CBS Gushes Over ‘Best Ever’ Emmys That Mocked ‘Punch Line’ Trump

Scott Whitlock | September 18, 2017
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[See NewsBusters for more.] Having Sean Spicer appear on the Emmys may be offensive, but the journalists at CBS This Morning on Monday loved the “great” award show for mocking “recurring punch line” Donald Trump.  Trying to spin the event as somehow just general political comedy, Gayle King hailed, “Television’s biggest night was infused with politics and references to the President.” That's one way to put it. Reporter Kevin Frazier touted the attacks on the President ("lying, hypocritical bigot”) as the most memorable part of the night: “But it really was politics that took center stage. The recurring punch line, President Donald Trump, who never won an Emmy, despite being nominated twice for his reality show past.”