, a former commodity employee who said he was expelled by the company about anti -war activism in Palestine last year, warned the increasing initiatives about censorship by addressing the crowd.

“This government censorship, this government and the oligarchy brought against the fascist rules of people speaking against the silence and fascist Trump, purchased politicians and… We have a serious problem with the dangerous ties between corrupt companies,” he said.

He continued: “The control of the narrative is the most powerful thing that someone can have… And at a time when things feel very crazy, we need sounds like Colbert to say it like this.”

Democratic MPs, New York State Assembly Member Tony Simone and New York Municipal Assembly member Erick Bottcher joined the protesters.

“I want to say to the institutions in our nation, from High Ed to the media, to CBS: Stop kissing Trump’s ass… [show] A New York Institution, an American Institution, Sim Simone said: ız We must save Colbert, we have to re -publish it… When you come for an American, you come for all of us. “

Similarly, Bottcher said: “We are not just standing in front of a theater. We stand for real, free press, democracy, free speech.

Bottcher continued: “This is about the fear and pioneer infected with our institutions from the news room to the meeting room. According to the CBS, this was a financial decision. We are not stupid… We see what is happening.

Following the speeches, protesters were injured in the streets of Midtown Manhattan, “Save Colbert” and “Fighting!” Accompanying them was a drummer wearing a hat that said, yap Do Orwell Fiction again ,, as well as a Tuba player as well as nineteen eighty -four writers.

After coming outside the center of Paramount, protesters were greeted with several security guards and two New York police officers who prevented them from entering the building.

While the protesters put the petition boxes out of the building entrance, a woman kept a sign.

“Only one butterfly must be a ruler,” he read.