Stephen Colbert and the Mainstream Media Want to Be the Only Millionaires Backed By Corporate Money Who Enjoy Unlimited Political Speech
by John NolteThere’s a HUGE left-wing agenda behind what Comedy Central’s Stephen Colbert is doing, and it’s a serious agenda that has nothing to do with satire. Colbert’s goal is two-fold: he’s attacking constitutional free speech by attempting to make a mockery of a new Supreme Court ruling that finally allows private citizens and corporations to have as much say in the political process as Stephen Colbert and corporations like, say, Comedy Central. Like the corrupt media, Colbert believes he’s the only multi-millionaire who should have unlimited free speech – free speech, which, in fact, is funded by the multi-national corporation that owns Comedy Central, Viacom.
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The second thing Colbert is doing is using partisan satire to Speak! Truth! To! The! Out! Of! Power! — like Mitt Romney. In order to help the Obama campaign define the GOP frontrunner as a heartless corporatist, Colbert is running commercials like the one below. Naturally, Colbert disguises all of this as nothing more than fun and games, but anyone paying attention knows better, and you can bet Obama’s MSM Palace Guards most certainly know better, which is why left-wing news outlets like Politico and “This Week” are giving a comedian more play than they ever gave Fast and Furious, Solyndra, Jeremiah Wright, the number of people who have stopped trying to find work, or Bill Ayers.
You see, Colbert is a smart guy, and like most left-wing partisans disguised as satirists, he knows that under the conceit of “a humorous break in the news of the day,” the MSM will offer up a ton of print and broadcast time to his attacks on free speech. Colbert knows this because he knows the MSM despises the new Supreme Court ruling for the same reasons he does. The MSM believes that only MSM gajillionaires backed by multi-national corporations should enjoy the right to unlimited political speech. Of course, the MSM also loves the side-order of Republican bashing.
While the MSM tells us this ad is currently running in South Carolina….
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…that’s only a half-truth, at best. Between their broadcast and Web outlets, it’s the MSM giving this ad somewhere around 99% of its exposure. This is exactly how Obama’s Palace Guards in the world of satire and media work together and, unfortunately, it’s a very effective team.
For instance, if you’ve been holding your nose long enough to read Politico, that jounOlist stinkhole has been positively gushing over Colbert’s antics. One day last week, Colbert’s attack on political speech through his phony presidential campaign ranked as the top three or four stories in Mike Allen’s Morning Playbook — the same Mike Allen who, notoriously, couldn’t bring himself to write about the Anthony Weiner scandal.
There’s nothing funny about what Stephen Colbert is up to. He’s determined to define our frontrunner and to limit unlimited free speech to an elite few like himself. And his most effective weapon is a complicit MSM that shares and amplifies his goals.
We all watched in 2008 as these so-called satirists savaged Sarah Palin and John McCain, but why did we watch? Colbert, Stewart, and “SNL” have miniscule viewerships compared to the American population. But what they did became a major part of the the ‘08 election narrative because the MSM intentionally amplified, viralized, and weaponized clip and clip after clip.
Looks like the only difference this year is that everyone’s getting an early start.
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I never thought the day would come when Jon Stewart and the "Daily Show" would be the relatively less partisan and more fair "fake news" show on Comedy Central.
Stewart targets the left for criticism about 5% of the time; Colbert is out there with "Pravda" and "Granma".
Maybe that debate the two progressive comics had at their march in DC wasn't scripted after all.
"08", not "04".
How can conservatives support Citizens United and be against cronyism at the same time since one inevitably leads to the other?
Seems to me this "fake interview" is the very reason corporations should be able to give in the name of free speech. ABC News, Comedy Central, Hollywood, the Left Wing Media, all have more influence when they pool their resources than a corporation. So I guess that explains why this bothers them so much.
These left wing bomb throwers on Comedy Central can spew their hate and half truths and when called out on them say "it is satire" we were joking all the time. You cannot unring a bell. Comedy is supposed to be funny. If funny is what they want, the bozo in the White House could provide all the humor these 57 states could handle.
Ignorant, much?
Number one—That ad was really funny. Number two–Colbert using his job at a media giant to spread his message under the guise of satire is just like FoxNews and everyone who works there using the media to spread their message under the guise of news. The GOP needs to quit blaming other people for their problems and take control
What? So letting unlimited corporate dollars flow to a candidate doesnt create cronyism? And Im ignorant? You know Rob, it usually helps your argument too if you can do more than just lob a lame brained ad hom. But oh well, you have your limitations. I shouldnt judge.
the key question is this:
Will anyone watch it?
