GP points out that Colbert is being rewarded with a place at the trough, rather than given fee for service.

China (and a bunch of the Left) work by "Elite Capture"; which is they capture the top individuals in a field. A captured individual supports the party machine, and is rewarded for their loyalty.

Colbert is being cut off by circumstance, but he has already given the best years of his career to advancing the right views. All of CBS is captured; Colbert is a visible public face who is receiving a particularly large reward for his loyalty.

This is very different for the "market forces" "fee for service" arrangement that conservatives would consider. They look at these mediocre talents receiving unbelievable amounts of money and they are just confused.

Mike Cernovich a few years ago was trying to get his doco "hoaxed" off the ground and he said it was real hard to get funding from right wing people with money because they would immediately ask "but how will this make money" instead of seeing it as spending money to influence the culture. The ideal is pervasive.