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...Stephen Colbert has been “The Daily Show’s most dependable correspondent since the days of Craig Kilborn. This loyalty, his undeniable appeal and, to be sure, a lot of good work has earned him his own program, airing at 11:30 p.m. right after “The Daily Show” on Comedy Central, Monday through Thursday...
...Colbert Report—The ‘T’ in Report is silent, for some reason—stars Colbert as an arrogant, self-righteous, self-aggrandizing “journalist,” who hosts his own talk show. Colbert’s obvious target is Fox’s Bill O’Reilly in particular, and media talking heads in general...
Whether or not you like O’Reilly, a lot of the jokes will indeed ring true: Whereas O’Reilly calls the viewers at home “the folks,” Colbert labels them “heroes.” Why are they heroes, he asks? Because they watch his show. “I don’t trust books,” Colbert says. “They’re all fact, and no heart...
...Colbert also follows O’Reilly in placing a series of talking points in the upper right corner of the screen. Colbert shares O’Reilly’s disdain for the media “elite,” but Colbert takes it further—he abhors elitist things like “dictionaries...
...humor of Colbert and company’s features on “The Daily Show” came partly from the perception that interviewees assumed they were talking to real journalists...