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[lbd_nytetrayn]

Colbert lays down the gauntlet...

...and has me in tears. I can't wait to see what comes of this. XD

--LBD "Nytetrayn"

Comments

[drneko.livejournal.com]

What a way to start the day. That had me on the floor laughing. Seriously, I've seen MSNBC and CNN trying to discourage prople from watching the Daily Show and the Colbert Report. I remember on one interview, some of the guest speakers actually support the shows. I remember one of them saying, "More Americans are informed on what's happening just by watching their show." I laughed when MSNBC/CNN quickly moved to another story after not getting the support they wanted.

[kyouryuu.livejournal.com]

To me, Colbert came very, very close to jumping the shark a couple days ago when he interviewed the guy from the Electronic Frontier Foundation and went on a fairly long tirade about how YouTube and the people who post clips of his show are in essence taking money out of his pocket, speaking in reference to parent company Viacom suing YouTube. You couldn't even tell if there was a joke in there. So, when this segment came on last night, I was surprised. Viacom clearly wants to have it both ways. Don't post clips of the show unless we ask you to. But their logic is very short sighted because both Stewart and Colbert owe more than a small part of their popularity to the Internet. And given that they rarely rerun episodes, I don't see how it is damaging them - it can only alienate the geeks who are fans of the show.