Carson's final show was watched by 55 million people. 55 million. Let's put that number in perspective: President Biden's State of the Union address was watched by 27.3 million viewers earlier this year — and Biden's address was carried by 16 different networks in primetime. Carson was live at 11:30 p.m. on just one network, NBC.
So one could only imagine what Carson would think about what late-night has become, particularly during and after the Trump presidency: hyperpartisan, pious propaganda pushed by Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel, Seth Meyers, Trevor Noah and a few others. It would be one thing if these hosts hit members on both sides of the political aisle, but that almost never happens. Conservatives are not only wrong on policy, audiences have been told on a nightly basis, but conservatives are bad people with nefarious intentions, all while Democrats are treated with reverence and portrayed as purveyors of truth.
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