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From the piece:

Last week, Colbert scorched Paramount, CBS’s parent company, for caving to Trump with a $16 million settlement over his “60 Minutes” lawsuit, hoping to get the Federal Communications Commission to favor its merger with Skydance.

“I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles,” the comedian said. “It’s big, fat bribe.”

A few days later, news broke that CBS, which has cratered from the Tiffany network to the Trump-fealty network, had canceled the top-rated broadcast show for financial reasons. But who can believe that’s the whole story? If it were just about money, there were a lot of better ways to handle Colbert, a big talent and valuable brand. CBS could have cut costs, or it could have transitioned him over the next five years into some combination of streaming or podcasting within the Paramount family.

Announcing that he was being dumped right after he criticized CBS reeked of censorship. Certainly, King Trump celebrated, crowing on Truth Social: “I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired.” He even added: “I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next.” The F.C.C. chairman, Brendan Carr, said that “The View” — airing on ABC, which also caved to Trump, paying a whopping $15 million for George Stephanopoulos’s misspeaking — might be in the administration’s cross hairs.

“Once President Trump has exposed these media gatekeepers and smashed this facade, there’s a lot of consequences,” Carr said, ominously.

CBS is, as Colbert said, “morally bankrupt.” It’s sickening to see media outlets, universities, law firms and tech companies bending the knee. (Hang tough, Rupert!)