Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Making a mockery of satire: Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert are warping a great American tradition


By S.E. Cupp
New York Daily News

The laughs were short-lived (if they had any life at all) after comedian Stephen Colbert testified before the House immigration subcommittee, at the behest of Democratic Rep. Zoe Lofgren. It was, to be sure, a preelection stunt meant to give Democrats an injection of that Hollywood cool they rely on so often to sell their wares.

But in a year when unemployment is still staggering and the economy is still slumbering, Colbert's standup (or sitdown, as it were) failed to impress.

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