Writers’ union urges investigation into Paramount move to cancel Colbert show | Stephen Colbert
American writers Guild called New York state officials to launch an investigation against Paramount after a decision to cancel the late demonstration with Stephen Colbert.
In a strong expression Giving On Friday, America Eastern Writers Guild and American Writers Guild West, the company announced the cancellation of the ‘Late Show’ on Thursday after the New York State Chief Public Prosecutor Letitia James asked Paramount on “potential mistakes ..
The unions pointed out that Paramount was condemned as a “unquestionable case ılan brought by Donald Trump to $ 16 million by Donald Trump at the beginning of this month, at the beginning of this month. Trump claimed that the CBS News had misleading an interview with Kamala Harris during the presidential campaign last autumn.
The unions referring to the decision of California State Senate in May, which referred to an investigation of Paramount’s $ 16 million agreement with Trump, said: “Considering that Paramount has surrendered to President Trump in the CBS news case, the cancellation of the late show is important for the cancellation of Trump.
“Cancellation is a part of the work, but a company that ends a show with malicious intentions due to open or implicit political pressure is dangerous and unacceptable in a democratic society.
The unions called on James to launch an investigation into Paramount and said that “Trump was not foreign to prosecution for illegal business practices”.
“We call on our selected leaders to hold the account responsible, to ask for answers to why this popular program has been canceled, and to guarantee that the public is not censored by Colbert and the writers’ views or the capricys of the president,” WGA added.
The cancellation comes after Colbert, who has long been called the “Great Oil Bribery” on Monday, a Trump critic for a long time.
“As someone who has a proud employee of this network, I was uncomfortable… Something – anything – I don’t know that it will repair my confidence in this company. But I can say that it will help $ 16 million with just a knife,” he said.
The fact that Colbert, who worked for the Comedy Central, also owned by Paramount, was not approved, condemned the agreement published last week as “shameful”.
“Suppose it internally, is this devastating for people working in a place that is proud of contextual, good journalism?”
Following the statement of Paramount, many deputies focused on cancellation and worked as skeptical to the company.
Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren written In X: “CBS canceled only three days after Colbert called Colbert’s Paramount Paramount for a $ 16 million agreement with Trump’s CBS’s home company. “
Similarly, Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders in question: “CBS’s billionaire owner pays Trump $ 16 million to file a false case while trying to sell the network to Skydence.
In a statement on Thursday evening, 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”.
Guardian contacted the Wgae and James office to comment.
