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6/18/2007
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Bob
Sassone
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NBC wants Jon Stewart
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Every time I say that I think Jon Stewart might one day go to late night TV again (network talk show-wise, I mean), people comment that there's no way he'd leave The Daily Show because it's so popular, it gets buzz, it's the perfect job for him, etc, etc....
More... http://a.tvsquad.com/2007/06/18/nbc-wants-jon-stewart/
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7/17/2007
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7/17/2007
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Tom
Curry
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Cheney Visits Georgia to Raise Money for Chambliss
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Vice President Dick Cheney spent about an hour and a half in Georgia
MARIETTA, GA (AP) -- Vice President Dick Cheney spent about an hour and a half in Georgia today, helping Senator Saxby Chambliss raise an expected 200-thousand dollars in campaign funds....
More... http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/politics/georgia/news-article.aspx?storyid=86872
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7/13/2007
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MICHAEL
LUO
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Democrats Lead in Raising Money Online
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Ny Times
The Democrats have established a commanding and growing dominance over Republicans in securing contributions online, reshaping the fund-raising landscape heading into the 2008 elections....
More... http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/us/politics/13internet.html
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7/17/2007
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3/23/2007
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Robert
Tracinski
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What Al Gore Really Wants
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Al Gore made his triumphant return to Washington on Wednesday to give testimony before Democrat-controlled committees in the House and Senate...
More... http://news.yahoo.com/s/realclearpolitics/20070323/cm_rcp/what_al_gore_really_wants
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3/22/2007
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Kal
Raustiala
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George W. Bush, multilateralist.
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Law Review
Unilateralism, in many ways, has been the watchword of the Bush administration. From its antipathy toward the International Criminal Court and the Kyoto Protocol on global warming to its damn-the-torpedoes approach
...
More... http://www.tnr.com/doc.mhtml?i=w070319&s=raustiala032207
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3/25/2007
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3/25/2007
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Mir
Shakil-ur-Rahman
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Bush big winner at ‘World Stupidity Awards’
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Pakistani Bush Bash
President George W. Bush’s verbal gaffes have become the stuff of legend. He didn’t help his case very much when he said, “I stand by all my misstatements.” His critics say that he is the most illiterate president in American history. ...
More... http://www.thenews.com.pk/print1.asp?id=45988
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3/20/2007
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David
Kronke
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When your comedy career needs a break …
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Like ‘SNL’ before it, ‘The Daily Show’ is spinning off stars.
The name of Rob Corddry’s Fox comedy is “The Winner,” but the real winner in all this is “The Daily Show,” which has become the fertile breeding ground for comic actors that “Saturday Night Live” once was.
...
More... http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/entertainment/16934957.htm
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3/25/2007
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3/22/2007
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Associated
Press
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McCain differs with Bush over Guantánamo
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Sen. John McCain said Wednesday that as president he would have decided long ago the fate of an Australian terror suspect awaiting trial at Guantánamo Bay....
More... http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/nation/16953365.htm
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3/22/2007
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3/22/2007
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JIM
KUHNHENN
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Anti-Clinton Ad Puts Spotlight on Obama
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The Internet video sensation that targeted Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton now has rival Sen. Barack Obama on the spot....
More... http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/03/22/ap3544522.html
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3/18/2007
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Imran
Syed
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Keith Olbermann’s greatness
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I’ve been meaning to put this up for a few days now, but it’s still relevant. After all, great newscasters can’t really go out of style. Here is proof that I am not the only one in the world who loves Keith Olbermann...
More... http://apps.michigandaily.com/blogs/thepodium/?p=166
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3/22/2007
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2/22/2007
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Adam
McGillen
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Your basic ripoff
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amcgille@student.umass.edu.
In the world of "truthiness" and hybrid comedy news, Rupert Murdoch has finally inserted his manipulative hand....
More... http://media.www.dailycollegian.com/media/storage/paper874/news/2007/02/22/EditorialOpinion/Your-Bas
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3/22/2007
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3/18/2007
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Robert
Love
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Before Jon Stewart
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The truth about fake news. Believe it.
Just before his famous confrontation with Tucker Carlson on CNN ’s Crossfire two years ago, Jon Stewart was introduced as “the most trusted name in fake news.” ...
