How Bad Is It?: Trump’s War on Comedians

The New Yorker employees author Andrew Marantz joins Tyler Foggatt for the most recent installment of “How Dangerous Is It?,” a month-to-month collection on the well being of American democracy. Their visitor is Roy Wooden, Jr., the host of the satirical program “Have I Acquired Information for You,” on CNN. The group discusses the importance of CBS’s cancellation of “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert,” a latest episode of “South Park” that’s searingly vital of Donald Trump, and the President’s deployment of lawsuits and the executive state to attempt to intimidate his critics within the media and leisure industries. “There’s all the time going to be these petty, ticky-tack battles that the Administration fights,” says Wooden. “However I don’t suppose that’s gonna cease the comedians from doing what Trump hopes this is able to do, which is silence them.”This week’s studying:“ ‘South Park’ Skewers a Satire-Proof President,” by Tyler Foggatt“What the Cancellation of Stephen Colbert’s ‘Late Present’ Means,” by Vinson Cunningham“How the Israeli Proper Explains the Help Catastrophe It Created,” by Isaac Chotiner“Ought to Police Officers Be Extra Like U.F.C. Fighters?,” by Sam EaganTune in to The Political Scene wherever you get your podcasts.