What Glenn Greenwald has said about The Late Show with Stephen Colbert

2 quotes · 1 episode · May 15, 2026

Glenn Greenwald, American journalist, has been quoted on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert 2 times in 1 episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, most recently on May 15, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.

In their words

Greenwald suggests CBS canceled Colbert partly to avoid liberal programming while it needed things from the Trump administration, though the show also lost money.
“part of why they fired Colbert is because they didn't want very liberal programming on”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Colbert's Hissy Fit Farewell Tour, Xi's Ominous Comment, and Murdaugh's New Trial, with Glenn Greenwald | Ep. 1318 (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 5:12
Greenwald argues Colbert's show failed because it only appealed to viewers who shared his anti-Trump politics.
“You would never go to see Stephen Colbert if you weren't sharing his anti-Trump politics. And this is why the show failed”
The Megyn Kelly Show: Colbert's Hissy Fit Farewell Tour, Xi's Ominous Comment, and Murdaugh's New Trial, with Glenn Greenwald | Ep. 1318 (May 15, 2026) · Listen from 13:00

Colbert's Hissy Fit Farewell Tour, Xi's Ominous Comment, and Murdaugh's New Trial, with Glenn Greenwald | Ep. 1318
The Megyn Kelly Show · May 15, 2026 · 1 h 43 min
Megyn Kelly and Glenn Greenwald discuss Stephen Colbert's farewell, fame, Kamala Harris, Trump's China summit and Iran war, the Murdaugh retrial, and 'pretendians.'