Do conservatives really think that Stephen Colbert is conservative?
I have a couple of conservative friends who say that they find “The Colbert Report” funny, which always struck me as odd since his whole shtick is that he’s an uneducated, close-minded conservative pundit. (The show started off as a bit spoof of Bill O’Reilly that Colbert put together for “The Daily Show.”) I never pursued the issue with them, but it’s apparent now with the release of a study conducted by Ohio State University that many conservatives think that Colbert is actually conservative. They realize that his show utilizes satire, but while the rest of us realize that 80-90% of his time is spent making Republicans and Republican policy look foolish, conservatives think that there is sincerity beneath his satire. Here is a segment on “Countdown,” where Keith Olbermann interviews the lead writer of the study.
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I always wondered who was dumb enough to schedule Colbert to speak at the White House Press Corps Dinner a few years ago, but I guess if conservatives really think he’s a conservative, then it makes sense. If you haven’t watched his roast of George W. Bush, it’s definitely worth a look.
If conservatives would use their critical thinking skills, they wouldn’t have this problem. It’s too bad so many of them have literally been trained out of that tendency by the strange reality Fox et al has constructed for them.
is there anyone more arrogant than keith olbermann?
Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Sean Hannity, Bill O’Reilly, just to name four.
Oh please. I’m lean conservative. I think Colbert is hilarious. I don’t for a second believe he is a conservative. Who are these people being studied?
Similar no doubt to those silly liberals who think Jon Stewart or MSNBC have real news shows. :p
I also like to listen to Springsteen and the Dixie Chicks. Let’s not define me politically by my entertainment choices.
Great comment, Yendi.
I am a right-leaning moderate and I find the Colbert Report entertaining and funny, but do not ,however, believe for one second that that there is a conservative bone in his body. I also asked who these people were that were studied.