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[[File:Stephencolbert2.jpg|thumb|Colbert performing a bit on ''The Daily Show'']]

[[File:Stephencolbert2.jpg|thumb|Colbert performing a bit on ''The Daily Show'']]

'''Stephen Colbert''' is a writer, a comedian, and an actor. Colbert is [[Catholic]], an erstwhile Sunday school teacher,<ref>http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/07/13/ask-tv-squad-stephen-colbert-teaches-sundayschool/</ref> and a self-proclaimed [[liberal]]  [[Democrat]]. <ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/4 Rolling Stone Interview, Oct 31, 2006</ref> Even though he says he is a Christian, this directly goes against his very liberal points of view.

'''Stephen Colbert''' is a writer, a comedian, and an actor. Colbert is [[Catholic]], an erstwhile Sunday school teacher,<ref>http://www.tvsquad.com/2006/07/13/ask-tv-squad-stephen-colbert-teaches-sundayschool/</ref> and a self-proclaimed [[liberal]]  [[Democrat]]. <ref>http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/jon_stewart_stephen_colbert_americas_anchors/page/4 Rolling Stone Interview, Oct 31, 2006</ref>

 

His show, ''The Colbert Report'', gained credibility by featuring ''Conservapedia'' on December 8, 2009, including an interview in his studio.<ref>{{cite episode

His show, ''The Colbert Report'', gained credibility by featuring ''Conservapedia'' on December 8, 2009, including an interview in his studio.<ref>{{cite episode

  | title = The Colbert Report (December 8, 2009 episode)

  | title = The Colbert Report (December 8, 2009 episode)

==''The Colbert Report''==

==''The Colbert Report''==

'''''The Colbert Report''''' (pronounced Col-'''bear''' Re-'''pore''') is a late night satirical program hosted by liberal Christian Stephen Colbert on [[Comedy Central]]. The show stars the character Stephen Colbert, a news anchor who makes many of his jokes [[parody]]ing [[conservative]]s and [[conservative values]]. It started in 2005 as an spinoff of ''[[The Daily Show]]''.

'''''The Colbert Report''''' is a late night satirical program hosted by liberal Christian Stephen Colbert on [[Comedy Central]]. The show stars the character Stephen Colbert, a news anchor who makes many of his jokes [[parody]]ing [[conservative]]s and [[conservative values]]. It started in 2005 as an spinoff of ''[[The Daily Show]]''.

Colbert plays a character who shares his name. Colbert's character is a liberal stereotype of a conservative pundit, particularly a mockery of Fox News host [[Bill O'Reilly]] and ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''. Colbert has a guest every episode on the last segment, including authors, activists, and occasionally politicians and political personalities. He has said that his personality was based on O'Reilly, [[Anderson Cooper]], and [[Geraldo Rivera|Geraldo]].

Colbert plays a character who shares his name. Colbert's character is a liberal stereotype of a conservative pundit, particularly a mockery of Fox News host [[Bill O'Reilly]] and ''[[The O'Reilly Factor]]''. Colbert has a guest every episode on the last segment, including authors, activists, and occasionally politicians and political personalities. He has said that his personality was based on O'Reilly, [[Anderson Cooper]], and [[Geraldo Rivera|Geraldo]].

A ''Better Know a District'' segment frequent on ''The Report'' is where Colbert will have a congressman from a district appear on the show, and Colbert has had a disproportionate showing by party, having significantly more [[Democrat]]s than [[Republican]]s on the show. The interviews, which are pre-recorded, are later edited to cast the interviewee in a poor light. For example, a congressman's answer to a question might be made to appear as though in reply to a totally different question, making the answer, and by extension the congressman, appear ridiculous, immoral, biased or ignorant. Another technique used in these interviews is Colbert's asking of loaded questions, such as his famous "George Bush- great president or ''the greatest'' president?"

A ''Better Know a District'' segment frequent on ''The Report'' is where Colbert will have a congressman from a district appear on the show, and Colbert has had a disproportionate showing by party, having significantly more [[Democrat]]s than [[Republican]]s on the show. The interviews, which are pre-recorded, are later edited to cast the interviewee in a poor light. For example, a congressman's answer to a question might be made to appear as though in reply to a totally different question, making the answer, and by extension the congressman, appear ridiculous, immoral, biased or ignorant. Another technique used in these interviews is Colbert's asking of loaded questions, such as his famous "George Bush- great president or ''the greatest'' president?"

''The Colbert Report'' has a following which the Colbert character often uses for his various pranks. For example, in every public vote for naming something, Colbert urges his fans to vote for him. He also leads frivolous wiki-vandalizing campaigns, having requested viewers vandalize Wikipedia several times and Conservapedia (see Relationship with Conservapedia section later in the article).

''The Colbert Report'' has a following which the Colbert character often uses for his various pranks. For example, in every public vote for naming something, Colbert urges his fans to vote for him. He also leads frivolous wiki-vandalizing campaigns, having requested viewers vandalize Wikipedia several times and Conservapedia.

In his recurring segment "The Wørd", which is a parody of O'Reilly's "Talking Points", Colbert coined the word [[truthiness]] on the show's pilot, which refers to the quality possessed by statements which, though factually false, are repeated by supporters who feel in their hearts that they ''ought'' to be true, and regard it as quibbling to object to their falsehood.

In his recurring segment "The Wørd", which is a parody of O'Reilly's "Talking Points", Colbert coined the word [[truthiness]] on the show's pilot, which refers to the quality possessed by statements which, though factually false, are repeated by supporters who feel in their hearts that they ''ought'' to be true, and regard it as quibbling to object to their falsehood.