COLBERT’S COLLAPSE SIGN OF MEDIA’S LIBERAL BUBBLE, Christian Toto writes. “Who could have predicted it? How about any clear-thinking soul who understands the country’s political makeup?”

When Johnny Carson ruled late night, “The Tonight Show” offered a fair balance of political gags. Why? Carson didn’t want to alienate either half of his viewing audience, something confirmed in the tell-all biography “Johnny Carson” by his longtime lawyer Henry Bushkin.

Could Colbert do the same? The more logical question was, did he have any track record of doing anything but promoting progressive ideals?

Those who forget the lessons of The Late Shift are doomed to repeat them.