Take note, would-be satirists, THIS is how it’s done.<\/p>\n
Stephen Colbert’s bit<\/a> at\u00a0 Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner (tip of the hat to Peter Caputa at PC4media<\/a>, first place I saw it)<\/p>\n Other links of interest: Editor & Publisher’s report<\/a> on the event; a number of threads on Atrios -start here.<\/a><\/p>\n See it on YouTube<\/a>.<\/p>\n UPDATE 5pm:<\/strong> Two interesting posts by Peter Daou<\/a> and Chris Durang<\/a> on The Huffington Report about the major media essentially ignoring the Colbert perfomance, and focusing instead on Bush’s appearance at this event. I originally posted this item in awe at Colbert’s masterful performance. Funny, disconcerting, uncomfortable, courageous.<\/p>\n But given the way the coverage has played out, I think it will have far more long term impact than perhaps even he realized as he wrote his material.<\/p>\n As Durang points out, before C-SPAN and blogs, many of us (myself included) wouldn’t even KNOW about Colbert’s performance. \u00a0How important are blogs? What HAS happened to mainstream media? For a great essay on this, check out Lap Dogs of the Press<\/a> by Helen Thomas in the March 27 06 issue of The Nation. Not surprising that she had a supporting role in the Colbert video. <\/p>\n I’ll be coming back to this. <\/p>\n Tags: Stephen Colbert<\/a>, White House Correspondent’s Dinner<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n