President Donald Trump recently blasted CNN as “fake news,” but Stephen Colbert was ready on the defensive on “The Late Show” Tuesday night.
In his opening monologue, Colbert addressed the three CNN resignations, which spawned from the retraction of a story linking Trump to Russia.
“This is CNN’s worst mistake since their short-lived spinoff, ‘Wolf Blitzer’s Rockin’ Situation Garage,’” Colbert joked.
On Thursday, CNN investigative reporter Thomas Frank published a story involving an investigation into a Russian investment fund with possible ties to several Trump associates.
According to the network, an internal investigation found that “some standard editorial processes were not followed when the article was published.”
Colbert clarified that, “Yes, it’s a fine story — they just forgot to call it ‘breaking news’ and have a countdown clock.”
Of course, it wouldn’t be a media story without the “Tweetster in Chief,” as Colbert called him, weighing in on the matter.
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But Colbert had a different take.
“There is one person who’s guilty of fake news out there. It’s Donald Trump,” he said to massive applause.
His reasoning? A recent Washington Post story that found a Time magazine cover hanging in his golf clubs.
“Trump made his own Time magazine cover?” Colbert asked. “If that one’s fake, please tell me there’s a chance that this one [he brings up a real Time cover about Trump’s win] is fake too?”
Watch the clip above.