More... http://www.cjr.org/issues/2007/2/Love.asp
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3/18/2007
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3/18/2007
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Zachary A.
Goldfarb
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Clinton, Obama Slow to Respond to Questions on Homosexuality
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Do the two leading Democrats running for president think homosexuality is immoral? That question arose this week after Sens. Hillary Rodham Clinton (N.Y.) and Barack Obama (Ill.) ...
More... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/18/AR2007031800484.html
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3/18/2007
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11/13/2006
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Lorraine
Carpenter
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Infotainment takes aim
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Will making light of the Bush administration's dark path save America?
"It's casual Friday!" announces Sam Seder, halfway into his daily nine-to-noon show on Air America Radio, where Conservatives are periodically asked to "put down the stupid juice" ...
More... http://maisonneuve.org/index.php?&page_id=12&article_id=2524
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12/3/2006
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11/30/2006
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Brent
Battle
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The invasion of comedy into the TV news arena
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It’s not a stretch to assume stand-up comedians are considered some of the smartest people around. If not the smartest, they at least have the balls to speak in front of an audience....
More... http://www.ocolly.com/read_story.php?a_id=31406
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12/3/2006
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11/13/2006
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Douglas
Salguod
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Buzz Lightyear Announces
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He Will Make a Bid for the U.S. Presidency
In the vacuum created as Jon Stewart and Steven Colbert each declined attempts to be drafted to run for the presidency...
More... http://www.thespoof.com/news/spoof.cfm?headline=s2i11911
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11/13/2006
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11/13/2006
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Cristen
Tilley
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Faking it
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It's all in the timing, Jon
'Fake news' funny guy Jon Stewart and his sidekick Stephen Colbert from The Daily Show have made a career...
More... http://www.abc.net.au/news/arts/articulate/200611/s1786317.htm
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11/13/2006
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11/13/2006
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thesilentpatriot
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Comedians On Election Results
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Leno: "Wow...GOP Is Now DOA"
Late Night comedians sound off on last week's election results. Jay Leno slams Bush for trying to pretend the GOP was going to win and Conan O'Brien makes fun of Rumsfeld for not acknowledging he should have resigned a lot sooner....
More... http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2006/11/13/comedians-on-election-res_n_33988.html
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11/13/2006
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11/13/2006
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Erin
Carlson
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'Borat' victims upset at being duped
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While teaching American humor to a gregarious and absurdly out-of-touch foreign journalist, Pat Haggerty realized something was off — who WAS this guy? ...
More... http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20061113/ap_en_mo/film_borat_s_victims
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11/13/2006
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11/9/2006
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Michael
Ordoña
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Biggest election season winner? Stephen Colbert
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Every incumbent candidate the faux-newsman interviewed in his notorious "Better Know a District" seg
In the wake of the Democratic congressional juggernaut, the biggest winner this election season has risen from the parted waters - and it's not Nancy Pelosi. It's Stephen Colbert...
More... http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/la-et-colbert10nov10,1,7487532.story?coll=la-headlines-ent
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11/9/2006
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11/8/2006
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E&P
Staff
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Howard Dean to Jon Stewart: We Won't Impeach Bush
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Appearing on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show" tonight, Democratic Party chief Howard Dean told host Jon Stewart, "I know half your audience wants us to impeach the president"-- this drew wide cheers -- "but it's not going to happen."...
More... http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003379813
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11/9/2006
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10/31/2006
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Maureen
Dowd
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America's Anchors
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America's Anchors
I thought Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert might be a little nervous to meet with me. I was the real news commentator, after all, and they were the mock....
More... http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/1
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11/9/2006
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10/24/2006
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John
Whiteside
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Colbert's hot seat
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Is all publicity good publicity? The LA Times ran a story on Stephen Colbert (of Comedy Central's Colbert Report) and his regular segment called "Better Know a District." It's one of the funniest things on his show, and if you've never seen it...
More... http://blogs.chron.com/bluebayou/2006/10/colberts_hot_seat.html
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10/24/2006
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10/20/2006
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Lacey
Benns-Owens
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Truthiness and lies
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It’s no wonder that “truthiness” was chosen as Word of the Year for 2005. This term, created by fake journalist Stephen Colbert, seems more and more appropriate these days. ...
