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Posted by: coreyspring 2 years agoOn Monday night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert addressed the online resource Wikipedia, that anyone can read or edit. His subsequent actions would cause a flood of vandalism on the site, as well as get his user account blocked.
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jkbella
Aug. 1, 2006, 9:48 a.m.He is a great philosopher of our time-what is truth anyway?
The best is, we laugh all the way to enlightenment-except for those among us who think they know the truth and want to assassinate him.
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Tango57
Aug. 1, 2006, 10:15 a.m.I just love Steve Colbert and Jon Stewart! They are my daily dose of political humor. Can't imagine what my day would be like without them. I did watch the show last night, thanks Steve for the "truthiness".
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PINTO
Aug. 1, 2006, 10:28 a.m.Ive always thought he ws halarious, dating back to his beginng days with the daily show. but i never realized how quick witted he was untill he got his own show. Hes a genius in his genre and his show has surpassed that of the daily show in my opinion.
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coreyspring
Aug. 1, 2006, 10:39 a.m.I'm curious to see if he addresses the whole thing on tonight's show.
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DrDash
Aug. 1, 2006, 10:52 a.m.I saw the show and knew this would happen. To bad people really did what he said, but I bet it wont be hard to clean up! his suggestions were outrageous enough to be easy to find, and I am sure Wikipedia loved the free ad :)
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Virginia
Aug. 1, 2006, 11:10 a.m.We watch the first 12-18 minutes of the Daily Show to see this day's or week's trivia madness in the news. Steve not so much. What is the story about Steve's ears? I watched him on CSPAN at this year's Press Club function. President Bush had a permanent tight smile on every time they showed him on camera. His appearance made minimal news in the main stream media. About the same as Jon's appearance at the Oscar's. They are commedians and have that type of view of our world and both have their standard and expected shtick.
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notmyfriends
Aug. 1, 2006, 11:11 a.m.Wikipedia - you are dead to me... and while i'm at it, the curling news, you are on notice!
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Angemama
Aug. 1, 2006, 11:28 a.m.I Loooove this guy!
That whole Wikipedia thing has always kinda bothered me
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DoesItMatterAnyway
Aug. 1, 2006, 11:40 a.m.Steven Colber is my hero....what you guys say? COlbert '08?
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TemplarScribe
Aug. 1, 2006, 11:43 a.m.So, what's wrong with claiming that the elephant population in Africa has trippled in the past year, as Mr. Colbert requested? Perhaps THEY just don't want us to know the truth (--iness). I think everyone should watch the repeat of the Colbert Report tonight at 8/7 Central, and judge for themselves if what Stephen did was chaotic...or merely inspired genius? (BTW: Notice that, more than once, he stumbles doing his onair shtick, which is usually so polished that it seems he's prepared a week in advance for it. Did Stephen anticipate this level of reaction? Aha -- genius-level brains AND psychic!
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heinz-beans
Aug. 1, 2006, 12:06 p.m.What is wrong with you people?
Wikipedia is one of the internet's great assets. I have used it rather extensively as a research tool for my occupation (engineer) and for my outside interests (religion and politics). I have found it to be accurate well over 99% of the time. (Yes, I do corroborate anything I think may be wrong with other sources, that is how I was schooled.)
So, this guy Colbert, for a few yuks SCREWS IT UP FOR ALL OF US!!!!! Is he a retard? No. Is he autistic? No. Is he a TOTALLY SELFISH *$&@#($ WHO THINKS ONLY OF HIMSELF? Yes.
Put that on the air tonight, Steve Colbert.
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smannel9
Aug. 1, 2006, 12:12 p.m.It isn't you.. he is hilarious. Between the Colbert Report and the Daily Show, I find that I have hope for our culture given this level of satire exists.
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tks-back
Aug. 1, 2006, 12:17 p.m.Colbert is hilarious but jon stewart is a moron i watched his show once amd it wasnt even funny i dunno how that moron got his own show
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WorkerSS
Aug. 1, 2006, 1:16 p.m.I thought there was too many elephants already and if seen we could shoot them on sight ? especially them big fat albino ones and those weird anorexic looking ones that have a face like a horse.
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bazookadale
Aug. 1, 2006, 1:26 p.m.Wikipedia is a joke - why not use it to get a laugh? And now they've blocked his account? Wow he'll never get past that one will he! The whole concept is flawed.
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Linuxcpa
Aug. 1, 2006, 1:49 p.m.Then Colbert is an idiot. Wikipedia is one of the best encyclopedia's out there. Try to put some B.S, in a Wikipedia article and see what happens. I dare you.
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flipper65
Aug. 1, 2006, 1:50 p.m.Has anyone ever commented how this Netscape blogging space is much like the Wikipiddly thing when it comes to false truthiness?
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coreyspring
Aug. 1, 2006, 1:59 p.m.Linuxcpa - Remeber this?
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm
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BlackSpiral
Aug. 1, 2006, 2:02 p.m.Why is everyone so obsessed with Wikipedia. People think it is the standard in facts and information, yet the only time I've used it, the information was erroneous. I hope more people mess with Wikipedia like Colbert did!
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Linuxcpa
Aug. 1, 2006, 2:08 p.m.BlackSpiral: The only obsession I see here is a desire of people, such as yourself, to actually degrade a valuable resource.
If you are going to claim that there is erroneous material on Wikipedia, you better support your claim with some _evidence_ otherwise you're just another Rush Limbaugh or Bill O' Reilly.
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Linuxcpa
Aug. 1, 2006, 2:20 p.m.BTW, here is Colbert's Wikipedia entry. After all of that, not one deragatory statement in the article, and a large volume of information @ Mr. Colbert that is well referenced.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Colbert
Here is part of it:
"Stephen Colbert
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Born: May 13, 1964
Charleston, South Carolina
Occupation: Comedian/Satirist
Website: Colbert Nation.com
This article is about Stephen Colbert, the actor. For the character he portrays on The Colbert Report, see Stephen Colbert (character)
Stephen Tyrone Colbert (/koʊlˈbɛɹ/; born May 13, 1964) is an American comedian and satirist known for his dramatic style and witty comedic delivery. He is most famous for his work on The Daily Show, and as the star of its spin-off, The Colbert Report. The latter is a detournement of personality-driven, politically conservative news and opinion shows, especially Bill O'Reilly's..."
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coreyspring
Aug. 1, 2006, 2:23 p.m.Linuxcpa - Netscaoe adds the html for the end of a paragraph to the URL for some wacky reason. Highlight it, copy and paste it into your browser or look at the URL after you click the link above and delete the erroneous crap at the end.
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