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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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.

did you mean stentorian?

yes, it was a typo. thanks

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