Besides his indoctrinated kool aid imbibing citified audience who is ALREADY brainwashed? The ones who can see, or hear nothing that isn't a preconceived notion? Certainly whatever nonsense Colbert utters will be carefully monitored and rebutted, BH will do IT's job without doubt.
No, bring it on. Let the world hear the bleats of left wing town criers at well. Obama's fate is already sealed…
Wow John. I've never seen so many ads on Big Hollywood. Don't get me wrong. I've been committed to helping the Breitbert Empire become a mega-billion $ enterprise since its inception.
The link to Nikki Finke was all I needed to get a sense of what I didn't miss from…..which award show was on last night. Whoever casted Harvey Weinstein as God had to be the same guy who casted Obama as PUPPET 44. The joke is on us.
At least Claire Danes came out swinging in Homeland. A production I'm looking forward to the day it is released away from the Cable/Networks Corporations, who are nothing like Oil Corps. or Big Ag Corps or LLPs.
If the Trained Seals at Comedy Central had any balls they would take on the LLPs. But then the Networks would find themselves on the wrong side of the court room with the anti-tort reform vultures.
I'll pretty much remain in denial over Claire Danes' politics. Memo to Homeland producers: Bump up the release date and call Nolte the minute I can buy it. Otherwise I may never know.
The lefties have Colbert and The Daily show. They can keep them, and I'll stick with my Red Eye, which actually talks about some real news items, and gives time to dirty leftist rag (Pinch). Wonder what Greg could do with the budgets of the Comedy central folks?
Tremendous arrogance, smugness and condescension in Colbert, both overtly, and simmering under the surface, thinly veiled by his "act".
Thanks for this article and keeping us informed, because I rarely, if ever, let this guy into my living room.
The Citizens United ruling IS a mockery and both sides are finally starting to see it. Suck up to the elites all you want but the 28th Amendment to the Constitution has already got a pretty good start in numerous cities and states. The lap dogs of the elites are whining about Colbert being honest about the whores they are.
It's become increasingly obvious that bashing Hollywood and celebrities is the right's own form of class warfare.
“There’s nothing funny about what Stephen Colbert is up to.”
Actually there’s nothing funny about Colbert, period! The type of people who would be swayed by his nonsense, are the same people who bought into “Hope and Change” hook, line and sinker. If these twits haven’t learned the truth of how the world works in the last three years, there is no hope for them. They’d support Obama and the left no matter what happens.
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There's no agenda here Johnny. Stop whining. This really is satire. You should lighten up a little.
There's more to criticize in the right wing side.
And how can conservatives support Citizens United and be against unions?
"He’s determined to define our frontrunner and to limit unlimited free speech to an elite few like himself."
Must you have everything explained to you? He's pointing out (very successfully) the silliness of the implications of the Citizens United decision. A billionaire gave $5 million to Newt's Super Pac, which did the Mitt Romney 28 minute add. Much of the information was exaggerated and factually incorrect. All Newt had to do was to say he had no connection to the Super Pac, wasn't responsible for its contents and disagreed with some of what it said. Nonetheless, it's still out there, influencing people.
Colbert officially passed his Super Pac to Jon Stewart, so Stewart is now responsible for all that is said…as long as he doesn't "coordinate" with Colbert. Them's the rules, Nolte. Hey….maybe some Chinese guy will donate $50 million to a Newt Pac. They don't have to say where the money comes from.
He's providing a fantastic lesson in how Super Pacs work…something we all should know.
What did Citizens United have to do with Solyndra?
In this case, it would be lack of class warfare.
Maybe you're right. The left needs to lighten up too. The perpetually offended left gets rattled when anything off color is said about Obama. Just in the past 30 days:
Jacob Volkmann was put on administrative leave from his high school wrestling coaching job after his President Obama joke.
A Scottish rugby player Rory Lamont has been warned about his "completely inappropriate" language after calling US President Barack Obama a "whore" on Twitter.
Those who do, indeed do. Those who can't, teach. Those who are unable do either, critique.
Still goin' around preachin' what you don't practice I see, Helen.
At least, you're consistent.
As for unions – If I get employment at a company in a union state (whose legislature was bought off by unions), I'm forced to join the union. Then I'm forced to pay dues, and without my say-so, my dues are spent on the Democrat party. If I'm a shareholder at a company and they donate money to a party or political issue that I'm not on board with, I can VOLUNTARILY take my money elsewhere. Corporations ARE made up of PEOPLE who are stockholders and they don't have any less right to donate to a cause VOLUNTARILY as anyone else. There IS a difference.
