CNN fired Jeffrey Lord for a similar joke.https://twitter.com/thedailybeast/status/906090251290062848 …
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Colbert's job duties include joking. Perhaps CNN didn't think the same was true for Lord. You normally seem smart enough to understand this.
Only difference is Lord is a POS
Different jobs.
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