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Bruce Springsteen takes jab at Trump, Paramount during Stephen Colbert’s second-to-last ‘Late Show’

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Bruce Springsteen takes jab at Trump, Paramount during Stephen Colbert’s second-to-last ‘Late Show’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

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Bruce Springsteen takes jab at Trump, Paramount during Stephen Colbert’s second-to-last ‘Late Show’ See more of our coverage in your search results.

Why it matters

Add The New York Post on GoogleBruce Springsteen took center stage at Stephen Colbert’s penultimate “Late Night” show on Wednesday, wasting no time to bash his familiar foe, President Trump, along with CBS parent company Paramount Skydance.

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“I’m here in support tonight for Stephen, because you’re the first guy in America who’s lost his show because we’ve got a president who can’t take a joke,” Springsteen told the crowd seconds after being introduced.

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The tension in the story is sharpened by Loaded Language, Name Calling / Labeling: language that can make the dispute feel more urgent, personal, or adversarial than the underlying facts alone.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 9 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “The move came a month after CBS announced its plan to cancel “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.””
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The provided evidence for CBS (Wikipedia and general network links) does not mention the specific timing of the cancellation of The Late Show relative to the Paramount-Skydance merger.
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web search NEUTRAL — Founded in 1927, headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City and being part of the "Big Three" television networks, CBS has major production facilities and operations at the CBS Broadcast Cente…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBS
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web search NEUTRAL — Watch CBS television online. Find CBS primetime, daytime, late night, and classic tv episodes, videos, and information.
https://www.cbs.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — CBS News offers breaking news coverage of today's top headlines. Stay informed on the biggest new stories with our balanced, trustworthy reporting.
https://www.cbsnews.com/
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Claim 2: “Bruce Springsteen took center stage at Stephen Colbert’s penultimate “Late Night” show on Wednesday”
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Multiple web search results confirm Bruce Springsteen appeared on the penultimate episode of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert on Wednesday, May 20, 2026.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Letter to You is the twentieth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen. Released in October 2020, it was Springsteen's first new studio album with the E Street Band to be rele…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Letter_to_You
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is an American late-night talk show and it airs weeknights at 11:35 pm Eastern/10:35 pm Central on CBS in the United States. The hour-long show has aired since Septe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Late_Show_with_Ste…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of episodes of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that aired in 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Late_Show_with_Ste…
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Claim 3: “David Ellison, the former CEO of Skydance Media, was named CEO of Paramount Skydance after the merger.”
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Multiple web search results confirm that David Ellison became the chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance following the merger.
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web search NEUTRAL — 2024 American media company merger. Merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global.Skydance Media is founded as Skydance Productions; CBS Corporation shuts down UPN and replaces it with The CW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger_of_Skydance_Media_and_P…
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web search NEUTRAL — Following the roughly $8 billion deal in August, David Ellison became the new chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance. The new monopoly controls not only CBS News, but also Paramount Pictures, Nickelod…
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2025/10/06/owyu-o06.html
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web search NEUTRAL — UPDATE MONDAY AM: Skydance Media this morning announced the future executive team for its pending merger with Paramount Global, which will close August 7. “The new executive team will be comprised of …
https://deadline.com/2025/08/skydance-paramount-merger-corpo…
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Claim 4: “The 76-year-old rock legend then performed “Streets of Minneapolis,” a track he released in January dedicated to Alex Pretti and Renee Good”
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While the performance of 'Streets of Minneapolis' is mentioned in web results, there is no independent verification of the song's release date in January or the specific dedication to Alex Pretti and Renee Good in the provided evidence. The provided Wikipedia entries for Springsteen's discography do not list this song.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Referred to as "The Boss", Bruce Springsteen is one of the best-selling music artists in history with over 150 million records sold as of December 2021. Billboard ranked him as the 24th Greatest Artis…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Springsteen_discography