In this painful bit, it always felt like Colbert was preparing to attack Romney for being controlled by the "Joos". It's kind of like when people who don't like Colbert are called "lap dogs of the elites". Just say what you mean.
Colbert has a job as a media giant, Helen? It must be so confusing in your universe! Is Bathtub Boy a god there?
I wonder what Greg could do with a budget, Luis!?
Yes, you're right, you show a lack of class. And brains too for that matter.
Yes, you're right, you show a lack of class. And brains too for that matter.
Citizens United will create more Solyndra's which I guess you're ok with?
Danes went to Yale. That's pretty much all you need to know about her politics.
Hey….maybe some Chinese guy will donate $50 million to a Newt Pac. They don't have to say where the money comes from.
NO KIDDING! They seem to be unable to connect the dots in that allowing CU opens the door to foreign money, and possibly from hostile governments, to influence our politics. Whose to say China, Iran, or Russia are not creating their own Super-Pacs as part of covert ops?
Thou_Unloved, how can you extrapolate that if one supports the right to free speech granted to everyone under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution with the cronyiem?
Reading comprehension problem? The sentence was "at" a media giant…that would be VIACOM.
Yeah, the main difference is that union members are American citizens, while corporations are not necessarily made up of American citizens.
Yes, comedy is supposed to be funny. And what's funny is subjective. What's your point?
Yes, comedy is supposed to be funny. And what's funny is subjective. What's your point?
First of all, Thou_Unloved, Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission addressed the free speech rights for everyone, not just corporations but also labor unions. So please stop parsing this issue by fixating only on corporations.
And if there is a case for cronyism, I submit that the more compelling case can be made involving public employee unions who can get people elected who are compliant to their needs.
Honestly I don't know how that's supposed to be reported, if at all by corps. If not, then I wouldn't be against some form of disclosure. But on the union side, members shouldn't have their dues "Taken" and given to any political party or issue without their consent.
BH will do its job? Rebutting is only effective if your audience consists of people who believe something other than what you believe. Rebutting on BH is preaching to the choir. Breitbart isn't going to change any minds.
Very logically and succinctly argued!
Hollywood is now a class. Celebrities are now a class. Funny, that's from the lefty playbook. Keep 'em all in their own separate tribes and we can play one against the other.
Isn't that how it goes, Helen?
Frankly, there is one really big "class". The "hard working American family". (Am I the only one who is really beginning to hate that phrase? Especially when it comes from a lefty when it really means, anyone who thinks they shouldn't have to pay taxes 'cause the rich have all the money and should pay for everything, and will be ignorant enough to vote for a Democrat to realize that dream, the new American Dream!)
See, that hard working American family (brrr) doesn't actually believe in classes per se. They know they can change their status if given the opportunity. They think that liberal / progressives want to make everybody equal (though they really don't want everybody equal!) and that chafes.
That's why conservatives outnumber liberals by 2 to 1 and that's why liberals always lose big time after the hard working American family (brrr) gets a good look at what liberals will do to them.
Don't worry though, Helen. Conservatives are the "turn the other cheek" kinda' folk (unlike liberals who hold a grudge like a piranha on a nut sack). You'll get another chance in 20 years or so.
Incorrect. Under the law, you will never know if a corporation in which you have stock donates to a certain candidate or not because legally the Super Pacs do not have to disclose that information until after the primaries….and they don't.
Thou_Unloved, you are right. Hollywood and celebrities are the true one-percenters, and we are the 99 percenters.
Enjoy being hoisted on your pretentious petard?
You may not know, but you can read the news and find out in a lot of cases. Look at someone like GE, Starbucks, Boeing, Microsoft, Goldman-Sachs, etc. You can find it out on Newsmeat.com also. Not too hard to find out that info if you want. Sometimes it takes a little work if it's important to you. But to me, it's still free speech. No matter the entity.
Mickey, Mickey, Mickey…
What's the difference between Pat Paulsen and Stephen Colbert? Colbert and many of his viewers don't think it is a joke or satire, but the real thing.
Nice try, Mickey, but stick to your meds next time.
Really an unwieldy title for the post Mr. Nolte. You could've called it: "Stephen Colbert and MSM are Rat Bastards Example #235" (Or whatever the appropriate number is for this particular instance, probably in the hundreds of thousands at this point.)