More... http://onlinejournal.com/artman/publish/article_1334.shtml
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10/20/2006
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10/19/2006
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John
Eby
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It's not 'fake news' that 'The Daily Show' is substantive
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According to a study by Julia R. Fox, assistant professor of telecommunications at Indiana University, Comedy Central's fake news program "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart," is as substantive as network coverage....
More... http://www.dowagiacnews.com/articles/2006/10/19/columnists/dncolumn04.txt
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10/19/2006
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10/2/2006
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Cara
Edmundowicz
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The Comedy Central effect
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“What if a comedian ran for president? What if he won?” asks the movie trailer for “Man of the Year” (in theaters Oct. 13). Amidst the popularity of the Comedy Central ...
More... http://www.dailycolonial.com/go.dc?p=3&s=3101
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10/18/2006
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10/17/2006
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Times
Online
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Politics ambushed by satire: is the US finally losing its innocence?
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SEVEN YEARS before Senator Hillary Clinton was born, a female public figure with a somewhat controversial profile in the American press launched a campaign for the presidency against Franklin D. Roosevelt....
More... http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,6-2406819,00.html
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10/17/2006
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10/17/2006
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Scott
Reid
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Old, cheap jokes plague movie
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Recent Internet buzz has made a move to change our seemingly defunct political system and elect comedians-turned-fake-news-anchors to the highest political offices in the land....
More... http://www.redandblack.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/10/17/45341a4daaeda
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10/12/2006
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Reuters
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Taliban takes high cover
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Can’t smoke ’em out? Troops struggle with 10-foot Afghan marijuana plants
Canadian troops fighting Taliban militants in Afghanistan have stumbled across an unexpected and potent enemy — almost impenetrable forests of 10-foot-tall marijuana plants....
More... http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15239501/?GT1=8618
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10/15/2006
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10/11/2006
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NEIL
King Jr.
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THE FIGHT FOR IRAQ
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Iraqi Death Toll
A new study asserts that roughly 600,000 Iraqis have died from violence since the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, a figure many times higher than any previous estimate....
More... http://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB116052896787288831-lMyQjAxMDE2NjEwMDUxMjA4Wj.html
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10/15/2006
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10/15/2006
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Bill
Adair
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Foley's 'red flags' didn't raise enough eyebrows
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One night a few years ago, Rep. Mark Foley reportedly showed up at the dormitory for House pages, a brick building a few blocks from the Capitol. It's unclear what Foley wanted, but staffers believed he was drunk and turned him away....
More... http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061015/POLITICS/610150319/1022
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10/15/2006
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10/12/2006
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Sarah
Karush
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McCain criticizes Clinton on N. Korea
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Republican Sen. John McCain on Tuesday accused former President Clinton, the husband of his potential 2008 White House rival, of failing to act in the 1990s to stop North Korea from developing nuclear weapons....
More... http://www.belleville.com/mld/belleville/news/politics/15726394.htm
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10/15/2006
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10/13/2006
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Rafi
Martina
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Down with 'The Daily Show':
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it has no substance
I hate Jon Stewart. I imagine criticizing him will inspire the vitriol of numerous readers, provoking them to write to the paper in caustic defense. I can take that; I obviously will have brought that fate upon myself....
More... http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/news/articles.asp?id=38341
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10/13/2006
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10/12/2006
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Glenn
Whipp
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Could they actually win?
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Couldn't happen?
In "Man of the Year," a political comedian, disgusted with politicians controlled by special interests and corporate money, decides to run for president — and accidentally wins. ...
More... http://www.dailybulletin.com/entertainment/ci_4481704
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10/13/2006
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10/12/2006
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Stephen
Kiehl
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DIGGING FOR THE MEANING OF FAKE NEWS
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Jon Stewart's program is one show viewers take seriously
Hipsters on the streets of New York are wearing "Stewart/Colbert '08" T-shirts, promoting a Dream Team presidential ticket featuring the Comedy Central stars....
More... http://www.baltimoresun.com/features/bal-to.fake12oct12,0,4776046.story?coll=bal-features-headlines
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10/13/2006
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10/6/2006
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Richard Cohen
and others
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Sex, lies and Election Day
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The fallout from Foley and the House page scandal
Congressional Republicans seem to have reeled from one crisis to the next during the past two years. But as the uproar intensified this week over the advances by former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla...
More... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15159639/
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10/11/2006
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10/9/2006
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Associated
Press
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Keith Olbermann goes on the attack
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‘Countdown’ host taps large audience with anti-Bush commentaries
Keith Olbermann’s tipping point came on a tarmac in Los Angeles six weeks ago. ...
More... http://msnbc.msn.com/id/15159762/
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10/11/2006
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10/2/2006
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Luke
Krzyzanowski
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Bill Maher goes for the kill
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Political comedian does his shtick at Heinz Hall
The Bush administration has given comics plenty of material to work with....
More... http://thetartan.org/2006/10/2/pillbox/billmaher
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10/11/2006
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10/8/2006
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Noel
Sheppard
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Bill Maher Tees Up Sen. John Kerry's Virulent Anti-Republican Campaign Spee
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It goes without saying that HBO’s Bill Maher is no journalist....
More... http://newsbusters.org/node/8175
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10/11/2006
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Sure, Jon Stewart, the host of "The Daily Show," is celebrated as a quick-w
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Elections may seem like a long way off to many students. The next presidential election is in 2008 and Comedy Central fans are buzzing about Stewart/Colbert '08....
More... http://www.bgnews.com/media/storage/paper883/news/2006/10/11/Opinion/Students.Need.To.Keep.Perspecti
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10/11/2006
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10/11/2006
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Jon
Friedman
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The media world according to Jon Stewart
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Commentary: Plus, Maguire exits Reuters & the L.A. Times saga
Sure, Jon Stewart, the host of "The Daily Show," is celebrated as a quick-witted comic and a snappy interviewer. But beyond the quips, the King of All Fake Media also has an uncommonly sophisticated understanding of journalism....
More... http://www.marketwatch.com/News/Story/Story.aspx?dist=newsfinder&siteid=google&guid=%7BDF99FD2E-34F3
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10/11/2006
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10/10/2006
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P-I Staff
and News Service
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People in the News: Stewart/Colbert '08? Ain't gonna happen
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Those people wearing "Stewart/Colbert '08" T-shirts can stop hoping. Comedy Central's fake news stars have no intention of making a run for the White House....
More... http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/people/288053_people10.html
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10/11/2006
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10/9/2006
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Don't
Know Who
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Someone Actually Admits To Having Sex With Foley
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Wisely Decides To Remain Anonymous
Well, it seems all that IMing and flirting paid off, because a former Congressional page has come forward and said that he partook in a little Foley action well after leaving the program. The Los Angeles Times reports...
More... http://www.queerty.com/queer/news/someone-actually-admits-to-having-sex-with-foley-20061009.php
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10/9/2006
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10/9/2006
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Dana
Bash
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Aide:
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Congressman learned of Foley e-mail in 2000
U.S. Rep. Jim Kolbe's office received a complaint about then-Rep. Mark Foley's Internet exchanges with teen pages in 2000, resulting in "corrective action" against the lawmaker, a spokeswoman for Kolbe said Monday....
More... http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/10/09/kolbe.foley/
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10/9/2006
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9/22/2006
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Bill
Steigerwald
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In praise of Jon Stewart’s cynicism
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Does “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” make its audience of mostly young college kids cynical about
Does Comedy Central's popular fake newscast, as Washington Post columnist Richard Morin recently fretted, really “develop cynical views about politics and politicians” that could lead his faithful viewers “to just say no to voting”? Let’s hope so....
More... http://159.54.226.83/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060922/OPINION/60921023/1049
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10/9/2006
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10/8/2006
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Larry
Getlin
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COULD JON STEWART BE 'MAN OF THE YEAR'?
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IN "Man of the Year," which arrives in theaters Friday, Robin Williams plays a satirical news commentator who runs for president and, shockingly, wins....
More... http://www.nypost.com/seven/10082006/entertainment/jon_gate_entertainment_larry_getlen.htm
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10/8/2006
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10/2/2006
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Joshua
Holland
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The Right Wing Sets Its Sights on MoveOn
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MoveOn.org's moneymaking prowess is scaring both the GOP and Vichy Democrats alike, and it's become
In a country ruled more through complacency than persuasion or coercion, MoveOn.org, the 3.3 million member progressive grass-roots group, continues to rattle the D.C. establishment by giving ordinary people the tools to get involved in politics....
