Calling yourself a comedian does not give you the license to spread fake news under the guise of exaggeration or hyperbole, but once again NBC’s Saturday Night Live has done just that. This time the guilty party was Colin Jost, who played Pentagon Chief Pete Hegseth and claimed that the drug boats being hit in the Caribbean are actually just fishermen and that the name of the operation is Operation Kill Everybody. During the cold open about Hegseth taking questions from reporters, Jost played an exaggerated version of Hegseth that was frequently yelling, singing tonally inappropriate songs, or trying to do a tough guy shtick. As he opened it up for questions, Fake Hegseth urged, “Now, you got questions for me, fine, pretend I'm a random fishing boat and fire away.”     Mikey Day played the part of one reporter who wondered, “Okay. Is there any truth to the allegations that after an initial strike on a drug smuggling boat, you ordered a second strike to kill the survivors?” Jost acted offended that anyone would ask such a question before reverting to the “Hegseth likes alcohol” trope, “Uh, first of all, that kind of cruel, heartless act has no place in Operation Kill Everybody. Second, I wasn't even in the room when it happened, okay? I was so jacked up after the first strike, I had to make an emergency call to my sponsor—sorry, a guy I met in an anonymous meeting—so I don't drink something that I like, and I want, but I can't have, but I want it, and I need it, and I want it right now bup, bup, bupaba, it's booze. Next question?” After Admiral Frank “Mitch” Bradley briefed relevant lawmakers on Capitol Hill, it seemed as if Republicans and Democrats agreed on nothing except for that there was no “kill everybody” order. Ashley Padilla portrayed another reporter who asked, “Yes, what did you say to Senator Mark Kelly, who said you act like a 12-year-old playing Army?” After declaring Kelly is “a girl’s name” and that Padilla’s character should “get a husband,” Jost finally answered the question, “If I was just ‘playing Army,’ would there be 80 dead fishermen— narco-terrorists in Venezuela right now? Next question.” There is no evidence that the people onboard these boats are actually fishermen. On the controversial attack dominating the headlines, there is evidence drugs were onboard, and in other cases, foreign countries have prosecuted survivors.   Here is a transcript for the December 6 show: NBC Saturday Night Live 12/6/1014 11:31 PM ET COLIN JOST/PETE HEGSETH: Now, you got questions for me, fine, pretend I'm a random fishing boat and fire away. MIKEY DAY/REPORTER 1: Okay. Is there any truth to the allegations that after an initial strike on a drug smuggling boat, you ordered a second strike to kill the survivors? JOST: Uh, first of all, that kind of cruel, heartless act has no place in Operation Kill Everybody. Second, I wasn't even in the room when it happened, okay? I was so jacked up after the first strike, I had to make an emergency call to my sponsor—sorry, a guy I met in an anonymous meeting—so I don't drink something that I like, and I want, but I can't have, but I want it, and I need it, and I want it right now bup, bup, bupaba, it's booze. Next question? ASHLEY PADILLA/REPORTER 2: Yes, what did you say to Senator Mark Kelly, who said you act like a 12-year-old playing Army? JOST: First of all, “Kelly,” that's a girl's name. What's his first name, “Dress?” PADILLA: No. It's “Mark,” like I said. JOST: Oh, get a husband. PADILLA: I'm trying! JOST: To answer your question, if I was just “playing Army,” would there be 80 dead fishermen— narco-terrorists in Venezuela right now? Next question.