The Colbert Report

The Word - Media Culpa

Season 4 • 06/02/2008

Scott McClellan has made a damaging accusation and the press has to push back hard.

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Shout Out! - Broken Space Toilet

The astronauts are not pooping in a bag -- they're pooping in a bag-like collection system.
05/29/2008
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Intro - 5/29/08

Scott McClellan's new book accuses Bush of lying to get us into Iraq. That took balls, Scott -- five years ago.
05/29/2008
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Democralypse Now - Florida and Michigan

To deny the votes of Michigan and Florida is to say that Kurt Cobain died in vain.
05/29/2008
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David Sirota

David Sirota explains the presidential campaign isn't the only place where change happens.
05/29/2008
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Final Thought

Stephen gives America the final thought on what should have been done with Michigan and Florida.
06/02/2008
05:22

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Jon Paskowitz

Jon Paskowitz tells Stephen what it was like to travel around with a large family and a father who decided his children were going to surf instead of go to school.
06/02/2008
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Intro - 6/2/08

Scott McClellan says the press didn't do its job in the run-up to the war. Why is he complaining? They did his job.
06/02/2008
00:49

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Obama's Church

Unfortunately, America can't vote for a man who doesn't even belong to a church. So Hillary it is.
06/02/2008
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Colbert Platinum - Private Jets

Platinum members can now get servants' quarters on their private jets, a $175 hamburger, and Stephen's own iPod Nano postage stamp.
06/02/2008
01:53

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Fire at Universal

God must have been listening to Stephen's prayers because Universal Studios went up in flames.
06/02/2008
04:13

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The Word - Media Culpa

Media, if you want to prove you did your job well in the lead-up to the Iraq war, use the same techniques that McClellan used to sell the war to you in the first place.
06/02/2008
07:15

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George Will

George Will explains conservatives understand that the government's job is to deliver the mail, defend the shores, and get out of the way.
06/03/2008
05:00

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The Word - Unhealthy Competition

The great thing about the war on terror is that if we fight it right, it can go on forever.
06/03/2008
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Stephen's Sound Advice - Summer Jobs

Interns learn valuable job skills like getting coffee, fetching copy paper, and moisturizing a TV host.
06/03/2008
02:48

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Democratic Primaries Over

Stephen goes through the stages of grief now that the Democratic primaries are over.
06/03/2008
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Intro - 6/3/08

Is Al Qaeda running out of steam? And if so, what's powering Bin Laden's dialysis machine?
06/03/2008
07:46

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Libertarian Party - Bob Barr

Stephen asks Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr if he's afraid the government will make him register his moustache.
06/04/2008
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The Lost O'Reilly Tapes Pt. 2

On January 18, 2007, William Jefferson O'Reilly was interviewed for seven minutes, but only five of those minutes made it to air.
06/04/2008
05:44

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Salman Rushdie

Salman Rushdie tells Stephen why playing Helen Hunt's gynecologist appealed to him.
06/04/2008
03:48

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John McCain's Green Screen Challenge

By speaking in front of a green screen, John McCain issues a bold challenge to Americans to make him seem interesting.
06/04/2008
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Intro - 6/4/08

The Democratic primaries are over. Are we positive Canada doesn't get a caucus?
06/04/2008
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