Colbert mocks Paramount while accepting award for confronting injustice

Stephen Colbert took a jab at Paramount over the cancellation of \

NEW YORK — As the end of "The Late Show" nears, Stephen Colbert is giving his writers an emotional send-off.

The comedian honored his late-night writing staff and took a shot at his bosses at Paramount during a speech at the Writers Guild of America Awards' New York ceremony on Sunday, March 8, where he received the Walter Bernstein Award.

The guild describes the honorary award, named after the screenwriter who was blacklisted by Hollywood in the 1950s for his communist beliefs, as recognizing individuals who have "demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity."

In his speech, Colbert pointed out that the Hollywood blacklist "was not a government policy," but was a "voluntary, industry-wide agreement to deny work to left-leaning artists out of fear that certain members of the government might publicly attack the parent corporation of these artists or the union they belong to."

But Colbert added he does "not deserve the implied parallel" between himself and Bernstein.