Calling yourself a comedian does not give you the license to spread fake news under the guise of exaggeration or hyperbole, but once again NBC’s Saturday Night Live has done just that. This time the guilty party was Colin Jost, who played Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth and claimed that the drug boats being hit in the Caribbean are actually just fishermen and that the name of the operation is Operation Kill Everybody.
During the cold open about Hegseth taking questions from reporters, Jost played an exaggerated version of Hegseth that was frequently yelling, singing tonally inappropriate songs, or trying to do a tough guy shtick. As he opened it up for questions, Fake Hegseth urged, “Now, you got questions for me, fine, pretend I’m a random fishing boat and fire away.”
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