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'''Stephen Colbert''' is a writer and actor. In his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report" (pronounced cole-BEAR re-POR) he pretends to be a Bush supporter and uses this stance to poke ironic fun at the Bush administration. | '''Stephen Colbert''' is a writer and actor. In his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report" (pronounced cole-BEAR re-POR) he pretends to be a Bush supporter and uses this stance to poke ironic fun at the Bush administration. | ||
| − | He coined the word "truthiness" to refer to the quality possessed 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. | + | He coined the word "truthiness" to refer to the quality possessed 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; Creationists, Neo-Conservatives, Bush supporters, and many others are proponents of this style of thinking. |
| − | + | Colbert has poked fun at Wikipedia and its apparent democratization of truth, and caused trouble for Wikipedia by suggesting that his listeners alter articles. | |
Revision as of 22:47, February 22, 2007
Stephen Colbert is a writer and actor. In his Comedy Central show, "The Colbert Report" (pronounced cole-BEAR re-POR) he pretends to be a Bush supporter and uses this stance to poke ironic fun at the Bush administration.
He coined the word "truthiness" to refer to the quality possessed 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; Creationists, Neo-Conservatives, Bush supporters, and many others are proponents of this style of thinking.
Colbert has poked fun at Wikipedia and its apparent democratization of truth, and caused trouble for Wikipedia by suggesting that his listeners alter articles.