The CNN report included accusations by nine current and former CBS employees, who either witnessed or later heard about Favale making inappropriate remarks.
“An article came out on CNN today about an executive at CBS who used to be a liaison to this show,” Colbert said.
“I’m grateful to CNN for writing this article, because the press is not the enemy of the people,” Colbert continued.
“He basically came with the building when I got this show, and he used to be around here a lot.