More... http://www.alternet.org/story/42413/
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10/3/2006
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10/3/2006
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THE
BLOTTER
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9/11 and the Democrats, Republicans, Midterms
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Foley is the fourth House Republican -- after Reps. Randy "Duke" Cunningham, Tom DeLay, and Bob Ney
No House Democrats have vacated their posts, though the finances of a few are being investigated.
...
More... http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2006/10/02/5234.aspx
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10/3/2006
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10/1/2006
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Josh Hafenbrack
Anthony Man
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Florida Republicans angry at Foley's 'hypocrisy'
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South Florida Sun-Sentinel
At the height of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, a young Republican congressman from Florida did something that seemed ordinary at the time: He condemned President Clinton on moral grounds for having a relationship with the White House intern.
...
More... http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-foleyside06oct01,0,7776083.story?coll=orl-home-h
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10/1/2006
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10/1/2006
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Access
News
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Is anyone uncomfortable to have their young children around Republicans? N
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Rep. Mark Foley (R-Fl.) resigned from Congress this week after questionable e-mails were uncovered that exposed Foley for communicating privately with young Congressional interns that may have been of a sexual nature....
More... http://www.axcessnews.com/modules/wfsection/article.php?articleid=11418
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10/1/2006
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10/1/2006
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Meida
Matters
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Coulter spinning on Foley scandal
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Ann Coulter claimed that reports that the GOP leadership was previously aware , "Somewhat incredibl
On Fox News' The Big Story Primetime, Ann Coulter claimed that reports that the House Republican leadership was previously aware of communications former Rep. Mark Foley allegedly had with underage congressional pages are "somewhat incredible,"...
More... http://mediamatters.org/items/200610010004
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10/1/2006
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9/25/2006
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Keith
Olbermann
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A textbook definition of cowardice
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Keith Olbermann comments on Bill Clinton's Fox News interview
The headlines about them are, of course, entirely wrong.
It is not essential that a past president, bullied and sandbagged by a monkey posing as a newscaster, finally lashed back....
More... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15004160/
Posted Here on
9/26/2006
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9/25/2006
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William
Branigin
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Three Retired Officers Demand Rumsfeld's Resignation
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From the Washington Post
Three retired military officers who served in Iraq called today for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld...
More... http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/09/25/AR2006092500731.html
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9/25/2006
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9/25/2006
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Ronald
Cass
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Bill Clinton: Play It As It Lies
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I can't believe this article
I usually don't comment on an article, I just post them. This is Fox at it finest. Showing its true colors, akin to those of the Third reich I think. - D Smith...
More... http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,215607,00.html
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9/25/2006
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9/20/2006
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Tim
Feran
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POLITICS IS A FUNNY BUSINESS
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Elected officials provide satirists with plenty of material
Americans are living in a new golden age — the latest golden age of political humor. These days, they are given plenty of ways to laugh at the gaffes, inanity and malapropisms of political leaders...
More... http://www.columbusdispatch.com/features-story.php?story=dispatch/2006/09/20/20060920-F1-01.html
Posted Here on
9/21/2006
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9/21/2006
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Damian
Garde
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Daily Show regular to perform at Kiva
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Lewis Black is not an angry man.
"I just had a doctor's appointment, and my blood pressure is perfect," he said....
More... http://www.dailylobo.com/media/storage/paper344/news/2006/09/21/Culture/Daily.Show.Regular.To.Perfor
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9/21/2006
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9/19/2006
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Chrish
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Conservatives just aren't funny
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Proving that it's ALL political with him, Bill O'Reilly asserted on The Factor last night 9/18/06 that all late-night TV hosts are left-wing and used Conan O'Brien's intro of Steven Colbert and Jon Stewart at the Emmy's last month as proof positive: ...
More... http://www.newshounds.us/2006/09/19/conservatives_just_arent_funny.php
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9/21/2006
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Iraq for Sale
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The War Profiteers
Outrage overflowed on Capitol Hill this summer when members of The film takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children whose lives have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq....
