Comic Propagandists Crush All Pretense of Objectivity
Colbert, Kimmel and now 'SNL's' Kenan Thompson officially serve DNC leaders
The Democratic National Convention featured the expected crush of progressive stars.
Think Julia Louis-Dreyfus, Kerry Washington, John Legend and more. Beyonce was a calculated no-show, but one celebrity’s appearance should have turned some heads.
Kenan Thompson isn’t as big a “name” as Queen Bey, but his factually wobbly DNC sketch should have gotten more attention.
Why?
Full Video: SNL’s Kenan Thompson reads selections from Project 2025 Wednesday night at the DNC. “You ever seen a document that can kill a small animal and end democracy at the same time?” he asks. “Here it is.” #DNC2024 #SNL #Project2025 #DNC2024CHICAGO pic.twitter.com/mQNeCnrWnC
— LateNighter (@latenightercom) August 22, 2024
He’s the show’s longest-running cast member, and it’s not even close. He’s been a part of the ensemble since 2003. No other current player has his gravitas. He may be just 46 but he’s “SNL’s” elder statesman.
So what was he doing pushing Democratic talking points in front of the country? Shouldn’t Team “SNL” keep its cast members away from overtly partisan appearances?
Apparently not. And it’s the new normal.
President Biden raises $30m at LA fundraiser featuring former President Obama, George Clooney, Jimmy Kimmel and Julia Roberts.
Obama led Biden offstage following a 40-minute conversation with Kimmel.pic.twitter.com/9OpjklLdD3
— The American Conservative (@amconmag) June 17, 2024
Earlier this year we saw both Jimmy Kimmel and Stephen Colbert host DNC fundraisers for then-candidate President Joe Biden. Not only did they help fill Democratic coffers but they kept the nation’s biggest secret to themselves.
President Biden’s cognitive state is poor, which is why he was forced to hand the baton to Vice President Kamala Harris.
Kimmel even lied to his fans over the matter, pretending Biden’s shocking freeze-up as just another “cheap fake” moment.
The bigger issue is clear. Colbert, Kimmel and Thompson push Democratic talking points from their respective platforms. They hammer GOP targets relentlessly and all but ignore vulnerable Democrats.
That means you won’t hear a pointed barb aimed at VP Kamala Harris from now until Election Day. And likely much longer if Harris becomes the country’s first female president.
As for Thompson’s “skit” blasting Project 2025 even corporate media fact-checkers blew sizable holes in it. Plus, President Trump has repeatedly said he has no direct connection to Project 2025.
Other than that, it’s 100 percent accurate.
Clown nose on. Clown nose off. It’s propaganda 24/7, though.
What 1950’s bullshit are you pushing now?
“So what was he doing pushing Democratic talking points in front of the country? Shouldn’t Team “SNL” keep its cast members away from overtly partisan appearances?”
His acting on SNL is a “partisan appearance” as they only skewer Republicans. Have you not noticed that? How can you make such a RIDICULOUS appeal? “Keep it’s cast members”??? What control do you think they have over LIBERAL speech? You sire, have CLOWNED yourself with this. And as I always accuse you of being fake Christin racist trash , this unseemly attack on your FELLOW AMERICANS ability to exercise HIS free speech, does nothing to dispel that. I despise liberals . I correctly, unlike YOU , understand EXACTLY WHO THEY ARE, John 8:44. but YOUR bible teaches you nothing. Only to whine about diversity.
Let me get this straight. You tune in to SNL expecting hard-hitting objective journalism. What kind of weirdo are you?
The comedians know their audience: urban, worldly, educated. They aren’t Trump supporters. Their obligations are to please the audience.
If you want the flip side of the coin, just watch Greg Gutfeld or whatever horrible comedy the Daily Wire is promoting. There are propagandists all around. Only a tool as ignorant as Christian Toto would be surprised by this.
SNL was always on the Left, and I think, and some may agree, that it goes back to Rules for Radicals. In that movement, it tells people to use what they have to persuade and influence other people, against the wealthy/powerful. They say, do it in a way that makes people have fun, if you can. When we’d watch the show back in the day, we knew that all those hip young comics were of course anti-Gerald-Ford and anti-establishment. But it was entertaining and you didn’t have to take the radicalism if you didn’t want to. But now it’s all ham-fisted and often unfunny, so this guy being so obviously a clown for the Left is all of that line playing out.
Twenty years on snl and what else?
Well that’s 200 million dollars more than YOUR BROKE RACIST ACCOMPLISHMENT DIMINISHING ASS has made . TWENTY effin years , the LONGEST running cast member and your racist f*king ass has the nerve to ask what “else” he’s done. Man , F. U.
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