Name: 喜劇演員給斯蒂芬-科爾伯特的建議："競選總統！"。 (Comedian's advice to Stephen Colbert: 'Run for President!')
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If terrible optics could talk, they'd give an opening monologue on this one, CBS canceling Stephen Colbert and its late night franchise altogether, citing a money decision.

如果糟糕的視覺效果會說話，他們一定會在開場獨白中說，哥倫比亞廣播公司以資金問題為由，取消了斯蒂芬-科爾伯特及其深夜專營權。

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But it is notable for its timing, given that just a couple of weeks ago, the company settled with Donald Trump over a bogus lawsuit, and just days after the late night host ripped that idea on air.

但值得注意的是，就在幾周前，該公司與唐納德-特朗普（Donald Trump）就一起虛假訴訟達成和解，而就在幾天前，這位深夜節目主持人還在節目中抨擊了這一觀點。

Now, I believe this kind of complicated financial settlement with a sitting government official has a technical name in legal circles.

現在，我相信這種與現任政府官員的複雜財務結算在法律界有一個專業名稱。

It's Big Fat Bribe, because this all comes as Paramount's owners are trying to get the Trump administration to approve the sale of our network to a new owner, Skydance.

這就是 "大發賄賂"，因為派拉蒙的所有者正試圖讓特朗普政府準許將我們的電視網出售給新的所有者 Skydance。

And now, senators are demanding answers about whether the cancellation was just political.

現在，參議員們要求就取消班機是否只是政治原因給出答案。

So is just the new reality for old TV and linear television, or is it a chilling episode of free speech being under attack in the Trump era?

那麼，這究竟是老電視和線性電視的新現實，還是特朗普時代言論自由受到攻擊的一個令人不寒而慄的插曲？

And it's really, really, it's not about Stephen Colbert, who is wonderful.

真的，真的，這與斯蒂芬-科爾伯特無關，他很棒。

你知道，沒有人是珍貴的，對嗎？

It's about Donald Trump going out and saying, I've been beating the media, a.k.a. the First Amendment.

這是關於唐納德-特朗普走出去說，我一直在擊敗媒體，也就是第一修正案。

He can say that credibly to his audience, because CBS and ABC capitulated and paid him tribute.

他可以對觀眾信誓旦旦地這麼說，因為哥倫比亞廣播公司和美國廣播公司屈服了，向他致敬。

And we'll see who else continues to do that.

我們將看看還有誰會繼續這樣做。

So he gets this talking point that he's been beating us because they let him beat them.

於是他就有了這樣的說法：他一直在打敗我們，因為他們讓他打敗了他們。

So it doesn't almost matter if this is political, financial.

是以，政治和經濟因素並不重要。

The perception is this was a bribe to condition a good, a favorable environment for Skydance going forward.

人們認為這是一種賄賂，目的是為 Skydance 今後的發展創造一個良好、有利的環境。

Reinforce this in a Truth Social post saying, I absolutely love that Colbert got fired.

在 "真相社交 "的帖子中強化這一點，說：我絕對喜歡科爾伯特被解僱。

His talent was even less than his ratings.

他的才華甚至不如他的收視率。

But on the Skydance part of it, the reporting is that the likely incoming owner of, new owner of CBS was just in to see the FCC chairman this week.

但關於天舞的部分，有報道稱哥倫比亞廣播公司可能的新東家，本週剛剛去見了聯邦通信委員會主席。

And they also had to give a filing on this.

We discussed Skydance's commitment to unbiased journalism and its embrace of diverse viewpoints, principles that will ensure CBS's editorial decision making reflects the varied ideological perspectives of American viewers.

我們討論了 Skydance 對不偏不倚的新聞報道的承諾及其對不同觀點的包容，這些原則將確保哥倫比亞廣播公司的編輯決策反映美國觀眾不同的意識形態觀點。

And this is crazy, because what Trump is doing is running around bullying people when they hurt his feelings.

這太瘋狂了，因為特朗普的所作所為就是在別人傷害了他的感情時到處欺負別人。

And if you look at Stephen Colbert's show, he talks trash about everybody.

如果你看看斯蒂芬-科爾伯特的節目，他對每個人都說三道四。

And the idea that he's happy that Colbert's show got canceled because there's a merger he wants to happen is another example.

還有一個例子是，他很高興科爾伯特的節目被取消，因為他希望發生合併。

Has there been another president that has spent more time litigating against media outlets?

還有哪位總統花更多時間與媒體打官司？

But I mean, will we ever know if this is why it happened, because of the parent company and the merger?

但我的意思是，我們能知道這是否就是發生這種情況的原因嗎？

I mean, TV is losing money across networks, and that's the trend that we're going.

我的意思是，各家電視臺都在賠錢，這就是我們的趨勢。

But Stephen Colbert is number one, and has been for a long time.

但斯蒂芬-科爾伯特（Stephen Colbert）是第一名，而且已經當了很久。

It's still making them plenty of money in ad revenue every year.

它每年仍能為他們帶來大量的廣告收入。

But you know, listen, Stephen has, I've worked for Stephen for six years.

但你知道，聽著，斯蒂芬已經， 我已經為斯蒂芬工作了六年。

Yeah, I was going to say, you've known him very well.

And I know him really well, and he's beloved by everybody, and everybody who works on the staff is family.

我非常瞭解他，他深受大家的愛戴，所有員工都是他的家人。

But the thing that really put him on the map, really made him super famous, was speaking truth to power to the President of the United States at the White House Correspondents Dinner in 2006.

但真正讓他嶄露頭角、一舉成名的，是 2006 年在白宮記者晚宴上對美國總統說出的 "權力的真理"。

Every night of the Colbert Report, an audience member would ask him about that moment.