More... http://www.halliburtonwatch.org/news/contamination.html
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9/17/2006
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Monitor
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Congress should block Bush torture proposal
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U
se the means that President Bush believes are justified to extract information from suspected terrorists and bring them to trial, and the ends will be lost. For the president, those ends include a more democratic world...
More... http://www.concordmonitor.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060917/REPOSITORY/609170362
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9/15/2006
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Reuters
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Muslims blast pope's Islam speech
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CAIRO, Egypt (Reuters) -- Muslim leaders have condemned Pope Benedict XVI over comments he made about Islam on a visit to Germany and demanded he apologize....
More... http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/africa/09/14/pope.muslims.reut/
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9/18/2006
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Keith
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Bush owes us an apology
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The President of the United States owes this country an apology.
An apology is this President's only hope of regaining the slightest measure of confidence, of what has been, for nearly two years, a clear majority of his people....
More... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/6210240/
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9/18/2006
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Press
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'The Daily Show's' Jon Stewart to Host 'Night of Too Many Stars
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An Overbooked Benefit for Autism Education' Airing Live on Comedy Central(R) on Sunday, October 15 a
With Jack Black, Steve Carell, Kristin Chenoweth, Stephen Colbert, Elvis Costello, Jimmy Fallon, Will Ferrell, Norm Macdonald, Moby, Mike Myers, Paul Rudd, Adam Sandler, Martin Short, Ben Stiller, Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, Brian Williams...
More... http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060918/nym235.html?.v=1
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9/12/2006
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Mary Zeiss
Stange
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The 'Daily Show' generation
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Political satire isn't making young people apathetic. If anything, it's doing the opposite.
They reached this conclusion by contrasting the responses of students who had viewed 2004 presidential election coverage on The Daily Show to those of students who had viewed similar reportage on CBS' Evening News....
More... http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/USAToday/access/1126249411.html?dids=1126249411:1126249411&FMT=ABS&FMTS=
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9/14/2006
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Dan
Kennedy
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Jeff Cohen on the weird and disturbing world of CNN, Fox, and MSNBC
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What’s the best show on cable news right now?
Obviously the thing that’s not a high jump over a low hurdle — it’s soaring into the stratosphere in terms of quality — is Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report....
More... http://www.thephoenix.com/Article.aspx?id=22622&page=2
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9/10/2006
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Bernie
Weiner
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20 Things We Now Know Five Years After "9/11"
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from crisispapers.org
The imminent fifth anniversary of 9/11 provides the proper moment for a good, ol'-fashioned sum-up of the past half-decade under CheneyBush, especially because so much has happened in the past 12 months:
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More... http://www.americanpolitics.com/20060910Weiner.html
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8/31/2006
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Victor Davis
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The Foreigner’s Gift:
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The Americans, the Arabs, and the Iraqis in Iraq
The last year or so has seen several insider histories of the American experience in Iraq. Written by generals (Bernard Trainor’s Cobra II, with Michael Wood), reporters (George Packer’s The Assassins’ Gate), or bureaucrats (Paul Bremer’s My Year in Iraq)...
More... http://www.commentarymagazine.com/article.asp?aid=12202069_1
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9/8/2006
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USA
Today
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No proof of contact between Saddam, al-Qaeda
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Senate report concludes
There's no evidence Saddam Hussein had ties with al-Qaeda, according to a Senate report on prewar intelligence that Democrats say undercuts President Bush's justification for invading Iraq....
More... http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-09-08-iraq-report_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA
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9/7/2006
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Ira
Teinowitz
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Democratic Party Attacks ABC's '9/11'
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The political furor over ABC's "The Path to 9/11" docu-drama escalated again today as top Senate Democrats added their voice to last night's Democratic National Committee demand that the show be yanked....
More... http://www.tvweek.com/news.cms?newsId=10692
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9/7/2006
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Mary
Nersessian
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Bush 'whacked' in edgy British mockumentary
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This oughta start a storm
An edgy British film about the fictional assassination of U.S. President George Bush is kicking off a firestorm of controversy...
More... http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20060901/bush_film_tiff_060901/20060901?hub=TopS
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9/7/2006
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Good As
You
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Sheesh, everyone's a 'fag-hating' critic:
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Phelps blasts Stewart & Colbert
In his latest video diatribe, Westboro Baptist's Fred Phelps is lashing out against Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert ...
