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whose letter appears in these pages, still doesn't get it. Colbert's character is a send off of all the sycophants in the media who worship their own egos and fawning over officialdom more than they value the truth. Bill O'Reilly is included there. To criticize Colbert for his egoistic run over to his seated guests on his TV show is to entirely miss his point; it's the egotistical behavior that he is satirizing, and satire must exaggerate to be funny. Don't confuse Colbert with the persona he is spoofing.
A good satirist never breaks character, and Colbert never broke character on Saturday night, either. One person asked him afterwards if he had been too tough on the president. "Not at all," he replied.
Wake up, brother bob. Your story isn't worth the paper it's rotten on. (Quip stolen from Dorothy Parker.)