每晚的 "科爾伯特報告 "節目中，都會有觀眾向他詢問那一刻。

He's always punched up at power, speaking truth to power, and wherever my camera is, I want this one.

無論我的相機在哪裡，我都想要這一部。

I want to tell Stephen, you should run for president, sir.

我想告訴斯蒂芬 你應該去競選總統 先生

Either that, or launch a Netflix show, or whatever.

要麼這樣，要麼推出一個 Netflix 節目，或者其他什麼的。

I mean, whatever is next, I mean, he will have an audience.

我的意思是，不管接下來會發生什麼，我的意思是，他都會有觀眾。

Welcome to Soundstack, Steve.  Yeah.  He is also right in the sense that, yeah, I mean, there is a decline in linear television period, right?

歡迎來到Soundstack，史蒂夫。  是的，他說的也沒錯，我是說，線性電視的收視率在下降，對嗎？

Ad revenue is on the decline across the board.

But relative to his peers and his competition, his show was doing actually quite well.

但相對於他的同行和競爭對手，他的節目做得其實還不錯。

And the timing is questionable, but I will say that Skydance, or excuse me, Paramount says that they had to do it now because they've got contracts coming up.

雖然時機有問題，但我想說的是，Skydance 公司，或者不好意思，派拉蒙公司說，他們現在必須這麼做，因為他們的合同馬上就要到期了。

These are unionized crews, all of that stuff, just to tell you what they're saying.

這些都是有工會的船員，所有這些東西，只是告訴你他們在說什麼。

And CBS, as I understand it, wanted to wait to make this announcement.

據我所知，哥倫比亞廣播公司想等一等再宣佈這一消息。

It was Stephen Colbert who preempted that because he was worried about leaks.

是斯蒂芬-科爾伯特搶先說的，因為他擔心洩密。

And perhaps that was his intent, that he wanted it to look bad to get some extra attention.

也許這就是他的用意，他想讓它看起來很糟糕，以獲得額外的關注。

But you can't just dismiss that the show is losing $40 million a year.

但你不能因為該節目每年虧損 4000 萬美元就置之不理。

Yes, it's the highest rated, but that doesn't equate to dollars.

是的，它的評分最高，但這並不等同於美元。

這意味著它曾經賺過更多的錢。

When you have a balance sheet, it does matter.

當你有一張資產負債表時，這確實很重要。

It also matters that late night TV has been decimated.

同樣重要的是，深夜電視節目已經銳減。

The Late Late Show, which used to be on after Colbert, has been completely off the air for two years now, I think, when James Corden left.

晚間秀》（The Late Late Show）曾在科爾伯特之後播出，但詹姆斯-科登（James Corden）離開後，《晚間秀》已經完全停播兩年了。

You guys are making it about this one show, and it's not.

你們把這一切都歸咎於這一個節目，但事實並非如此。

What ABC and CBS did when they paid ransom is they endangered the lives of every journalist everywhere.

美國廣播公司（ABC）和哥倫比亞廣播公司（CBS）在支付贖金時所做的是，他們危及了世界各地所有記者的生命。

And they made it harder for all of us to do our jobs, because the president is pointing at us, putting a target on our backs.

他們讓我們所有人的工作變得更加困難，因為總統指著我們，把目標放在我們的背上。

And so it's always the case, when you pay off a pirate, when you pay the ransom, the tribute, to navigate safely through the waters, the waters are never safe.

是以，當你買通海盜，當你支付贖金、貢品，以安全通過這片水域時，情況總是這樣，這片水域從來都不安全。

No matter how much you pay, the waters are unsafe because there's pirates in those waters.

無論你付多少錢，這片水域都是不安全的，因為這片水域裡有海盜。

And Donald Trump is a pirate, and he wants to maraud through the seas of the media landscape.

而唐納德-特朗普就是一個海盜，他想在媒體的海洋中掠奪。

He's doing it with our help, which is the worst part.

他是在我們的幫助下這麼做的，這才是最糟糕的地方。

Let me play a little bit of how Stephen Colbert may have gotten on the wrong side of Donald Trump, because as he said, he says it like he feels it.

讓我放一段斯蒂芬-科爾伯特（Stephen Colbert）如何與唐納德-特朗普（Donald Trump）過不去的故事，因為正如他所說，他說的和他的感受一樣。

Trump reportedly said, why are we having all these people from whole countries come here?

據報道，特朗普說，我們為什麼要讓這些來自各個國家的人來到這裡？

For one, Donald Trump isn't their president.

首先，唐納德-特朗普不是他們的總統。

Trump continued to insist America is going to do great with this pandemic, as long as you don't count half of America.

特朗普繼續堅稱，只要不把美國的一半人口計算在內，美國就能很好地應對這次大流行病。

This is unspeakably monstrous, especially for the president of the United States.

這是無法形容的畸形行為，尤其是對美國總統而言。

A lot of voters didn't want to believe everything that was obvious to so many of us, that Donald Trump is a fascist.

很多選民不願意相信對我們很多人來說顯而易見的一切，即唐納德-特朗普是一個法西斯主義者。

Hey, remember when Donald Trump said he was going to be a dictator only on day one?

嘿，還記得唐納德-特朗普說他第一天就要當獨裁者嗎？

Well, evidently, his first act as dictator was declaring that day one never ends.

顯然，他作為獨裁者的第一件事就是宣佈 "第一天永不結束"。

Now, I get a congresswoman that on Capitol Hill, there are definitely a lot of Democrats who would like to do something about this, but is there really anything that can be done?

現在，我得到一位女議員的消息說，在國會山，肯定有很多民主黨人想對此做些什麼，但真的有什麼辦法嗎？

It's hard to do something when you're in the minority and you don't have the majority of votes in the House.

如果你是少數派，在眾議院又沒有多數票，就很難有所作為。