The Colbert Report

The Word - A Perfect World

Season 5 • 07/21/2009

Journalists should demand to investigate torture, but it's not a perfect world.

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00:04

Sign Off - Goodnight
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That's it for The Report.
07/20/2009
05:20

Sport Report - Jessica Simpson, Olympic Brothel & Bud Light
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Tony Romo breaks up with Jessica Simpson, an Olympic hopeful opens a brothel, and Stephen loves the taste of Bud Light.
07/20/2009
03:57

Reverse Racism - Geoffrey Canada
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Geoffrey Canada can't find any area where white men are being disproportionately victimized.
07/20/2009
05:14

Bob Park
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Bob Park doesn't understand why humans need go to space when robots can do a better job.
07/20/2009
02:58

Reverse Racism
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As a recent black man, Stephen looks forward to hearing President Obama's NAACP speech.
07/20/2009
06:44

Better Know a Lobby - Acorn
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Acorn's chief community organizer, Bertha Lewis, needs to know the number of Stephen's sexual partners for her census form.
07/21/2009
00:16

Sign Off - Stephen's Chip
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The opinions expressed tonight are exclusively Stephen's -- the chip in his head only makes suggestions.
07/21/2009
06:16

Aaron Carroll
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Aaron Carroll believes the single-payer system will cost less, cover everyone and lead to better outcomes.
07/21/2009
00:32

Intro - 7/21/09
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Stephen will be the mighty oak when he investigates Acorn, and Aaron Carroll believes America should have a single-payer system.
07/21/2009
02:32

40th Anniversary of the Moon Landing
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To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the moon landing, Stephen re-airs his historic broadcast from July 20, 1969.
07/21/2009
03:31

The Word - A Perfect World
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Investigating prisoner abuse will be a political food fight, and that is messier than torture.
07/21/2009
03:09

Sniper Trifle
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The only huge surprise about Dick Cheney having his own secret assassination squad is that it didn't include cannibalism.
07/22/2009
00:35

Intro - 7/22/09
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The truth behind the CIA's secret assassination squad is revealed, and Chris Anderson talks about a future economy where everything is free.
07/22/2009
06:03

Chris Anderson
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Chris Anderson explains how it's possible for companies to make money by providing free services.
07/22/2009
04:17

Pope Wrist Watch
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The best way to spread wrist awareness is by getting a WristStrong bracelet to Pope Benedict XVI.
07/22/2009
03:11

Sniper Trifle - Matthew Waxman
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Matthew Waxman discusses the legal argument over whether to alert Congress about certain covert action programs.
07/22/2009
02:40

The Longest Solar Eclipse of the Century
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Xenu returned Asia's sun, but he will devour it again unless India returns America's outsourced jobs and China forgives the national debt.
07/22/2009
00:05

Sign Off - Goodnight
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That's it for The Report, everybody.
07/22/2009
04:51

Zev Chafets
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Zev Chafets doesn't have a problem with steroid use in baseball, but he is concerned about its cover-up.
07/23/2009
00:12

Sign Off - TiVo
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Stephen doesn't want to know how the show ends because he's TiVo'ing it.
07/23/2009
05:45

Health Care Hell-Scare - Die-agnosis: Mur-DR
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Stephen invites expert victims from Canada, France and Spain to relay their horrible experiences of socialized medicine.
07/23/2009
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