Late Night Roundup: ‘What A Riot’

Late Night Roundup: ‘What A Riot’

Larry Wilmore looked at media coverage of the unrest in Baltimore — and noticed that the folks at Fox News seem to be a little too exuberant when it comes to violence in a minority community.

And over at The Daily Show, Jon Stewart bemoaned the fact that it takes massive rioting for America to even notice how troubled life is for minorities in big cities.

Seth Meyers sat down with former Congressman Barney Frank (D-MA), who spoke about the vast progress in gay rights over his lifetime. And now Barney is looking forward to a potential Supreme Court ruling in favor of marriage equality — and he’s especially looking forward to Justice Antonin Scalia’s reaction.

Conan O’Brien also highlighted Tuesday’s arguments on gay marriage the Supreme Court, and some of the lines of reasoning that were brought forward against it.

Jimmy Fallon looked at the “Pros and Cons” of buying the Apple Watch.

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