Late-night TV host Stephen Colbert looked embarrassed after his audience laughed when he praised CNN.

While hosting CNN Host, Caitlin Collins, Colbert stated, “I know you guys are objective over there, that you just report the news as it is.”

As soon as Colbert claimed CNN was objective, the crowd started laughing.

Colbert, who looked shocked, added, “No, I know, CNN makes a, uh, I know this..”

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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

Check out what The Daily Wire reported:

Late-night host Stephen Colbert seemed surprised when his audience burst out laughing following his assertion that CNN did “objective” reporting.

CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins was a guest on the show Monday night. As expected, they spent the time discussing the upcoming presidential election, including the changing strategy Republicans have taken now that the Democratic candidate switched from President Joe Biden to Vice President Kamala Harris.

“Trump has kind of been thrown on his heels by this and he’s not really sure how to go after Vice President Harris,” said Collins. “He knew his attack lines on President Biden. He really has struggled with how to go after someone who’s twenty years younger than him, who is a different gender, a different race… it’s kind of been this moment where he has not been able to coalesce around a single attack line.”

“I know you guys are objective over there, that you just report the news as it is,” Colbert said of CNN, which spurred the audience to erupt into laughter. Colbert turned toward the audience, seemingly surprised by the reaction.
“No, I know, CNN makes a, uh, I know this…” he stuttered as they kept laughing.

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

Per Mediaite:

During Monday’s conversation between CNN’s Kaitlan Collins and Stephen Colbert, the studio audience at The Late Show weighed in on the host’s description of CNN as “objective.”

In between her anecdotes about covering the Republican National Convention and President Joe Biden dropping out of the presidential race, Colbert asked Collins a question about her perspective on the stories with the caveat that CNN as a network was “objective.”

Colbert: I know you guys are objective over there, that you just report the news as it is. No, CNN makes, I know if it’s–

[Audience laughs]

Collins: Is that supposed to be a laugh line?!

Colbert: It wasn’t supposed to be, but I guess it is!