The liberal media has completely lost touch with reality.
They’re now claiming that basic business decisions threaten the very foundation of America.
And Sunny Hostin made one insane claim about Stephen Colbert that left Americans shaking their heads.
The View host claims Colbert cancellation threatens Constitution
CBS announced last week that Stephen Colbert’s Late Show would end in May after hemorrhaging money for the network.
The show was reportedly losing CBS a staggering $40 million per year, making the cancellation a straightforward business decision.
But The View co-host Sunny Hostin saw something far more sinister at work.
During Tuesday’s broadcast, Hostin delivered a breathtaking display of liberal hysteria that would make even the most seasoned political observers do a double-take.
"My concern is, if it is political, then everyone should be concerned. People on the right should be concerned. People on the left should be concerned. Because it’s very clear that, if it is political, this is the dismantling of our democracy. This is the dismantling of our Constitution. Right?" Hostin declared to the cheering studio audience.¹
Wait, it gets worse.
Hostin wasn’t finished with her constitutional law lecture about a failing late-night comedy show.
"The First Amendment is the First Amendment for a reason and that is freedom of the press, freedom of speech. Freedom to speak truth to power. If that is taken away, if the comedians are being attacked, then that means our Constitution is being dismantled… That means the very rubric of our democracy is being dismantled. And I think every single person should be really, really concerned about it," she continued.²
The disconnect from reality is absolutely stunning.
Here’s a network making a basic financial decision about a show that was bleeding money, and Hostin is ready to declare martial law.
Liberal hysteria reaches new heights over business decision
This wasn’t just one host having a bad day – this represents the broader mental breakdown happening across the Left.
Joy Behar, never one to miss an opportunity for dramatic overreach, blamed President Trump directly for the cancellation.
"It’s always been the role of the court jester to make fun of the king. That is the role of comedians. I have said on this show, I think I said it years ago, when they start coming for the comedian, all bets are off, because the king is supposed to take the hits and this guy has a skin thinner than, I don’t know, than this card," Behar stated, holding one up.³
The delusion is remarkable.
Nobody "came for" Stephen Colbert. CBS looked at their balance sheets, saw a $40 million annual loss, and made the obvious call.
That’s not government censorship – that’s basic corporate responsibility to shareholders.
But in the warped worldview of The View, everything becomes a constitutional crisis when it doesn’t go their way.
Hostin even praised Senators Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders for "speaking up on the issue and demanding answers" – as if elected officials should be investigating private companies’ programming decisions.⁴
"We must protect our Constitution and we must protect our democracy! This is bigger than just the cancellation of a television show!" Hostin exclaimed with the fervor of someone defending the Alamo.⁵
The theatrical outrage would be laughable if it weren’t so revealing about how these people actually think.
The real threat to democracy isn’t what they claim
Here’s what Hostin and her fellow travelers don’t seem to understand: the real threat to democratic norms isn’t CBS making sound business decisions.
It’s progressive activists demanding that government officials investigate private companies for making programming choices they don’t like.
It’s liberal media figures claiming that losing a platform equals constitutional violation.
It’s the entitled belief that certain viewpoints deserve taxpayer-subsidized platforms regardless of market performance.
Stephen Colbert spent years using his CBS platform to attack conservatives, spread misinformation about Trump, and poison political discourse with increasingly unhinged rants.
The show became so biased that it alienated half the potential audience – and the ratings reflected that reality.
When President Trump celebrated the news on Truth Social, writing "I absolutely love that Colbert got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings," Colbert’s response was predictably juvenile.⁶
"How dare you, sir?" Colbert said. "Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go f*** yourself."⁷
This is the "truth to power" that Hostin thinks deserves constitutional protection?
This is the high-minded comedy that represents the bedrock of American democracy?
The disconnect between liberal self-perception and reality has never been more obvious.
When conservatives get canceled, deplatformed, or silenced, these same voices celebrate it as "consequences for hate speech."
But when a liberal comedian loses his show because it’s hemorrhaging money, suddenly it’s the end of democracy itself.
The American people can see right through this hypocrisy – and they’re tired of it.
CBS made a business decision based on financial performance, just like any responsible company would do.
If Sunny Hostin thinks that threatens the Constitution, maybe she should spend less time on daytime TV and more time reading the document she claims to defend.
¹ Lindsay Kornick, "’The View’ co-host warns Colbert cancellation could lead to the ‘dismantling of our Constitution’," Fox News, July 23, 2025.
² Ibid.
³ Ibid.
⁴ Ibid.
⁵ Ibid.
⁶ Ibid.
⁷ Ibid.
