Babylon Bee editor says late-night comedians have become self-righteous zealots
The editor-in-chief of the Babylon Bee has harshly criticized U.S. late-night comedians, saying they have become unfunny 'self-righteous zealots' in thrall to a 'leftist religion'. 'Over the last decade, late-night hosts across the board began to lay aside their relatable, everyman's brand of comedy and pivot toward lecturing the crowd on their moral values,' wrote editor Kyle Mann in a scathing column for the National Review. 'They went from chasing laughter — no matter who the butt of the joke may have been — to chasing applause. The result has been anything but funny,' he added. Mann ...