More... http://www.goodasyou.org/good_as_you/2006/09/sheesh_everyone.html
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9/7/2006
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Nicole
Colson
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When truthiness is stranger than fiction
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The Colbert factor
IN THE “one-two” punch of Comedy Central’s nightly “fake news” programming, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart sets ’em up, while Stephen Colbert delivers the knockout blow....
More... http://www.socialistworker.org/2006-2/600/600_09_Colbert.shtml
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9/6/2006
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Andrew
Buncombe
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US elections: Bush fears the mid-term blues
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The Republicans face their biggest challenge for 12 years, thanks to an unpopular president and an e
For an idea of the upheaval that may be about to overtake the US Congress, just three words suffice: Speaker Nancy Pelosi. ...
More... http://news.independent.co.uk/world/americas/article1367183.ece
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9/5/2006
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Barry
Schweid
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Bush won't allow a nuclear-armed Iran
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Associated Press
President Bush said Tuesday a nuclear-armed Iran would blackmail the free world and raise a mortal threat to the American people.
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More... http://www.duluthsuperior.com/mld/duluthsuperior/news/politics/15444585.htm
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9/1/2006
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chron.com
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The good soldier
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Former Sen. Max Cleland shows the price that veterans pay, during combat and after
Former U.S. Sen. Max Cleland, D-Ga., is a living embodiment of what Americans owe veterans. Having lost three limbs in Vietnam, Cleland now bluntly, boldly and effectively advocates for fellow soldiers....
More... http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/4158242.html
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9/20/2006
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Margaret
Besheer
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Hezbollah Handing Out Cash to Rebuild Lebanese Homes
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Lebanon
As soon as the U.N. brokered cease-fire went into effect in Lebanon last Monday, Hezbollah's social welfare machine shifted into high gear....
More... http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-08-20-voa2.cfm
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8/23/2006
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Charles
Choi
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Polar bear genitals shrinking due to pollution
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Shrinkage could endanger animals with already low reproduction rate
Could there be a more appropriate event for Stephen Colbert than the affliction of pollution on Polar Bears, perhaps the most aggressive Godless killing machines in nature...
More... http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14485634/
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9/2/2006
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D
Smith
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Defend Net Neutrality
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Send a Letter to Washington
Right now Congress is pushing a law that would abandon the First Amendment of the Internet -- a principle called "network neutrality" that preserves the free and open Internet. Congress needs to hear from you...
More... http://action.freepress.net/campaign/savethenet
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9/1/2004
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Richard
Wright
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The World's Most Dangerous Ideas
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(This goes a little back in time)
Ideas matter, and sometimes they can be dangerous. With this simple conviction, Foreign Policy asked eight leading thinkers to issue an early warning on the ideas that will be most destructive in the coming years....
More... http://www.keepmedia.com/pubs/ForeignPolicy/2004/09/01/564801?ba=a&bi=0&bp=12
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5/2/2008
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Ed
Batista
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Debord, Stewart, Colbert
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In an astute assessment of Stephen Colbert's White House Correspondents Association performance (Parts One, Two and Three on YouTube), Salon's Michael Scherer identifies Colbert and his contemporary and mentor Jon Stewart...
More... http://www.edbatista.com/2006/05/debord_stewart_.html
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8/2/2006
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Reverend
Chuck
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Hey! George W. Bush! Yeah you!
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1st The Marshall Act then Dictator Bush
What a f***ing lousy time to be an American. Man only six and a half years ago I was laughing my ass off at Clinton, while watching Newt and the boys find a way to impeach the guy over a...
More... http://heygeorgewbush.blogspot.com/
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8/31/2006
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Douglas
Gomery
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The Ascribe: Public Interest newswire
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert Vs. The"Real Media"
Americans have more sources for news these days than ever before. And while one can point to the Internet as the newest "source" for news, it's hardly the only place. Comedy Central's Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert...
More... http://newswire.ascribe.org/cgi-bin/behold.pl?ascribeid=20060831.123441&time=13%2033%20PDT&year=2006
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8/31/2006
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Fred
Kaplan
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Bush Goes a Bridge Too Far
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The president's latest dumb speech.
