Comments on: Fox News Slams Colbert: ‘Inappropriate,’ ‘Over the Line,’ ‘Not Very Funny’ http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/ Thu, 26 Nov 2009 06:51:00 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Car Seat Cushions http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-4394296 Car Seat Cushions Fri, 21 Mar 2008 19:48:36 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-4394296 <strong>Protecting Seats While Your Pup is In the Car</strong> If you have a pup, you will inevitably run into the situation where you need to take them somewhere. If you are not careful, your seats can get ripped up something fierce. Protecting Seats While Your Pup is In the Car

If you have a pup, you will inevitably run into the situation where you need to take them somewhere. If you are not careful, your seats can get ripped up something fierce.

]]> By: James http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-1141811 James Thu, 16 Nov 2006 13:25:01 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-1141811 Fox News is pathetic. Guteless right-wing media outlet. Of course they're going to blast the speach - Colbert BURNT them like there's no tomorrow! Fox News is pathetic.

Guteless right-wing media outlet. Of course they’re going to blast the speach – Colbert BURNT them like there’s no tomorrow!

]]> By: Funny Jokes » Archive » Funny joke white people - BBC News | TALKING POINT | MP’s racist joke: Should she have been http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-989184 Funny Jokes » Archive » Funny joke white people - BBC News | TALKING POINT | MP’s racist joke: Should she have been Sat, 14 Oct 2006 17:59:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-989184 [...] Think Progress Fox News Slams Colbert: Inappropriate, Over crowd it was great, for the stuff old white people crowd It s only funny to the people with a brain and have the mental The joke is on the morons at the White House who approved this absolutely [...] [...] Think Progress Fox News Slams Colbert: Inappropriate, Over crowd it was great, for the stuff old white people crowd It s only funny to the people with a brain and have the mental The joke is on the morons at the White House who approved this absolutely [...]

]]> By: Tony Carmonte http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-684556 Tony Carmonte Sat, 22 Jul 2006 11:33:16 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-684556 Oh, hell the only reason FOX criticized this was because they're in the right wing pocket. I watched this entire clip on Google and found parts funny, and some parts....Well, not funny. But the only reason that Bush had a look on his face that would kill a boner, and reason his aides left the room, and why FOX and other media criticized Colbert's performance is because they've had an axe to grind on how The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report have lampooned the right-wing big wigs and their lapdog media outlet that is, FOX news. Comedy is comedy.....Don't get prissy when you pay the man to come do your show. It's sad when I can't watch CNN because they talk about crap all day long....And that the only reason I watch FOX is because whatever they endorse or lean towards.....I know, for most instances is neo-conservative elitist leaning. And that the only real, "fair and balanced" reporting you see is fake anchors, like Colbert. He who is over the line is he who is on Fox & Friends in the morning....They're a bunch of quaking jackasses anyways. Oh, hell the only reason FOX criticized this was because they’re in the right wing pocket.

I watched this entire clip on Google and found parts funny, and some parts….Well, not funny. But the only reason that Bush had a look on his face that would kill a boner, and reason his aides left the room, and why FOX and other media criticized Colbert’s performance is because they’ve had an axe to grind on how The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, and The Colbert Report have lampooned the right-wing big wigs and their lapdog media outlet that is, FOX news.

Comedy is comedy…..Don’t get prissy when you pay the man to come do your show.

It’s sad when I can’t watch CNN because they talk about crap all day long….And that the only reason I watch FOX is because whatever they endorse or lean towards…..I know, for most instances is neo-conservative elitist leaning. And that the only real, “fair and balanced” reporting you see is fake anchors, like Colbert.

He who is over the line is he who is on Fox & Friends in the morning….They’re a bunch of quaking jackasses anyways.

]]> By: cb http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-559314 cb Tue, 16 May 2006 17:22:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-559314 go to googel-video....and the Colbert bit at the white house dinner is one of the top 10 videos right now..... colbert is the man!! colbert for prez!! he tells it like it is, FOX news is a crime! and they should all be put in jail. go to googel-video….and the Colbert bit at the white house dinner is one of the top 10 videos right now…..

colbert is the man!! colbert for prez!! he tells it like it is, FOX news is a crime! and they should all be put in jail.