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Nebraska is the sixth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on September 30, 1982, through Columbia Records. Springsteen recorded the songs unaccompanied on a four…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebraska_(album)
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The River is the fifth studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released as a double album on October 17, 1980, through Columbia Records. The album was Springsteen's attempt t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_River_(Bruce_Springsteen_a…
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Claim 5: “Alex Pretti and Renee Good, anti-ICE protesters who were killed during the Trump administration’s immigration enforcement operations in the city”
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Wikipedia entries explicitly confirm that Alex Pretti and Renée Good were both killed by U.S. immigration enforcement agents (CBP and ICE respectively) in Minneapolis in January 2026 during the second Trump administration.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — In January–February 2026, protests occurred throughout the United States in response to the shootings by immigration agents in the second Trump administration, most notably the killing of Renée Good a…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_U.S._immigration_enforcem…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On January 24, 2026, Alex Jeffrey Pretti, a 37-year-old American intensive care nurse for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, was shot multiple times and killed by two United States Cust…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Alex_Pretti
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Renée Nicole Macklin Good, a 37-year-old American woman, was fatally shot in Minneapolis, Minnesota, by United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agent Jonathan Ross, on January 7, 2026.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Renée_Good
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Claim 6: “CBS parent Paramount was sold to Skydance for $8.4 billion in August 2025”
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The sale of Paramount to Skydance for approximately $8.4 billion in August 2025 is confirmed by a cross-reference (Nypost), Wikipedia, and multiple web search results.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Skydance Animation, LLC, is an American animation studio that is a division of Paramount Pictures to produce streaming films, founded on March 16, 2017. The studio is based in Santa Monica, California…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skydance_Animation
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On July 7, 2024, American media companies Skydance Media and Paramount Global announced a definitive agreement to merge in a deal valued at $8 billion, forming a new entity known as "Paramount Skydanc…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merger_of_Skydance_Media_and_P…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Paramount Skydance Corporation (doing business as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate. The company's primary corporate headquarters is located at the Para…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramount_Skydance
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Claim 7: ““Stephen Colbert is a pathetic trainwreck, with no talent or anything else necessary for show business success,” the president wrote on Truth Social late last year.”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific Truth Social post by Donald Trump calling Colbert a 'pathetic trainwreck'.
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Claim 8: “the show’s reported $40 million annual loss”
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The reported $40 million annual loss is mentioned in both a cross-reference (Nypost) and a web search result regarding Jimmy Kimmel's comments.
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web search NEUTRAL — The Late Show With Stephen Colbert. Real Time With Bill Maher. Saturday Night Live.Allen said. “I have a show called Comics Unleashed, it’s been in syndication on the air for 20 years. We’re celebrati…
https://latenighter.com/news/byron-allen-stephen-colbert-tex…
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web search NEUTRAL — Because The Late Show was bleeding $40 million annually before CBS finally pulled the plug. Because Greg Gutfeld is averaging 3.2 million viewers while Kimmel pulls 1.6 million.
https://rightnewswire.com/jimmy-kimmel-demanded-to-know-why-…
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web search NEUTRAL — Stephen Tyrone Colbert is an American comedian, writer, producer, political commentator, actor, and television host.After ending The Colbert Report, he was hired in 2015 to succeed David Letterman, wh…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert
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Claim 9: “Colbert’s nearly 11-year “Late Show” run will come to a close on Thursday, after more than 1,800 episodes on CBS since he took over from David Letterman’s nearly two-decade reign in 2015.”
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Wikipedia and web search results confirm Colbert took over from David Letterman in September 2015 and that the show is ending in 2026, making the run nearly 11 years.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is an American late-night talk show and it airs weeknights at 11:35 pm Eastern/10:35 pm Central on CBS in the United States. The hour-long show has aired since Septe…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Late_Show_with_Ste…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — This is the list of episodes of The Late Show with Stephen Colbert that aired in 2026.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_The_Late_Show_with_Ste…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Late Show with Stephen Colbert is an American late-night news talk show hosted by Stephen Colbert, which premiered on September 8, 2015. The show is the second and final iteration of CBS' Late Sho…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Late_Show_with_Stephen_Col…
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