In his speech this morning before the American Legion's national convention, President George W. Bush may have gone a bridge too far....
More... http://www.slate.com/id/2148742
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8/3/2006
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Thinking
Progress
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Geraldo attacks Stewart, Colbert for bad taste
Responding to a Bill O’Reilly rant, Geraldo Rivera said, “You know, Comedy Central is now a big hit, Stewart and the Colbert guy. … They make a living putting on video of old ladies slipping on ice and people laughing. That’s their life. That’s their life...
More... http://thinkprogress.org/2006/08/03/rivera-attacks-stewart-colbert-for-bad-taste/
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8/29/2006
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John
Eggerton
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The Truthiness Must Be Told
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have remained silent long enough. I must add my voice to that cry of pain and anguish uttered by Steven Colbert on the Emmy show Sunday night....
More... http://www.broadcastingcable.com/blog/1380000138/post/1740004374.html
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5/5/2006
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Rationally
Speaking
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Colbert-Stewart 2008
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By now most people who pay attention even superficially to the news know about the spectacular appearance of Comedy Central’s Steve Colbert at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner......
More... http://rationallyspeaking.blogspot.com/2006/05/colbert-stewart-2008.html
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8/28/2006
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8/28/2006
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Orlando
Sentinel
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Conan out
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Billys Billy, and Jon Stewart is funnier than he was at the Oscars
If the staid and stodgy folks running the Oscars telecast were watching Sunday night, they must have picked up on a few things, gotten a few pointers, from last night's Emmys....
More... http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/entertainment_movies_blog/2006/08/conan_outbillys.html
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8/26/2008
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Rob
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Awesome...
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Hitchens Gives Audience The Finger On Bill Maher's Show
Writer/author Christopher Hitchens on Friday night gave the finger to the Los Angeles audience of HBO's Real Time with Bill Maher. ...
More... http://sayanythingblog.com/2006/08/26/hitchens_gives_audience_the_finger_on_bill_mahers/
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8/28/2006
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Joel
Keller
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Truthiness? Wikiality?
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Two Colbert-isms are the most buzzworthy words on TV
When The Colbert Report premiered in November, I don't think anyone expected the cultural impact the show would have....
More... http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/08/28/two-colbert-isms-are-the-most-buzzworthy-words-on-tv/
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7/29/2006
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Alter
Net
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A Super Straight Guy
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The Daily Show's Stephen Colbert talks about mocking our nation's foibles, meeting Bill Clinton, and
As one of America's finest voices in fake news reporting, Stephen Colbert's straight guy blue suit, arched eyebrows and deadpan seriousness have become highlights of Comedy Central's The Daily Show where he is the senior correspondent....
More... http://www.alternet.org/story/23524/
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8/26/2006
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Walid
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Unconfirmed Sources
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Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert to fund Lebanon Reconstruction
(The United Nations : New York) Unconfirmed Sources report new developments in the Lebanon crisis. The UN member nations were shocked today when Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert pledged over 4 billion dollars in emergency and reconstruction aid....
More... http://www.unconfirmedsources.com/?itemid=1859
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8/26/2006
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8/25/2006
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Comedy Central Announces INDECISION 2006 PRESENTS
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BATTLEFIELD OHIO: THE DAILY SHOW′S MIDWEST MIDTERM MIDTACULAR
Covering The Mid-Term Elections From The Ohio State University′s Roy Bowen Theatre Premiering Monday, October 30-Thursday, November 2 At 11:00 P.M. ET/PT...
More... http://www.realitytvwebsite.com/news082506b.html
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8/25/2006
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8/25/2006
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Walid
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Jon Stewart Tours Iraq:
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In a daring overnight flight John Stewart braved the skies over Iraq to visit US troops....
More... http://www.unconfirmedsources.com/?itemid=1882
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8/25/2006
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8/25/2006
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Associated
Press
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Stephen Colbert seeks viral video fame
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While many of his television brethren have been more wary of YouTube and the Web, Stephen Colbert is urging his fans to make him a viral-video star....
More... http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/ny-colbertaug25,0,4288710.story?coll=ny-entertainment-headlines
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8/25/2006
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