After CBS Late Show host Stephen Colbert launched into and vicious and vulgar tantrum against President Trump Monday night, the broadcast networks were initially silent on the controversy swirling around the left-wing comedian. However, that silence was broken Wednesday morning when NBC’s Today actually provided a full report on the backlash against the “crude” tirade.

Correspondent Stephanie Gosk began the segment by declaring: “It was the late night joke that left audiences shocked.” A soundbite followed of Colbert’s nasty attack on the President: “You talk like a sign language gorilla who got hit in the head. In fact, the only thing your mouth is good for is being Vladimir Putin’s [bleep] holster.” Gosk explained: “Stephen Colbert used a crude phrase while attacking President Trump during a 12-minute monologue Monday night. The comments received instant backlash online. The #FireColbert trending worldwide.”

She noted that “conservatives pounced,” with a clip featured of Karl Rove on Fox News reacting to the remarks: “I thought that was obscene, I though it was lewd, I thought it was inappropriate. And it shows how out of touch that part of the media is with the rest of America.”

However, Gosk also highlighted how even fellow liberals were denouncing Colbert’s rant: “And it wasn’t just Trump supporters blasting the late night host, some called the comments anti-gay.” The reporter read a tweet blasting the late night host: “Colbert explicitly mocks gay intimacy with the cover of mocking Trump. This is hate speech.” The headline on-screen read: “Colbert’s ‘Homophobic’ Trump Joke?; Comic in Hot Water Over Attack on President.”

After showing Colbert being lambasted across the political spectrum for his cruel comments, Gosk noted that he “ignored the controversy Tuesday night” and wrapped up the report by telling viewers: “...we reached out to CBS, they have not commented on his comments or any of the calls for his dismissal.”

Tuesday’s CBS Evening News and Wednesday’s CBS This Morning both ignored the controversy. ABC News has also avoided the topic.

Here is a full transcript of Gosk’s May 3 report: