LYCOS RETRIEVER
Stephen Colbert: Reports
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Nation editor Katrina vanden Heuvel just became maybe the first invited guest to publicly decline to appear on a strike-hobbled Colbert Report, which returns to the air without its writers on January 7. It's going to be a sad January for a lot of liberals totally unaware of their dogmatic humorlessness. [NYO via No Fact Zone]
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Mr. Colbert declined through a "Colbert Report" spokeswoman to comment yesterday. Similarly, another Colbert target, Mr. Bush's spokesman, Scott McClellan, said he had no comment, including on reports that Mr. Bush had appeared irritated by the end of Mr. Colbert's speech.
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Democratic Caucus Chairman Rep. Rham Emanuel is advising freshman lawmakers to avoid the risky, humor-laden minefield that is The Colbert Report. Censorship, political correctness, and the pathological avoidance of humor — usually the treasured province of the Republican party, are concepts now being embraced by DNC leadership. With […]
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There is a cardinal rule to being a guest on “The Colbert Report”: Never, ever, ever try to be the funny one. That’s Mr. Colbert’s job. If you break that rule, chances are you will look 1) a lot less clever than he does and 2) like you’re trying too hard.
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