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Posted on Monday, February 6th, 2012 at 8:12 am
Bozell Column: Colbert's Egotism Isn't Fake (News busters)
Late-night comedians historically have relished the opportunity to poke fun at
politicians. Sometimes they savage them. In the Obama era, they haven't been
so enthusiastic about any of it. A recent study of political jokes on three
late-night shows (Letterman, Leno, and Jimmy Fallon) by the Center for Media
and Public Affairs found that Barack Obama's joke count is "substantially
lower than any other president."
Some of the Obama jokes are actually bipartisan slams. Jimmy Fallon joked that
"Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton are more mature than President Obama and John
Boehner." This is the classic comedian's pose, and the safe one, that all the
politicians are ridiculous, squabbling poseurs. Still, it's every bit as much
pandering to the public as the politicians are.
But some self-aggrandizing comedians are constantly stepping off the sidelines
and attempting to participate in, not just ridicule, political campaigns. At
least once a year, Comedy Central host Stephen Colbert professes to get
serious about politics. He portrays himself as a pompous Bill O'Reilly clone.
The pomposity is not just an act. He's engaged in a series of egotistical
stunts to promote his own Nielsen ratings. Now he's thrown his hat into ...
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