In hisLate Showmonologue, Colbert initially struck a conciliatory tone.
“Bill and I did not see eye to eye on … anything,” he said.
I’m not going to sit here and publicly gloat."

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Colbert agreed, to a point: “By ratings standards, he is.
By moral standards, he was a self-righteous landfill of angry garbage.”
Reprising hisColbert Reportpersona (an unabashed O’Reilly fan), he scolded the nation, “Shame on you.
You failed Bill O’Reilly.
You didn’t deserve this great man.
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