Topic: Ukraine Transcript

A segment from The Daily Show featuring Trump supporters at a rally highlights the irony of protesters demanding people "read the transcript" without having read it themselves. The hosts discuss how both political parties rely on a lack of primary source reading among the general public.

Stephen Colbert featured actors Helen Mirren and Ian McKellen in a dramatic reading of the Trump-Zelensky phone transcript. The skit is criticized for misrepresenting the text by implying Trump asked for an investigation into the Bidens in the same breath as a request for military aid. The segment argues that late-night comedy writers are irresponsibly misleading the public regarding the actual contents of the released PDF.