NPR "on the media" thumping Colbert...

[MnFats]

...they just can't admit it was riotously funny, and ass-kicking right on the money.

ohh, ohh no! tradition is violated!

Oh, no! Laura B. Refused to shake his hand!!! Disaster!!

[Robbien]

1. Turn off NPR. Since the RNC took it over

right wingers rule the day

[NC_Nurse]

2. Maybe next year they can get

Bill Maher! }(

[AX10]

3. What will they ever do when the Democrats take back the congress?

Democrats will control the purse strings afterall....

[Gabi Hayes]

4. that show REALLY eats it

and the guy did a thing about going on the funniest Washington Celeb, where they do standup! he was NOT funny, nor was the piece

amazing hypos

check out the thing they had going with Greg Palast, too. what a bunch of liars

the woman is married to some creep, too, IIRC, yielding quite the conlict of interest

[Ecumenist]

5. Who the f*%^k cares what laura thinks, does or doesn't do?

If He hadn't had landed a killing blow, there would be no comment about Colbert still in the news.

[deutsey]

6. Fuck NPR. I stopped listening to it back in 2000 and haven't missed a day

Try Pacifica instead: www.pacifica.org

[Syncronaut Seven]

10. Hearty Second on that!

Pacifica's shareholders fight back too! Long live Pacifica!

[Island Blue]

7. I have one question about the fallout from Colbert's appearance.

Exactly who booked him for this gig? Had they never seen his show? (Okay, that's two questions.) Obviously, some people just can't handle the truthiness!

[SmokingJacket]

12. I think they were trying to defuse Colbert.

By inviting him there, making him "one of them," putting him in a position where they thought he'd HAVE to make softball jokes, some of his power would be diminished. They probably NEVER thought he had balls of purest teflon, and that he could stand right there in front of those people and tell them exactly what he thinks.

:wow:

[Sal Minella]

8. But...but...but...Bob said at the end, this WHC dinner shouldn't happen

at all, because Democracy needs a critical press, so why are these press people sitting down elbow-to-elbow at a dinner with the people they're supposed to be investigating and writing about?

I was unhappy with the review too of Colbert too, until Bob said, "Democracy needs a watchdog press, not a Friars Club."

[misanthrope]

11. And he's right...

...I see this all the time. Some enter journalism for the right reasons and get seduced by the possiblity of fame. Others enter it with the intention of fame foremost in their mind.

At any rate, they're not using their cynicism like they should to ward off the whiff of power and celebrity.

[SoCalDem]

9. Did they think that Imus was funny?

This is the chance that organizations take when they hire "comedy" for an event.. They either go for a lame comic that NO ONE thinks is funny, or they go for cutting edge humor and know that half will like it and the other half won;t get it..and in the case of this admin, the third half will be furious :evilgrin:

[deutsey]

13. Were they laughing when Bush was "looking" for WMDs under the couch?

How the fuck is that funny?

[frazzledmom]

14. Hell yeah they were laughing

they all thought that was hysterical.... I guess to them, the truth isn't as funny as Bush's deadly lies...