Gene Lyons on why celerity pundits are on their way out

[mooseandsquirrel]

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After first ignoring the performance many news accounts praised the president’s mildly amusing routine with a Bush impersonator without mentioning it—pundits complained that Colbert wasn’t funny. Partly that’s because his secondary target was the media swells themselves. After praising FOX News for giving “both sides of every story: the president’s side, and the vice president’s side,” he complained about the press’ recent interest in stories like National Security Agency wiretaps and secret prisons in Eastern Europe.

“Let’s review the rules,” Colbert said. “Here’s how it works. The president makes decisions. He’s the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Just put ’em through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know, the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration ? You know, fiction !”

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[Little Star]

1. Boy, I could read Colbert's transcript a

gazillion more times! I don't know why but it makes me feel good.

[Missy M]

2. How can anyone call Cohen a liberal reporter.....

when in 2000 he said the nation is in "dire need of a conciliator, a likeable guy who will things better and not worse - that man is George W. Bush". Why was the nation in need of a conciliator? Our nation was doing just fine under President Clinton and would have continued under the duly elected president, Al Gore. How can anyone call someone like Cohen a liberal? I am getting tired of hearing of these so called liberal reporters and media outlets. The main stream media is as guilty as the Bush administration of leading the country to the mess it is in now. Praise to Stephen Colbert and his need to keep up the good work.

[mooseandsquirrel]

3. Joe Klein: Liberal

NOT!

The MSM is such a joke anymore. Eric Alterman has been making this point for years now.

m&s
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