]]> By: Dan Campbell http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-554307 Dan Campbell Sat, 13 May 2006 04:03:59 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-554307 The routine was hilarious. And the Fox News team can keep drinking the grape cool aid. The routine was hilarious. And the Fox News team can keep drinking the grape cool aid.

]]> By: Dan Campbell http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-554306 Dan Campbell Sat, 13 May 2006 04:03:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-554306 The routine was hilarious. And the Fox News team can keep drinking the grape cool aid. The routine was hilarious. And the Fox News team can keep drinking the grape cool aid.

]]> By: Cecilia http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-550456 Cecilia Wed, 10 May 2006 20:28:48 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-550456 Nothing is funnier than the truth. Steven Colbert is a genius! Nothing is funnier than the truth. Steven Colbert is a genius!

]]> By: Progressive Lyceum » Enriching political discourse http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-549273 Progressive Lyceum » Enriching political discourse Tue, 09 May 2006 23:58:03 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-549273 [...] Anyway. The arguments boil down to, basically, was he funny? And was he appropriate? “Funny” is totally subjective (like when Ann Coulter talks about poisoning a supreme court justice, she says it’s funny and I totally disagree) but as to appropriate, the findlaw article here provides the best analysis I’ve yet read. As the late Chief Justice Rehnquist recognized, in discussing Nineteenth Century political cartoonist Thomas Nast, “The success of the Nast cartoon was achieved ‘because of the emotional impact of its presentation. It continuously goes beyond the bounds of good taste and conventional manners.’” According to Rehnquist, despite the caustic nature of such satires - ridiculing the presidents of the time - they “played a prominent role in public and political debate” and “[f]rom the viewpoint of history it is clear that our political discourse would have been considerably poorer without them.” [...] [...] Anyway. The arguments boil down to, basically, was he funny? And was he appropriate? “Funny” is totally subjective (like when Ann Coulter talks about poisoning a supreme court justice, she says it’s funny and I totally disagree) but as to appropriate, the findlaw article here provides the best analysis I’ve yet read. As the late Chief Justice Rehnquist recognized, in discussing Nineteenth Century political cartoonist Thomas Nast, “The success of the Nast cartoon was achieved ‘because of the emotional impact of its presentation. It continuously goes beyond the bounds of good taste and conventional manners.’” According to Rehnquist, despite the caustic nature of such satires – ridiculing the presidents of the time – they “played a prominent role in public and political debate” and “[f]rom the viewpoint of history it is clear that our political discourse would have been considerably poorer without them.” [...]

]]> By: Nancy Hatfield http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-548708 Nancy Hatfield Tue, 09 May 2006 19:54:53 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-548708 Fox doesn't think Stephen Colbert was funny? Truth hurts, doesn't it? I laughed and laughed, because Stephen Colbert had the GUTS to tell the truth to all you want-to-be journalists at FOX. Stephen got you people right -- on target. That's the real issue here. Fox doesn’t think Stephen Colbert was funny? Truth hurts, doesn’t it? I laughed and laughed, because Stephen Colbert had the GUTS to tell the truth to all you want-to-be journalists at FOX. Stephen got you people right — on target. That’s the real issue here.

]]> By: Edward http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-542353 Edward Sun, 07 May 2006 05:49:56 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-542353 <strong>Please help</strong> support Colbert on these sites: http://thankyoustephencolbert.org http://www.asktheherd.com/main/comments.aspx?q=63 Go Colbert! - Ed. Please help support Colbert on these sites:
http://thankyoustephencolbert.org
http://www.asktheherd.com/main/comments.aspx?q=63

Go Colbert!

- Ed.

]]> By: meghan http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-542333 meghan Sun, 07 May 2006 05:33:17 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-542333 You know what! The cast of fox and friends think they are so funny and I am so serious i watch them every morning and it is always the same old thing. steve or Brian says something funny and kieran laughs. But steven colbert on the other hand always does something different and doesn't drone on for 3 hours everyday about high gas prices and immigration and at least he shows real humor!!!!!!! You know what! The cast of fox and friends think they are so funny and I am so serious i watch them every morning and it is always the same old thing. steve or Brian says something funny and kieran laughs. But steven colbert on the other hand always does something different and doesn’t drone on for 3 hours everyday about high gas prices and immigration and at least he shows real humor!!!!!!!

