U.S. TV network CBS 'declares war on the heartland of America'

CBS has just declared war on the heartland of America.

That's what Rush Limbaugh, the fiery conservative radio host, says of CBS's just-announced move to replace David Letterman with Stephen Colbert as host of the Late Show.

Limbaugh told his listeners Thursday afternoon that, with Colbert in the Late Show seat, comedy will no longer be "a covert assault on traditional American values, conservatives. Now it’s just going to be wide out in the open."

Limbaugh continued: "What this hire means is a redefinition of what is funny and a redefinition of what is comedy, and there’s blowing up the 11:30 format under the guise that the world’s changing."

"It’s media planting a flag here. Maybe even media’s last stand. It’s a declaration," he said. "There’s no unity in this hire. They’ve hired a partisan, so-called comedian, to run a comedy show."