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Monday, May 1, 2006 12:00 AM

The truthiness hurts

Stephen Colbert's brilliant performance unplugged the Bush myth machine -- and left the clueless D.C. press corps gaping.
By Michael Scherer

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  • Monday, May 1, 2006 04:26 PM

    Making nice

    MEC makes the great point that you can't make nice with those who have no niceness in them. I would also like to add that the press corpse can't make nice with those they've been making nice with 99% of the time for the last six years. (It all started even before the Selection, remember?) Their recent, isolated flashes of brilliance can't atone for their usual breathtaking capitulation. Stephen Colbert has picked up the baton from Jon Stewart, and boy, can he run.

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