Golden Globes Host Mocks CBS News On Awards Show Broadcast By CBS

Golden Globes host Nikki Glaser used her time on stage to mock the network broadcasting the Hollywood awards show.

“I cannot believe the amount of star power we have in this room tonight. It’s insane,” Glaser said during her opening monologue. “There are so many A-listers, and by A-list, I do mean a list that has been heavily redacted. And the Golden Globe for Best Editing goes to the Justice Department. Yes. Congratulations.”

The host was seemingly referencing the redacted 30,000 documents related to convicted pedophile Jeffrey Epstein released by the Justice Department just days before Christmas.

“And the award for most editing goes to CBS News,” the comedian added as the audience laughed and applauded. “Yes, CBS News, America’s newest place to see BS news. We needed another.”

This dig likely referenced CBS News, under the new leadership of Bari Weiss, yanking a “60 Minutes” segment on the Salvadoran prison where the Trump administration has sent hundreds of illegal immigrants. Critics said the move “reeks of political pressure.”

Glaser’s comments come one week after anchor Tony Dokoupil began hosting “CBS Evening News” and months after the network welcomed Weiss, the new Editor-in-Chief, who formerly worked at The New York Times and founded The Free Press. Weiss was offered the job by David Ellison, the founder of Skydance and Paramount’s chairman, following a merger.

Dokoupil delivered a New Year’s Day message promising changes in coverage at the legacy media network, as The Daily Wire previously reported.

“On too many stories, the press has missed the story. Because we’ve taken into account the perspective of advocates and not the average American. Or we put too much weight in the analysis of academics or elites, and not enough on you,” the anchor said in part. “And I know this because, at certain points, I have been you. I have felt this way, too. I have felt like what I was seeing and hearing on the news didn’t reflect what I was seeing and hearing in my own life — and that the most urgent questions simply weren’t being asked.”

“So here’s my promise to you,” Dokoupil continued. “You come first. Not advertisers, not politicians, not corporate interests. And yes, that does include the corporate owners of CBS. I report for you — which means I tell you what I know, when I know it, and how I know it. And when I get it wrong, I’ll tell you that, too.”

Many mainstream leftists have been critical of the changes at CBS and pushed back against their proposed new direction of responsible, factual journalism that’s free from bias.

Stars at the Golden Globes used the red carpet to signal their leftist virtues and air their grievances against President Donald Trump’s enforcement of immigration law. Following the shooting death of anti-ICE activist Renee Good during a confrontation with ICE agents — an incident the administration maintains was self-defense — the red carpet on Sunday transformed into a sea of “Be Good” and “ICE OUT” pins.

Several celebrities mentioned ICE and Trump during red carpet interviews at the event on Sunday night.