By golly you're right, Helen!
Does that mean Keefy is not a god too? Oh noes!
I guess when the Kochs' start to back Gutfeld's Robot Theater spoof ads aimed at Zero that will be okay too? You'll laugh, right?
I think "David, would you take some time to apply lotion to my back, please?" would be a heck of a lot funnier!
But that's just me (and about 100 million others).
My, my, my, Thou_Unloved, you really have little faith in our system, since Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission was about freedom of speech for evryone.
Lefties don't like that freedom if it runs contrary to their twisted belief system. Lefties don't like dissenters, just those who obey.
Yeah, like Service Employees International Union.
Go fetch, RadiCur.
same with 'little stevie' Colbert.
Your point?
That, sir, is a truism. Freedom to evryone who think like they do.
Go fetch, RadiCur.
Keep defending the CU case by having a temper tantrum. Even when it is something most people are against, this is the typical knee-jerk reaction of "I dont like him so I will disagree no matter what", I guess when Stewart speaks out against SOPA you will rush to their defense since you dont like him also.
I would love to answer your questions, but since I don't understand much of what you said, I can't. I'm just not up on the latest lingo and pejorative terms.
I don't know of anyone, though, who has ever suggested that O'Keefe IS a god in any way, shape or form. Do you?
It's why they HATE the Tea Party. The Tea Party's position's aren't radical as portrayed. They're questioning their supposed master's decisions and policies. And the lefties don't like that. they like the old days when Walter Cronkite, Dan Rather and other's told us what we are supposed to think.
I'm talking about Super Pacs. They do not have to reveal their donor list until after the important primaries in certain states. You can't find information if the group hasn't released it.
Much like Newt's idea of removing those federal judges who he feels are too liberal?
Just like Bill Clinton with all though Indonesian businessmen back in 1996?
Does the name James Riady and the Lippo Group ring a bell?
http://topics.nytimes.com/topics/reference/timest...
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2001/03/20/politic...
http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2001/January/017crm...
Or that President Obama lifted the travel ban on Riady, a convicted felon?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/arti...
Your outrage is underwhelming, selective, and self-serving, Thou_Unloved.
Ditto, RadiCur, and go fetch.
Hey, RadiCur, squirrel!
That how inept yous argument are.
so, im not saying this to be antagonistic but can someone explain to me how this is different from any of the other super PAC's out there? It just seems like Mr Nolte is complaining not because of someone who is against free speech but because he just doesnt happen to like the guy who is speaking freely.
Hey, RadiCur, squirrel!
My thought is that many people don't like the Tea Party because MUCH of it is just the Evangelical Christian extremists re-branded.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/medical/28thamendm...
That how inept yous argument are???????????
Really? You don't know who Bathtub Boy is? Keefy? Keith Obergruppenführer?
Still no lights? Bells?
You do need to get out more, Helen!
Gee, Hori666, I thought "I dont like him so I will disagree no matter what" was patented by the far left although you lack of faith in freedon of speech is no surprise.
Circular logic, thy name is Mike878.
Solyndra, "fifty-seven states", the Stimulus is needed to hold unemployment below 8%, kickbacks to GE, anything Debbie Wasserman-Schultz says, Jeremiah Wright, flying to Copenhagen to lobby for Chicago as an Olympics site, endless presidential vacations, the Austrian language, Obama on a bicycle, Michelle as fashion icon…nope, no fodder for political satire in any of that.
Hey, RadiCur, looks like you are chasing your tail again.
Counter-clockwise, naturally.
"Come on! Colbert is a satirist!"
What the leftists won't acknowledge is the central point of the original article: repealing "Citizens United" would do nothing to rein in the ability of Colbert, Stewart, and their corporate masters to continue using their shows as a leftist pulpit.
Colbert and Stewart's selective use of the clown nose has been well-documented; what their "satirist" defense ignores is their influence. Much has been made of the "Daily Show" as a leading source of news for young liberals, and no less a progressive luminary than Howard Zinn praised Stewart for being a better source of news than the networks.
And where does this idea that corporate = conservative come from? Solyndra did just fine chumming up to a "progressive" POTUS, and GE has done very well backing leftist candidates. Hell, Henry Ford did good business with Joseph Stalin.
Garbage. The communists in the US don't like the Tea Party because they stand for individual responsibility and liberty. Communists want the government to control every aspect of our lives. Remember that a government big enough to give us all we want is also big enough to take it away.
