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  "textContent": "As The Late Show enters its final weeks, host Stephen Colbert has been reflecting on why the program took a political turn. According to Variety, Colbert told The New York Times that this was not his original intention when he took over in 2015.\n\nThe post Stephen Colbert Claims It Was His Producer’s Idea to Lean into Politics appeared first on That Park Place.",
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