The first mainstream comedian to talk about Benghazi-gate is off the air, despite high ratings
The day after Jay Leno signed off on 22 years of hosting The Tonight Show,
suspicions still abound as to why he was canned despite still being on
top of the ratings. Could the fact that Leno was the first mainstream
comedian to criticize Obama on sensitive issues such as Benghazi-gate
have contributed to him being ejected by NBC?
Whereas virtually every late night comic has made
superficial sideswipes at Obama in recent years, Leno took the unusual
step of taking a conservative talking point, Benghazi-gate, and
incorporating it into his Tonight Show monologue on two separate occasions.
The first example occurred back in October 2012,
when Leno quipped, “Don’t ask – don’t tell” is back. Not the gays in
the military. It’s President Obama’s new policy for questioning about
Libya. Don’t ask – don’t tell. That’s the big story. The Republicans are
accusing the White House of successfully engineering a massive cover-up
of the Libyan attack. But on the plus side, it’s the first time in four
years the Republicans have credit to Obama for doing anything
successful.”
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