Fox News Channel reporting arrests of Colbert employees at Capitol

[Pyryck]

No independent confirmation as yet, just repeats from THAT channel.

I will not provide any links to THAT channel or any other websites parroting the "news".

edit: Fox News

[live love laugh]

1. What? What are you referring to?

[Shrike47]

2. Google it and you'll find corroboration.

A point was made: they were arrested for wandering around. They filmed a skit, too. Loudermilk’s people weren’t arrested.

[Pyryck]

3. Was it independent confirmation or parroting?

All I've seen so far over the last 1.5 hrs is parrots referring back to Waters show.

[Effete Snob]

5. Not exactly

"A group of people 'associated' with 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' were arrested Thursday night on charges of illegal entry to congressional offices in Washington DC.

Among them is Robert Smigel, best known for his character Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Smigel is a frequent guest on Colbert's CBS show."

Notice the phrase "associated with" - i.e. people who have done stuff that has run on the show, not employees.

But, this is fine. Thankfully, the Capitol is a little more secure now that various tomfoolery is more likely to arouse suspicion.

[Effete Snob]

4. INACCURATE SUBJECT LINE

"A group of people 'associated' with 'The Late Show with Stephen Colbert' were arrested Thursday night on charges of illegal entry to congressional offices in Washington DC.

Among them is Robert Smigel, best known for his character Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Smigel is a frequent guest on Colbert's CBS show."

Notice the phrase "associated with" - i.e. people who have done stuff that has run on the show, not employees.

[UTUSN]

6. It's poor comedy from the execrable Jesse WATERS dumping on SCHIFF

[Sympthsical]

7. Link from different outlet

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/late-show-with-stephen-colbert-arrest-us-capitol-triumph-1235168123/

A number of people working for CBS’ Late Show with Stephen Colbert were arrested Thursday night at a U.S Capitol office building after taping a skit involving Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.

Among those arrested was Robert Smigel, the former Saturday Night Live and Late Night with Conan O’Brien writer best known for portraying Triumph. Smigel has appeared as Triumph on the Late Show previously.

“On Wednesday, June 15 and Thursday, June 16, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was on-site at the Capitol with a production team to record interviews for a comedy segment on behalf of The Late Show,” a CBS spokesperson said in a statement to The Hollywood Reporter. “Their interviews at the Capitol were authorized and pre-arranged through Congressional aides of the members interviewed. After leaving the members’ offices on their last interview of the day, the production team stayed to film stand-ups and other final comedy elements in the halls when they were detained by Capitol Police.”

According to a statement from the U.S. Capitol Police, the group was confronted by police in the Longworth House Office Building at around 8:30 PM Thursday, after it was closed to visitors.

[blogslug]

8. And they had a vicious dog with them too, I tell you what!

Now watch FOX try to make a hand puppet into a bigger criminal than that fascist bag-of-orange-flesh they love so much.

[Effete Snob]

9. To be fair, he is a mean dog...