CNN host Michael Smerconish: Stephen Colbert went ‘too far’

By Daniel Chaitin

Published May 6, 2017 4:41pm ET

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CNN host Michael Smerconish: Stephen Colbert went ‘too far’ — Smerconish said that such vulgar words are not meant to network television, but rather better suited for cable channels, like HBO. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP) | Charles Sykes

CNN host Michael Smerconish criticized Stephen Colbert for going “too far” with an anti-Trump monologue last week that has caught the attention of the Federal Communications Commission.

On his program Saturday, Smerconish discussed the “increasingly harsh rhetoric” coming from progressives that threaten to “overshadow any message Trump’s opponents wish to convey.”

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