The Word: Blusteriness

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If you have not seen “The Colbert Report” starring Stephen Colbert, you are missing some of ~~the best~~ the only good tv there is. The character “Stephen Colbert” affects all the pomposity, self-involvement and simple-mindedness of your least-favorite cable news hosts (hello, Bill O’Reilly). His interviews generally show a blatant disregard for the for the ‘expertise’ of the subject, and he is a ‘journalist’ who admittedly favors his opinions over facts. Because, as he puts it, facts can change, his opinion can’t. And while Colbert’s obnoxious, sentorian voice may grate a little, the juicy satire that comes from his death-grip on the voices of sociopolitical commentary makes it all worthwhile.

Check out Stephen Colbert today on Fresh Air with Terry Gross. He is sure to get her giggling like a bemused school girl.

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By matthewodam in News on December 7, 2005 2:29 PM 0 Comments

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odam

yes, it was a typo. thanks

jonny

did you mean stentorian?

allen

i finally caught a bit of this last night -- the first real tv i've watched in months -- and he was hilarious! and he was even better juxtaposed with tucker carlson on that neighboring channel.