Since recent events revealed a comprehension gap on two significant fronts, Amber Ruffin and Seth Meyers took it upon themselves on Monday’s “Late Night with Seth Meyers” to explain a few things about false equivalency and journalism’s purpose.
The first lesson was explicit, with Meyers pretending to close his March 31 monologue by briefly mentioning that Ruffin, a writer and featured performer on his show, had been fired over the previous weekend from her hosting gig for White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner. As a big fan of Ruffin’s, Meyers says, “I would have loved to hear what she had to say.”
