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theweaselkingFor years, studies have come out saying that many young people get their news from late-night comedy, and Jon has always pooh-poohed this idea. But your shows are some of the only ones out there actually digging into archival video to prove when politicians are lying or contradicting themselves. You might not want the responsibility, but haven't you been given it by default?
COLBERT: I don't know if responsibility is the right word.
STEWART: It's more that we're an emotional show, not a political show. I don't know if you've ever spent time in s---hole bars in New Jersey with old people yelling at the TV, but that's what it is. It's a guy going, ''I never said that,'' and in the back of the room Elbow Eddie looks up from his Pall Malls and his Budweiser and goes, ''That's f---in' bulls---! I heard you say it two days ago!'' That's all that is. It's not a journalistic gotcha, it's just anger. It's easy when you're participating in the discussion to forget that people are watching and taping. Typically, politicians make you go back six months. But now...
COLBERT: I've got one for you. McCain said, ''The fundamentals of our economy are strong'' and ''Our economy is at risk.'' One was at 9 a.m., the other was 11 a.m. Our joke was ''You can be strong and at risk, too. Like, a muscleman who wouldn't wear a condom. What's the worst that could happen?''
From Entertainment Weekly
COLBERT: I don't know if responsibility is the right word.
STEWART: It's more that we're an emotional show, not a political show. I don't know if you've ever spent time in s---hole bars in New Jersey with old people yelling at the TV, but that's what it is. It's a guy going, ''I never said that,'' and in the back of the room Elbow Eddie looks up from his Pall Malls and his Budweiser and goes, ''That's f---in' bulls---! I heard you say it two days ago!'' That's all that is. It's not a journalistic gotcha, it's just anger. It's easy when you're participating in the discussion to forget that people are watching and taping. Typically, politicians make you go back six months. But now...
COLBERT: I've got one for you. McCain said, ''The fundamentals of our economy are strong'' and ''Our economy is at risk.'' One was at 9 a.m., the other was 11 a.m. Our joke was ''You can be strong and at risk, too. Like, a muscleman who wouldn't wear a condom. What's the worst that could happen?''
From Entertainment Weekly
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Date: 2008-09-26 10:59 pm (UTC)I love those two. :)
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Date: 2008-09-27 12:58 am (UTC)''Any change is as good as a vacation at this point,'' says Colbert, who set his conservative TV pundit character aside for the chat. ''I don't know if you've paid much attention to the past eight years, but it has been a s---burger supreme. If somebody gives me an empty burger, it's better than eating s---.''