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Klassic Kolbert: “At the White House”
No Fact Zone —
I just re-watched that incredible interview with CBS News’ Chief Foreign Correspondent Lara Logan from last night’s Daily Show, and it made me incredibly angry (again) at the state of broadcast news in this country. Unlike Logan, most of the mainstream media is busy patting itself on the back over how great a job it’s doing, an assessment I can’t share. This goes double in the realm of political “reporting”, where the story is often at least as much about the media itself as it is about the candidates or the issue.
Anyway, my exasperation with the self-satisfied and egocentric broadcast media needed ...
Klassic Kolbert: Stephen Colbert and Helen Thomas
No Fact Zone —
Regulars here should be familiar with our love for the great Helen Thomas, White House correspondent extraordinaire. We are happy to report that, after lengthy, health-related absence from the White House Press Room, Helen returned to her seat of honor earlier this week; Mediabistro (via HuffPo) has the video here.
This, of course, made me think back on Stephen’s many segments with Helen, from his Daily Show days to his tenure at The Colbert Report. I’m honestly not sure I can pick a favorite, but here are two candidates (please chime in with your nominations in the comments to this ...
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Bloomsday on Broadway - STREAMING NOW!
nofactzone.net 6/16/2008 —
Click here to hear the Bloomsday on Broadway, streaming live now until late in the evening.
Not sure when Stephen Colbert will be on, just that it is sometime before the musical interludes begin at 11:15p EDT.
Enjoy! Feel free to post your thoughts about the performance in the comments.
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Lara Logan on The Daily Show (Video)
bittenandbound.com 6/18/2008 — CBS Chief Correspondent Lara Logan has been in Baghdad since the beginning of the war in Iraq. In a candid interview with Jon Stewart on The Daily Show, Logan says the American public has become numb to what is going on and that the soldiers feel forgotten.
VIDEO: Stephen Colbert clip from ‘The Love Guru’
nofactzone.net 6/19/2008 — DB linked a lot of reviews from The Love Guru already, but if you want just a taste of Stephen’s work, the MTV Movies Blog has hooked us up:
EXCLUSIVE: ‘The Love Guru’ Starring Justin Timberlake…And Stephen Colbert?
Published by Josh ...
STEVE CARELL IS FUNNY
wwtdd.com 6/19/2008 — Steve Carell returned to the Daily Show yesterday, but if you're like me you didn’t see it because you were at the park shooting the basketball into the hoop and then some minorities showed up and they had threatening hairstyles and so you ...
Festival adds more funnymen —
Variety.com 6/18/2008
Legit News: Lineup grows for Just for Laughs -- The Just for Laughs Toronto Festival has added Andre-Phillipe Gagnon, Shaun Majunder, Robert Schimmel, Robert Klein, Larry Miller and "The Daily Show's" John Oliver to its lineup of hosted Gala evening ...
WE HEAR... —
NY Post: Page Six 6/22/2008
THAT Stephen Colbert will belt out the National Anthem at the Partnership for Public Service gala Tuesday night at Cipriani 42nd Street, where Police Commissioner Ray Kelly will be presented with the Theodore Roosevelt Award by his friend, Attorney...