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Paper discusses the history, accuracy, and role of satirical news, specifically the type used by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

Stephen Colbert's "The Colbert Report" and Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show" I Salute You

Ever since Stephen Colbert spun off from The Daily Show to present The Colbert Report, Colbert has gained popularity and notoriety. This article compares the shows, and makes shameless value judgments about each.

Stephen Colbert began his show in early 2006 as a spin off from the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Initially, the response to the show was mixed as some viewers didn't know what to make of him. Then gradually, viewers started to "get it".

The nominees in the category of Outstanding Variety, Music, or Comedy Series consist of five very entertaining shows that feature celebrity guests and great comedy sketches. In

Last year, funny faux newsman Stephen Colbert lost an Emmy to Barry Manilow; now he's been nominated again. Will the Television Academy give him his due?

One writers thoughts on the nominations in several of the Emmy categories.

This is a how-to guide on how to get tickets to late night talk shows that tape in New York City including The Daily Show, Late Show with David Letterman, and others.

The 2006 Oscars are in the books. Most of the favorites won and some of my time was wasted. Here are the highs and lows of the big award show...

A look at how Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have fared in returning to their shows without the striking writers.

A look at the media excitement over Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert.

What sets the Daily Show apart from Saturday Night Live is that it provides comedians with the opportunity to hone their acting skills, improvisation talents and access to the most important figureheads in the world today.

Florida congressman Robert Wexler has a sense of humor, as was evident during his appearance on "The Colbert Report." That was the underlying idea behind a story that broke almost every major news outlet recently.

Stephen Colbert was named "Person Of The Year" at the U.S. Comedy Arts Festival late Friday (March 2, 2007).

Satire is slowly growing in popularity in the modern age...small groups at a time...which means everybody may just get it in another 10,000 years.

How America could decide the fate of this show

Playing it straight-faced all the way, Steven Colbert and his new show The Report take shots at the talking head TV

Stephen Colbert, the former Daily Show correspondent and current host of The Colbert Report, recently announced he was running for president in 2008, but only in his home state of South Carolina and as both a Democrat and a Republican.

Stephen Colbert of the Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report," has been slapped with a little dose of reality by the South Carolina Democratic Committee.

The Hill reported today that the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee's (DCCC) all-powerful Democratic Caucus Chair, Representative [IL] Rahm Emanuel, has forbidden freshly elected Democratic members of Congress from appearing on the The Colbert Report.

Here is why Bill O'Reilly should date Stephen Colbert and where they should go.

The annual Emmy Awards are a Hollywood institution for the television industry; however, some new additions to the broadcast (and some hip nominees!) show that Emmy is attracting a younger, trendy crowd this year.

Preview of the film Strangers With Candy, a former Comedy Central tv series. Jerri Blank is a 46 year old ex-junkie, ex-prostitute, high school dropout who returns to school as a high school freshman.

Stephen Colbert is the chief of the Colbert Nation. He is a Neo-Nocturnal Comedian with over a million hits on his web site colbertnation.com.

An article about how the evening news has changed.

Smack of Reality #2. A rant about how political satire tv shows influence young voters.

As a writer, humorous and political/pop culture junkie; I enjoy taking the occasional satirical shot at things Washington and Hollywood. I enjoy the work of Bill Maher, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart.

Keith Olbermann is quickly becoming the only journalist on television worthy of standing in Edward R. Murrow's shoes.

The Colbert Report is in Philadelphia to cover the Democratic primary. Here's what happened when I went to attend their show on April 16'th.

MSNBC lets Matthews be a guest on the Colbert report.

Stephen Colbert has announced on his syndicated comedy program "The Colbert Report" that he is running for President of the United States. Are we really ready for the nation to become the Colbert Nation?

I have been paying close attention to the cable news shows and I am a little bewildered that they seem to be treating the candidacy of Stephen Colbert with some bit of trepidation and seriousness.

Ben & Jerry's introduces a new ice cream named after Stephen Colbert.

Its about the thoughts on the Satarical announcement of rumnning after Presidency by Mr.Colbert.It brings him in to teh lime light.The Non politician who can be the commander in chief is also being discussed

Stephen Colbert's nightly broadcasts showcase a character that is endlessly narcisstic, stubbornly conservative, and a complete fool for political propoganda. His first book, "I Am America (And So Can You!)", is written by the same personality portrayed on the "Report".

Born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, John Stewart has become a major figure in the television landscape in his role on the Daily Show with Jon Stewart. In January of 2006 he was chosen to be host of the 78th Academy Awards.

This article summarizes the nominees of the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards.

A look into a potential political future for the Comedy Central star.

The WGA TV and movie writers strike officially began on November 5, and if you haven't started seeing the repercussions just yet, you'll be in for a surprise in the upcoming weeks. Is your favorite TV show going to see a dismal end in the upcoming months?

Research and analysis regarding how satirical news programs affect the general public.

Even someone who makes a living making outrageous statements will at some point push the envelope so far that people simply stop listening. Ann Coulter may have finally reached that point.

This June, "Lil' Bush: Resident of the United States" will become Comedy Central's latest animated setback in the struggle for a new "South Park".

My thoughts on the incredible benefit for Autism put on by Jon Stewart last night on Comedy Central.

Stephen Colbert wants to save the world.

A review of the some of the worst news of the past week, including Mel Gibson's DUI, proof that the GOP cares more about Paris Hilton than about poor people, and John Hagee's misinterpretation of the Bible's exhortation that we support Israeli terrori.

The best movie, TV show, CD, song, comedy CD, book, actor, actress, host, and newcomer of 2006.

Modern television favorites show that audiences will get what they want whether networks provide it or not.

It was a night of firsts and surprises. The first "Green" Emmys. The first win for many seasoned actors. The first time Emmy audience members had to watch the behinds of the presenters as they presented the awards due to the new staging of the show.

