http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/ Smart Journalism. Real Solutions. Sun, 14 Mar 2010 05:41:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-1254 Anonymous User Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:08:07 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-1254 I watch Colbert a lot and find him funny but have never really been interested in the side Colbert is on I am a conservative but i found many of john Stewarts shows funny if they were against me. Tonight in the colbert Report Colbert seemed very liberal but i have seen both sides. I personally think that he stays in between for the money no mark on him. I watch Colbert a lot and find him funny but have never really been interested in the side Colbert is on I am a conservative but i found many of john Stewarts shows funny if they were against me. Tonight in the colbert Report Colbert seemed very liberal but i have seen both sides. I personally think that he stays in between for the money no mark on him.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-1665 Anonymous User Thu, 28 Jan 2010 00:08:07 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-1665 I watch Colbert a lot and find him funny but have never really been interested in the side Colbert is on I am a conservative but i found many of john Stewarts shows funny if they were against me. Tonight in the colbert Report Colbert seemed very liberal but i have seen both sides. I personally think that he stays in between for the money no mark on him. I watch Colbert a lot and find him funny but have never really been interested in the side Colbert is on I am a conservative but i found many of john Stewarts shows funny if they were against me. Tonight in the colbert Report Colbert seemed very liberal but i have seen both sides. I personally think that he stays in between for the money no mark on him.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-388 Anonymous User Thu, 28 May 2009 21:07:19 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-388 Consider this: the comic geniuses behind Stephen Colbert (including the writers, producers and Colbert himself) are not anti-liberal or anti-conservative. They are anti-ideology and anti-hypocrisy, which is the natural home of all satire.Ideologues (that is, people whose reason, tastes in art and sense of humor are obscured by their belief system) of all stripes see him as "theirs." Their ideological filters protect and re-affirm their world view. Naturally, Colbert chides Amy Goodman. Her ideologically blinded rants and sermons to her choir beg for ridicule. The fact that Colbert is simultaneously criticizing Goodman, satirizing punditry and mocking Bill O'Reilly only makes it more delicious.What boggles my mind is that anyone had "study" the matter to realize this. I would think it was obvious to anyone who has read Swift. Consider this: the comic geniuses behind Stephen Colbert (including the writers, producers and Colbert himself) are not anti-liberal or anti-conservative. They are anti-ideology and anti-hypocrisy, which is the natural home of all satire.Ideologues (that is, people whose reason, tastes in art and sense of humor are obscured by their belief system) of all stripes see him as “theirs.” Their ideological filters protect and re-affirm their world view. Naturally, Colbert chides Amy Goodman. Her ideologically blinded rants and sermons to her choir beg for ridicule. The fact that Colbert is simultaneously criticizing Goodman, satirizing punditry and mocking Bill O’Reilly only makes it more delicious.What boggles my mind is that anyone had “study” the matter to realize this. I would think it was obvious to anyone who has read Swift.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Anonymous User Wed, 27 May 2009 18:30:36 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-384 That clip of Amy Goodman is one of his staunch-ier right acts and in no way embodies the whole show. I'd have a hard time believing that a conservative watching the whole show wouldn't feel poked-fun-at. I DO however have a right winged father who thinks Colbert is really funny...when he's received clips of him in his email. That clip of Amy Goodman is one of his staunch-ier right acts and in no way embodies the whole show. I’d have a hard time believing that a conservative watching the whole show wouldn’t feel poked-fun-at. I DO however have a right winged father who thinks Colbert is really funny…when he’s received clips of him in his email.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-331 Anonymous User Mon, 04 May 2009 16:52:27 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-331 You rlogic is flawed in this study. Both sides see it in line with their views, but one side is correct and one side is wrong. What the study shows is comservtives lack good reasoning and judgement skills and often just dont get it. You rlogic is flawed in this study. Both sides see it in line with their views, but one side is correct and one side is wrong. What the study shows is comservtives lack good reasoning and judgement skills and often just dont get it.