{"id":425105,"date":"2022-04-01T20:23:46","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/stephen-colbert-slams-his-cbs-bosses-for-hiring-ex-trump-aide-mick-mulvaney\/"},"modified":"2022-04-01T20:23:46","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T17:23:46","slug":"stephen-colbert-slams-his-cbs-bosses-for-hiring-ex-trump-aide-mick-mulvaney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stephen-colbert-slams-his-cbs-bosses-for-hiring-ex-trump-aide-mick-mulvaney\/","title":{"rendered":"#Stephen Colbert slams his CBS bosses for hiring ex-Trump aide Mick Mulvaney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40604c16285\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" 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class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stephen-colbert-slams-his-cbs-bosses-for-hiring-ex-trump-aide-mick-mulvaney\/#%E2%80%9CStephen_Colbert_slams_his_CBS_bosses_for_hiring_ex-Trump_aide_Mick_Mulvaney%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Stephen Colbert slams his CBS bosses for hiring ex-Trump aide Mick Mulvaney&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CStephen_Colbert_slams_his_CBS_bosses_for_hiring_ex-Trump_aide_Mick_Mulvaney%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Stephen Colbert slams his CBS bosses for hiring ex-Trump aide Mick Mulvaney&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Stephen Colbert took his own network to task on Thursday for hiring former Trump administration official Mick Mulvaney, whom he called a \u201ccraven toady to a tyrant,\u201d as a paid on-air political commentator for CBS <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know I\u2019m a company man \u2014 I love CBS, our parent company Paramount, and its parent company, probably a defense contractor who makes b-ner pills, there\u2019s no way of knowing,\u201d Colbert said during his monologue on Thursday\u2019s\u00a0CBS \u201cLate Show.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRecently, my network got a lot of criticism, much of it from itself, because CBS News has hired the ex-president\u2019s former chief of staff, Mick Mulvaney, to \u2018provide political analysis across the network\u2019s broadcasts and platforms.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Colbert then turned to the camera and said: \u201cWhat the f\u2013k?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He continued: \u201cI for one can\u2019t wait to hear Mulvaney\u2019s trenchant and objective political analysis considering that back in 2020, he suggested that \u2018coronavirus was the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a> hoax of the day,\u2019 and after his boss extorted [Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky] for dirt on the Bidens, he said, \u2018Get over it.&#8217;\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mick-mulvaney-getty-02.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"CBS News' hiring of Mulvaney, who served as acting White House chief of staff and special envoy to Northern Ireland under Trump, reportedly upset staffers at the Tiffany Network.\" class=\"wp-image-21744860\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mick-mulvaney-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mick-mulvaney-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/mick-mulvaney-getty-02.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>CBS News\u2019 hiring of Mulvaney, who served as acting White House chief of staff and special envoy to Northern Ireland under Trump, reportedly upset staffers at the Tiffany Network.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">The Washington Post via Getty Im<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>During his time with the Trump administration, Mulvaney ruffled journalists\u2019 feathers on several occasions. He accused the media of seeking to bring down the Trump presidency with its coverage during the early days of the coronavirus pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Mulvaney also told reporters to \u201cget over it\u201d after President Donald\u00a0Trump withheld vital military aid to Ukraine\u00a0while\u00a0seeking incriminating information about Joe Biden and his son Hunter.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert also lambasted Mulvaney for a Wall Street Journal op-ed from November 2020 in which the former acting White House chief of staff incorrectly predicted that Trump would graciously concede defeat and facilitate an orderly transfer of power.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIs Mick Mulvaney psychic? Get this man to Vegas! He\u2019s Nostradumbass!\u201d Colbert joked.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Trump has long claimed that he is the winner of the 2020 presidential election and that President Biden\u2019s victory was fraudulent, though the courts have rejected the claims of widespread voting irregularities.<\/p>\n<p>After the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the US Capitol, Mulvaney resigned from his position as special envoy to Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n<p>Colbert criticized his network\u2019s news division for the decision to \u201cput this craven toady to a tyrant on their payroll.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He quipped that the Mulvaney hire was part of a strategy by the network to <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>eal to conservative-leaning viewers.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/donald-trump-ap.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Mulvaney is one of the few former Trump administration officials who have gotten cushy media gigs at news organizations other than Fox News Channel.\" class=\"wp-image-21744858\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/donald-trump-ap.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/donald-trump-ap.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/04\/donald-trump-ap.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Mulvaney is one of the few former Trump administration officials who have gotten cushy media gigs at news organizations other than Fox News Channel.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>CBS was \u201creworking our programming in the hopes of cozying up the GOP, so get ready for our new spring lineup: \u2018Young QShaman,\u2019 \u2018Bob Restricts the Reproductive Rights of Abishola,\u2019 and\u00a0\u2018Blue Bloods,&#8217;\u201d Colbert joked.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Olbermann, the former MSNBC and ESPN SportsCenter star, wasn\u2019t impressed with Colbert\u2019s \u201ctedious jokes.\u201d He tweeted that the late-night star should use his clout at the network and force executives to fire Mulvaney.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGive them a choice \u2014 keep him or [Mulvaney],\u201d Olbermann tweeted. He then claimed that he forced MSNBC executives to fire talk show host Michael Savage, who was let go from the network after a brief, four-month stint for making homophobic comments in 2003. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"\/>\n<p>Colbert, who earns an estimated $15 million annual salary from CBS, isn\u2019t the only Tiffany Network employee who is reportedly upset over the Mulvaney hire.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know everyone I talked to today was embarrassed about the hiring,\u201d a CBS News employee <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/media\/2022\/03\/30\/cbs-mulvaney-backlash\/\">told the Washington Post<\/a> on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Another anonymous employee at the network told the paper: \u201cEveryone is baffled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCBS News is continuing to build up its roster of contributors on both sides of the aisle ahead of the midterms and the 2024 election,\u201d a CBS spokesperson said.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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