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Wednesday, May 3, 2006 12:00 AM

Making Colbert go away

The docile press corps was offended when Stephen Colbert dared to expose Bush's -- and their own -- feet of clay. But how to respond? Voilà: "He wasn't funny."
By Joan Walsh

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  • Wednesday, May 3, 2006 01:17 PM

    Well, I wasnt there...

    Seems that the opinion of those in attendance-- including at least 2 NPR commentators-- was that the material fell flat, especially after the twin-president bit. Hey, I LOVE Colbert, and I loved the material he did, but I WASNT THERE, AND NEITHER WERE YOU. Salon and the entire progressive blogsphere risks credibility by insisting that Colbert was funny/entertaining/whatever, when those from the left and right who were actually THERE disagree.

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