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-324 Anonymous User Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:07:02 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-324 I think the answer is simpler - and more complex - than "confirmation". When comedians were asked if the election of President Obama and a sturdy Democratic majority in the Legislative Branch would signal a dearth of raw materiel for political comedy, they all replied with a resounding "No!" To wit: Congressional sexcapades and hand-in-the-cookie-jar revelations would continue (as they have), the new Administration would issue equivocations and half-truths (it has). If you can achieve enough distance from it, all politics is fodder for comedy, and both Colbert and Stewart seem to have embraced this. If they tend to highlight the far right more often ...well, let's face it: Michelle Bachmann, Bobbie Jindal, Eric Cantor, Michael Steele, Glen Beck and Sean Hannity are (unconsciously) funnier, more bizarre, more self-contradictory and less self-aware and informed than Bernie Sanders, Sharrod Brown, Dennis Kucinich, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow. Those in the former group don't seem to listen to what they're saying themselves, let alone to dissenting voices.As regards All in the Family, Norman Lear has said that he was satirizing Mike's knee-jerk liberalism as much as Archie's insulated bigotry. For instance: In one episode, graduate student Mike loses a fellowship to an equally qualified black candidate, solely due to affirmative action. Mike's professor explains that for a while at least, the scales will have to be tipped artificially. The situation forces an angry and bitterly disapointed Mike to examine his own attitudes: It was so much easier to favor equality and affirmative action until he felt himself the victim of it. I think the answer is simpler – and more complex – than “confirmation”. When comedians were asked if the election of President Obama and a sturdy Democratic majority in the Legislative Branch would signal a dearth of raw materiel for political comedy, they all replied with a resounding “No!” To wit: Congressional sexcapades and hand-in-the-cookie-jar revelations would continue (as they have), the new Administration would issue equivocations and half-truths (it has). If you can achieve enough distance from it, all politics is fodder for comedy, and both Colbert and Stewart seem to have embraced this. If they tend to highlight the far right more often …well, let’s face it: Michelle Bachmann, Bobbie Jindal, Eric Cantor, Michael Steele, Glen Beck and Sean Hannity are (unconsciously) funnier, more bizarre, more self-contradictory and less self-aware and informed than Bernie Sanders, Sharrod Brown, Dennis Kucinich, Keith Olbermann and Rachel Maddow. Those in the former group don’t seem to listen to what they’re saying themselves, let alone to dissenting voices.As regards All in the Family, Norman Lear has said that he was satirizing Mike’s knee-jerk liberalism as much as Archie’s insulated bigotry. For instance: In one episode, graduate student Mike loses a fellowship to an equally qualified black candidate, solely due to affirmative action. Mike’s professor explains that for a while at least, the scales will have to be tipped artificially. The situation forces an angry and bitterly disapointed Mike to examine his own attitudes: It was so much easier to favor equality and affirmative action until he felt himself the victim of it.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-323 Anonymous User Thu, 30 Apr 2009 07:46:15 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-323 If fox news is propaganda rather than simply news with a bias, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are the same ... there is a clear liberal bias in The Daily Show while The Colbert Report mocks the extremes of conservativism. If these are the sources of "all the news that we need," each is guilty of being propaganda desguised as comedy. If fox news is propaganda rather than simply news with a bias, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report are the same … there is a clear liberal bias in The Daily Show while The Colbert Report mocks the extremes of conservativism. If these are the sources of “all the news that we need,” each is guilty of being propaganda desguised as comedy.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Anonymous User Thu, 23 Apr 2009 21:16:43 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-290 Watch the video of the Whitehouse Correspondents Dinner where he roasted Bush. It'll all be very clear. Watch the video of the Whitehouse Correspondents Dinner where he roasted Bush. It’ll all be very clear.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-284 george becker Tue, 21 Apr 2009 22:06:30 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-284 I think much of the time we get all the news that we need on the Daily Show and the Colbert report. The scary thing is the millions of viewers who watch Fox news and think they are watching a news program and not propaganda. Hitler would be proud of fox news. I think much of the time we get all the news that we need on the Daily Show and the Colbert report. The scary thing is the millions of viewers who watch Fox news and think they are watching a news program and not propaganda. Hitler would be proud of fox news.

]]> http://www.miller-mccune.com/media/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report-3788/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Bender Sue Mon, 20 Apr 2009 23:47:51 +0000 http://blog.miller-mccune.com.s72010.gridserver.com/2009/04/20/the-truthiness-of-the-colbert-report/#comment-282 LaMarre doesn't need to interview him to find out what his purpose is, as he has already mentioned in several interviews that his goal is to be funny. For example, from Newsweek "I just want to be funny. I'm a comedian, not a political thinker". LaMarre doesn’t need to interview him to find out what his purpose is, as he has already mentioned in several interviews that his goal is to be funny. For example, from Newsweek “I just want to be funny. I’m a comedian, not a political thinker”.

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