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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02:14

Shout Out! - Broken Space Toilet
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The astronauts are not pooping in a bag -- they're pooping in a bag-like collection system.
05/29/2008
00:34

Intro - 5/29/08
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Scott McClellan's new book accuses Bush of lying to get us into Iraq. That took balls, Scott -- five years ago.
05/29/2008
03:05

Democralypse Now - Florida and Michigan
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To deny the votes of Michigan and Florida is to say that Kurt Cobain died in vain.
05/29/2008
05:26

David Sirota
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David Sirota explains the presidential campaign isn't the only place where change happens.
05/29/2008
01:01

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

Jon Paskowitz
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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
00:33

Intro - 6/2/08
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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

Obama's Church
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Unfortunately, America can't vote for a man who doesn't even belong to a church. So Hillary it is.
06/02/2008
04:56

Colbert Platinum - Private Jets
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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

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

The Word - Media Culpa
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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

George Will
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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

The Word - Unhealthy Competition
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The great thing about the war on terror is that if we fight it right, it can go on forever.
06/03/2008
04:04

Stephen's Sound Advice - Summer Jobs
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Interns learn valuable job skills like getting coffee, fetching copy paper, and moisturizing a TV host.
06/03/2008
02:48

Democratic Primaries Over
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Stephen goes through the stages of grief now that the Democratic primaries are over.
06/03/2008
00:28

Intro - 6/3/08
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Is Al Qaeda running out of steam? And if so, what's powering Bin Laden's dialysis machine?
06/03/2008
07:46

Libertarian Party - Bob Barr
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Stephen asks Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr if he's afraid the government will make him register his moustache.
06/04/2008
01:46

The Lost O'Reilly Tapes Pt. 2
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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

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

John McCain's Green Screen Challenge
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By speaking in front of a green screen, John McCain issues a bold challenge to Americans to make him seem interesting.
06/04/2008
00:33

Intro - 6/4/08
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The Democratic primaries are over. Are we positive Canada doesn't get a caucus?
06/04/2008
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