]]> By: Rosie http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-539946 Rosie Fri, 05 May 2006 18:06:19 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-539946 Colbert's commentary to me was a grave message wrapped in a comedic facade. I found his words deeply haunting in the following passage: "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." These are serious matters -- Colbert was just expressing himself in the way that comes natural for him. Analysis of his comedic value is just an extension of American apathy to the Truth. God Bless Freedom of Speech and God Bless Truth! Colbert’s commentary to me was a grave message wrapped in a comedic facade. I found his words deeply haunting in the following passage:

“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.”

These are serious matters — Colbert was just expressing himself in the way that comes natural for him. Analysis of his comedic value is just an extension of American apathy to the Truth. God Bless Freedom of Speech and God Bless Truth!

]]> By: madboggar http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-539918 madboggar Fri, 05 May 2006 17:59:09 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-539918 Colbert Rules - Just shows that fox are totally pro Bush, Colbert speaks the Truth Colbert Rules – Just shows that fox are totally pro Bush, Colbert speaks the Truth

]]> By: giving aid and comfort to the enemy http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-539859 giving aid and comfort to the enemy Fri, 05 May 2006 17:40:57 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-539859 the only reason it wasn't funny to conservatives...is because it was true. the only reason it wasn’t funny to conservatives…is because it was true.

]]> By: Marshall http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-538867 Marshall Fri, 05 May 2006 07:31:33 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-538867 Why does everyone give him such hard time? I think it's time you stopped being so ignorant. Why does everyone give him such hard time? I think it’s time you stopped being so ignorant.

]]> By: Marshall http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-538857 Marshall Fri, 05 May 2006 07:25:58 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-538857 Why is everybody so hard on the president? I can't belive you are all so ignorant. Why is everybody so hard on the president? I can’t belive you are all so ignorant.

]]> By: Acid http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-538672 Acid Fri, 05 May 2006 05:57:30 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-538672 You would have to be a retard to not find alot of it funny You would have to be a retard to not find alot of it funny

]]> By: HA http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-537906 HA Thu, 04 May 2006 22:24:39 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-537906 Not only was Colbert's speech SCATHINGLY funny-- he slayed, flayed and fileted those WHC mofo's, but a lot of these posts are frigging hilarious. #366 had me LOL. Not only was Colbert’s speech SCATHINGLY funny– he slayed, flayed and fileted those WHC mofo’s, but a lot of these posts are frigging hilarious. #366 had me LOL.

]]> By: Tristis http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/comment-page-9/#comment-537277 Tristis Thu, 04 May 2006 18:29:12 +0000 http://thinkprogress.org/2006/05/01/colbert-fox/#comment-537277 Not funny? It was knee slapping funny - and dead on. Colbert doesn't do comedy like Lewis Black. He does a parody performance of Bill O'Rreilly. You have to get that to really see the genius in the routine. Over the line? - Oh COME ON! Has the concept of the REAL reason to have Freedom of Speech in the US been left completely behind? Here was a press dinner, where the chief politician was present. If there ever was a place to have challenging remarks - even challenging comedic remarks - it was here. In many other countries (who don't claim to be the seat of the Free World) comedians are allowed to comment on, and lampoon elected leaders without everyone getting jittery. Here in Canada, where similar groups consistently ridicule officials and the monarchy (who supposedly rule by divine right rather than through the electorate, but still manage to not demand we show utmost respect), such a question would never come up. How is it we've got more freedom of speech than the US? What happened? Did you give up on that ideal? Not funny? It was knee slapping funny – and dead on. Colbert doesn’t do comedy like Lewis Black. He does a parody performance of Bill O’Rreilly. You have to get that to really see the genius in the routine.

Over the line? – Oh COME ON! Has the concept of the REAL reason to have Freedom of Speech in the US been left completely behind? Here was a press dinner, where the chief politician was present. If there ever was a place to have challenging remarks – even challenging comedic remarks – it was here.

In many other countries (who don’t claim to be the seat of the Free World) comedians are allowed to comment on, and lampoon elected leaders without everyone getting jittery. Here in Canada, where similar groups consistently ridicule officials and the monarchy (who supposedly rule by divine right rather than through the electorate, but still manage to not demand we show utmost respect), such a question would never come up. How is it we’ve got more freedom of speech than the US? What happened? Did you give up on that ideal?

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