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Sunday, April 30, 2006 12:00 AM

Colbert's smart bomb

Why attendees at the White House Correspondents' Association dinner panned Colbert.

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  • Sunday, April 30, 2006 03:14 PM

    FINALLY

    Amazing and overdue. The fact that anything he said might seem outrageous to the media shows you how far they've fallen and how utterly lacking in self-awareness the media must be. Anyone and everyone who is aware of what's going on in our government and the MSM owes Colbert. Big time.

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