The colbert report

[Row1and]

we've all seen the show. I have seen the show and I like it alot, as well as the daily show of course. It was really nice when Bill visited Stephen.

I do have a question if anyone can help me. At the end of the colbert report, it said that John Stewart was one of the producers of the show. I was talking to one of my friends about how that would not make any sense at all because they have "Different" politcal views. But my friend was explaining to me that Stephen's show is all an act. Does he really support the president as much as he claims to, or what's his deal. He seems to good to be true, and honesntly all on act.

I was even more surprised cause Bill said something during his visit to the show that sounded like he liked John Stewart more the or something like that. Does anyone have any insight on this or can anyone hlep clarify this for me please?

 

[Sukhoi]

It's 100% real.

 

[Insane3D]

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

:laugh::laugh:

 

[chrisms]

Comedy Central

 

[Deeko]

Are you kidding me? Obviously the things he says about Bush are all a joke for the show. Its the most thinly veiled sarcasm in TV. I also don't think that has anything to do with Colbert's political views, either.

 

[aircooled]

He's playing a character.

 

[waggy]

yeah its real. didn't you know COMEDY central is the next CNN? i mean damn they both start with a C

 

[imported_bum]

Lmao

 

[Syringer]

Have you seen the show?

 

[NFS4]

Guess you didn't see Colbert's Bush roast

 

[daveymark]

no, it's fake, the only difference between stewart and colebert is people take stewart seriously.

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: waggy
yeah its real. didn't you know COMEDY central is the next CNN? i mean damn they both start with a C

plenty of people use the daily show as their news source.

 

[NFS4]

Originally posted by: daveymark

Originally posted by: waggy
yeah its real. didn't you know COMEDY central is the next CNN? i mean damn they both start with a C

plenty of people use the daily show as their news source.

I use it as a supplementary news source. I mean, how else would I have run across this

 

[totalcommand]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRn_nzfYtz8

 

[sandorski]

Originally posted by: Syringer
Have you seen the show?

hehe

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: daveymark

Originally posted by: waggy
yeah its real. didn't you know COMEDY central is the next CNN? i mean damn they both start with a C

plenty of people use the daily show as their news source.

of course it is based on the news. but some of it is so far out. sad part is people beleive the stuff that is insane.

shouldnt suprise me though. more then a few have taken the onion as true.

 

[Fayd]

as even jon stewart will tell you, if you get your serious news commentary from comedy central, you're an idiot.

 

[daveymark]

Originally posted by: Fayd
as even jon stewart will tell you, if you get your serious news commentary from comedy central, you're an idiot.

nah, he's a comedian, so he's joking when he says that

 

[SampSon]

The joke isn't THAT hard to get.

 

[jakedeez]

Is the OP kidding? I mean he must be right?

 

[FoBoT]

entertainment to make $$$

 

[biggestmuff]

omg.

I've heard of others watching those shows because they believe it's "real" news.

 

[Jeff7]

Originally posted by: Deeko
Are you kidding me? Obviously the things he says about Bush are all a joke for the show. Its the most thinly veiled sarcasm in TV. I also don't think that has anything to do with Colbert's political views, either.

No kidding. It makes a complete mockery of the extreme right wing hacks on TV. Both shows have political views aligned the same, but just differ in their presentation.

Originally posted by: waggy

of course it is based on the news. but some of it is so far out. sad part is people beleive the stuff that is insane.

shouldnt suprise me though. more then a few have taken the onion as true.

No, the sad part is that the news they talk about is true and verifiable. Several times I hear stuff there that I think has to be a joke. Nope, it's real. Heck, when they want to make fun of someone in the House or Senate, all they need to do is just play the clip of the politician speaking. Nothing made up about that.

One thing I liked best was when Rumsfeld said on camera that he never said that we knew where the WMDs in Iraq were kept. The Daily Show then played a clip of Rumsfeld saying that "We know where the weapons are." Stewart went on to say that Rumsfeld had now been caught making a blatant contradiction, surely this would be on the major news networks. Nope, they just ridiculed the "heckler" who asked Rumsfeld why he lied about the WMDs. I think part of what The Daily Show and Colbert Report do is help show how the major news sources too often don't report on things they should be bringing up.

The one politician and his whole "The Internet is a series of tubes" bit, and how this guy is in charge of some technology committee - that I find a bit unsettling. Not only that, but also the fact that that is the sort of thing that seems to find publicity primarily on Comedy Central, not CNN, NBC, or FOX.


The Daily Show and Colbert Report don't make up the news they present. It's verifiable information, with a spin to make it funny. Though admittedly, the "series of tubes" thing is funny by itself. Sad, but also funny.

 

[conjur]

There's a reason why he won't be speaking at the WH Correspondents Dinner again.

 

[Goosemaster]

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