Myth perpetrated through leftist boob tube. There is a difference between evangeilcals zionist and real Christians that make up the majority of the religious factor. Many nonreligious but patriotic citizens make up the major part of what the TEA party stands for which is nothing more then Constitutional conservatism designed to disempower corporate fascism ,something the left is promoting as we speak by shackling free enterprise therefore facilitating crony capitalism of corporatism. The left is a foolish tool for the 1%. Or as Lenin called them, useful idiots.
Give me a break. If Gutfield had the ratings, influence, hilariousness, and popularity of Stewart or Colbert, you guys wouldn't be whining about Murdoch using his shows as a "conservative" pulpit.
No one was spouting Christian anything. Just that the country WAS founded on Christian values. The Tea Party DID spout out about out of control government spending and Democrats coming back to the wallets of those footing the bills, for it. I don't remember any Tea Party rally turning into gospel hour. You must have been tuned into "The Hour of Power".
I'm sure the members of the Communist Party of America feel that way. That leaves all those registered Democrats who feel the Evangelical Right has hijacked the Tea Party.
Buy a Newsweek so Pinch can have a friend?
communists HAVE to have control. They have to beat down human instinct to keep their policies in place. You're right that the pinko Commie trash in this country want everything FOR NOTHING!
Exactly what are those Christian values on which this country was founded? Biblical values?
So what? Are you telling me that you don't want responsible government spending that is within our means? Or that you are tired of over taxation to pay for the extra debt we've picked up over the past 3 years? Your point about Christianity in this, is just that, pointless.
Hollywood has class? I beg to differ.
But according to LeftyDog, that's injecting Christianity into the argument. Even though it's more about personal responsibility. If that's his idea of Christianity, I'm all for it.
No.
Our problem is that if "Citizens United" were overturned, the resulting restrictions on free speech would not apply to Colbert and Stewart. More generally, it would not affect the near-monopoly held by the left on most of the entertainment and news media.
But, as least you've tacitly admitted the Stewart/Colbert satirist facade is just that: a facade.
Lefty dog is a leftard. Fact is rumor has it the evangelical zionist left has just come out in support of Santoruma Rino ultra liberal!! Go figure. Lefty tard should learn to know his fellow traveller's and try not to expose them for what they are.
LOL, Luis! Buy a Newsweak? He could buy the whole thing and still not have a budget!
Besides, Newsweak would just lie there all forlorn. Pinch would just bully him and ask him to apply lotion. Pinch would like that.
Well, if they bought one, it would cut into their booze and cig money.
When they do the same to the left I'll buy your argument.
Hi LD.
Sorry, but Colbert has not given me any lessons in Super Pacs or anything. Perhaps he has educated others in this regard. If so I find the prospect of people learning about such things from wannabe comedians frightening.
Hope you're having a good day.
Indeed, pointless.
Mr. McGoo vision is how Thay_Li(v)e manages.
Sure as Hell you're not changing any minds here. How old were you when the Silent Majority, A.K.A. GOP + Blue Dog Democrats, blasted McGovern to smithereens as well as Carter? Back then the union leaders, just as radical then as today, could not control their rank and file.
With the Democrats announcing their strategy of appealing to the radical fringe they have set themselves up for Silent Majority 2.0
We can't wait…….
Many of thay's posts don't make much sense.
Progressives (I love that contronym) like Thay_Li(v)e post the same things, over and over. It ALWAYS falls into one of 5 categories.
He hit #1 & #5
#1 Conservatives/Libertarians are all STUPID
#2 Conservatives/Libertarians are all Homophobes
#3 Conservatives/Libertarians are all Nazis
#4 Conservatives/Libertarians are all Racists
#5 Follow the "Enlightened Path" that ONLY Progressives (like he) provide – i.e. 'you stupid fools'
Haw, Haw, Haw!! WHAT simpleton.
I have no problem with responsible government spending. If that actually what the Tea Party was all about (along with eliminating crony capitalism), you'd have no problem at all.
You're the exception rather than the rule. Colbert has shed light on Super Pacs – for many people. As you know, humor is subject. Just because someone is a comedian certainly doesn't mean they can't educate people.
There goes RadiCur, chasing his tail, counterclockwise naturally, when confronted with facts.
The majority of people who hang out here regularly are partisans who think all liberals are communists/fascists, un-American and their enemy. It's impossible to convince them otherwise. I'm pretty sure that all non-conservatives who post here don't have that as their objective.
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