The Colbert Report

Stephen Reports on an Old-Fashioned Hero

Season 7 • 09/12/2011

Stephen reports on a journalist in Georgia who goes after the big scoops the old-fashioned way.

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00:34

Intro - 9/7/11
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Controversy erupts over a DC monument, Des Moines may be hiding something, and Robin Wright discusses her book on the Arab Spring.
09/07/2011
06:00

Barack Obama's Jobs Speech
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To reach the unemployed, Barack Obama should deliver his speech when the unemployed are watching TV: at 3 a.m., right after a Slap Chop commercial.
09/08/2011
00:06

Sign Off - Old Milwaukee Beer
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Stephen says good night and sips from his can of Old Milwaukee.
09/08/2011
03:50

Republican Presidential Debate Media Coverage
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All the 2012 election media coverage until now has been bulls**t, but everything from here out is crucial, life-or-death stuff.
09/08/2011
06:05

Tom Brokaw
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Tom Brokaw recalls the experience of reporting on the 9/11 attacks and explores how Americans have been shaped by the tragedy.
09/08/2011
04:49

Rick Perry Presents
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Rick Perry takes on the 800-pound gorilla in the room, being stomped on by the elephant in the room, being ridden by the emperor who has no clothes: Social Security.
09/08/2011
06:09

Diane Sawyer
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Diane Sawyer discusses the unedited recordings of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, released 50 years after John F. Kennedy's inauguration.
09/12/2011
00:06

Sign Off - Stephen's Mug
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Stephen says goodnight and takes a big swig from his Colbert Report mug.
09/12/2011
04:37

Shopping Griefportunities
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If Americans can exploit the anniversary of the 9/11 attacks to make a quick buck, it's like hitting the terrorists with economic Jujitsu.
09/12/2011
02:35

Tea Party Face-Off Preview
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The real game changer came before the Republican debate, when former candidate Tim Pawlenty stopped by to borrow a cup of airtime from "Fox & Friends."
09/12/2011
07:24

Stephen Reports on an Old-Fashioned Hero
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Newspapers are part of America's past, like buggy whip makers and the middle class, but they still perform an important function.
09/12/2011
03:23

Ron Paul 2012
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Ron Paul needs a credible national endorsement to give his campaign the kind of legitimacy his campaign has not been able to get from his campaign.
09/13/2011
01:59

Barack Obama's American Jobs Act
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Barack Obama's plan is just more job-killing spending, adding to America's job-killing debt, so he can create some job-killing jobs.
09/13/2011
04:32

Barack Obama's American Jobs Act - Paul Krugman
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The New York Times' Paul Krugman talks about the Lesser Depression and the confidence fairy's effect on the American economy.
09/13/2011
00:11

Sign Off - "Stephen Colbert"
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Stephen says goodnight with air quotes around his name.
09/13/2011
00:25

Intro - 9/13/11
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Barack Obama plans to create jobs in the job plan-creating industry, and Former Vice President Al Gore discusses global warming.
09/13/2011
03:24

CNN-Tea Party Republican Debate
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Debates are supposed to help Americans find the Republican presidential candidate, but instead they found the running mate.
09/13/2011
06:42

Al Gore
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Al Gore talks about his work on the Climate Reality Project and marvels at the sophistication of Stephen's global warming metaphor.
09/13/2011
03:02

Jobs Bill Clipgate
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If Barack Obama really believed in his jobs bill, he should have presented it in a leather-bound volume with gold filigree and illuminated initials.
09/14/2011
04:19

Rick Perry's HPV Vaccine Mandate
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If Americans let the government mandate the HPV vaccine, they might as well let the U.N.'s jackbooted thugs inject their daughters with pharmaceutical-grade slut juice.
09/14/2011
03:42

Return to Sender
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There's one downside to the United States becoming the only civilized nation without a postal service, but Stephen has just the solution.
09/14/2011
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