In a certain school in the windy city, being a class clown could just score one a 4.0

Some thoughts about covering the Connecticut U.S. Senate race.

The average American family generates about 20 tons of CO2 annually....

Wow, what's the world coming to? One day, you're a small celebrity on the Internet, with more than 1,850 subscribers to your personal channel on YouTube and nearly 1 million viewings of your videos logged.

The fifty-ninth annual Emmy awards show ran a campaign called "Green with Emmy", as the show was environmentally conscious about every detail.

Ned Lamont fulfills promise to visit depressed city.

Viacom, owner of MTV and Nickelodeon, has asked YouTube to remove over 100,000 clips from the video-sharing free service. So far, YouTube has only partly complied.

The sick sad news this week is that Pres. Bush apparently believes morale is high in the military, Candice Bergen and others believe we are currently in television's Golden Age, and Ann Coulter still hasn't bee investigated for soliciting murders.

An analysis of The Daily Show's influence in the media according to the agenda setting theory of mass communications.

With his 1996 debut on The Daily Show, he won America's heart. After leaving Jon Stewart & Co. he kept TV tolerable with appearances on the Game Show Network. Now, thanks to lefty liberals at Sirius Satellite Radio he's continuing to saturate America.

Fewer people than ever are watching evening news broadcasts on CBS, NBC, and ABC. Yet large numbers of young people are getting their TV news from the Comedy Channel's The Daily Show with Jon Stewart.

Former Arkansas Governor and Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee will be a guest on Comedy Central's "Colbert Report" with host Steven Colbert on Wednesday, January 9, 2008.

Want a fun way to pass the otherwise excessively long duration of the 2007 Primetime Emmy's? Throw an Emmy Party and be the winner with your friends!

The New Yorker Cover July 21, 2008 and Barack Obama

The prayers of a Nation have been answered, that is to say "The Colbert Nation." Yes, Steven Colbert has dropped his hat, or should we say rubber bracelet, into the ring as a candidate for the next President.

There are many similarities between super American host Steven Colbert and super American spy Jack Bauer.Here are just a mere five

Review of Sunday night's borefest.

This is almost too easy. I mean on the surface, this story belongs on a Saturday Night Live newscast, or the Jon Stewart Daily Show, but certainly not in my local paper from Pete Yost of the Associated Press.

The Office is an American adaptation of an already successful British show called The Office. The American version has become a hit as well as is part of the Thursday evening as part of the Must Watch TV night.

We all know media plays a big role in politics. How does this affect Barack Obama? Find out.

Jon Stewart said yesterday that he and Stephen Colbert have no plans whatsoever at running for President in 2008. For shame.

Since another Colbert has helped launch the importance of the Colbert perspective I couldn't help but jump on the bandwagon and enlighten the public with a feminine Colbert report.

An analysis of satire using many different resources, focusing mainly on the work of Voltaire, Orwell, and Erasmus.

YouTube has made agreements to pay some of its content providers for their creations, but not Viacom, which owns Comedy Central,VH1, Paramount, Nick and more...

Television, film, and Internet markets for entertainment, movies, comedy, and rentals are changing the way people view and consume cinema material.

Analyzes contemporary media outlet reporting on Dick Cheney through the lenses of media scholars Neil Postman, Robert McChesney, and Michael Schudson.

The "clip-culture" of video sharing changes almost daily. What I set out to find was a little entertainment, a few movies, just to break the silence, but now I've joined the forward-leaning hunchbacks of the clip-culture.

Regarding the strike, let's take a look at the top ten rated television shows, according to the Nielson ratings, and see how America's ten favorite television programs will be directly affected if this strike continues.

The most popular member of The Office's Cast.

Steve Carell, star of The Office, is a very talented comedian.

News of a writer's strike is beginning to surface. What will we do when the writer's of our favorite shows simply walk away?

A look at some of the actors who have the best voices in show business today.

The great thing about this category is that these are all great shows in their own way. A couple of other shows could have ended up here instead, which would have made for a lot of frustration in regards to who was robbed of a nomination, let alone a win.

My choices for the top 10 shows of 2007- which are also the shows I and many others will miss most in 2008 if the "s" word isn't stopped.

Books, CDs and DVDs top this year's gift list for the politically inclined.

Your favorite television shows could be returning to air as soon as April.

Word watchers had no use for "truthiness," the word popularized by Comedy Central satirist Stephen Colbert.

With "Snakes on a Plane" set to debut August 18th, legions of devoted fans are gearing up for the premiere. If you're not yet one of those fans, or have been living in seclusion for the past six months, here's a quick primer to get you up to speed.

This is a list of some of the best celebrity gossip blogs on the Internet. The list includes Pink Is The New Blog and Gawker, as well as others.

Assemblywoman Sally Lieber on Thursday announced she is revising her proposed bill. In the new language, spanking a child would no longer be a crime.

Christine Ebersole, star of hit musical Grey Gardens, revealed today on ABC's The View that she's abandoned TV in favor of YouTube.

YouTube gets the traffic and more and more people are discovering that videos are a great way to get the attention of consumers.

Two groups allege the entertainment giant violated free speech with its request for a popular parody video to be removed from the video-sharing site last week.

Viacom sues Google based Youtube over use of its characters and sitcom programming videos to hide its position behind the curve

Uri Geller bends the DMCA the same way he bends spoons...without using his mind.

People have made entire careers off of parodies. Just about anything and anyone can be parodied. We will be discussing two types of parodies here, News parodies and the classic parodies.

In the U.S. Congress, African American Representatives work together for civil liberties and equal opportunity through a group called the Congressinal Black Caucus. Three outstanding members of that Caucus are people you should know.