Letters to the Editor
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Stephen Colbert: an American Gem
Stephen Colbert must've channelled Mark Twain with his Correspondent's Dinner speech since he left everyone squirming in that room. It was the essense of political parity. Since the fourth estate is completely coopted by the powers that be, both corporate and political, we need satirists like Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Bill Maher more than ever. I'm actually heartened by the fact that my neice's generation is choosing these people over the MSM for their primary news source. Their presentation is more accurate and objective since they have the freedom to thumb their noses at those same negative influences on independent journalism. It doesn't matter to me who steps into that crucial role for the overall health of our nation -- John Dean cheered the Daily Show in "Worse than Watergate" -- just as long as someone always does. America can't continue to exist, as we've known it, without patriots like these.