The Death of Truthiness: A True Believer Mourns the Colbert Report

[cbayer]

http://religiondispatches.org/the-death-of-truthiness-a-true-believer-mourns-the-colbert-report/

BY STEPHANIE BREHM DECEMBER 18, 2014

In the beginning, there was The Colbert Report.

I believe that today we lost the best and truthiest television program ever in the history of televisions—and of histories.

Known to his friends as The Rev. Sir Dr. Stephen T. Mos Def Colbert, D.F.A., Heavyweight Champion of the World, Stephen Colbert stood at the helm of the Report for nine short years, guiding us with his “tips of the hat,” chiding us with his “wags of the finger,” and standing up against leaders who “think with their heads rather than know with their hearts.”

A beacon of “truthiness,” Colbert warned us of reality’s “strong liberal bias” and in doing so, “America’s most famous Catholic” changed media, politics, and religion forever. Mr. Colbert was a great American. Indeed, in his own words, Stephen Colbert was the greatest American.

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[Roy Rolling]

1. A sad day indeed

Who will take up the mantle and shine the light of "truthiness" for all of us lost in the darkness?

We are residents of the Colbert Nation now without a country.

[cbayer]

2. He is without equal. We are rudderless.

[Initech]

3. I am going to miss the Colbert Report. But man did he go out with a bang last night.

[cbayer]

4. Drat. I'm not able to see it.

Will see if I can find somewhere to stream it.

Thanks!

[Initech]

9. You can stream it here:

http://thecolbertreport.cc.com

[cbayer]

11. Thanks. I will probably get to a place I can stream later today or tomorrow.

I only get to see him show much later, but I will really miss him.

[bvf]

7. Wasn't that fantastic though?

Great farewell!


Too bad the article got a couple things wrong.

[Initech]

10. Definitely. That's how you end a show!

[radhika]

5. We should put all episodes in a Time Capsule and shoot them into space...

For the edification of academics, ETs, time travelers or human escapees from 21st century Earth. It would document just how crazy things got down here. The Colbert Report explains these times better than any historian or archaeologist I can imagine.

He nails us humans every time. Ouch.

[lastlib]

6. agreed!!

when aliens intercept Earth's communication broadcasts, I hope that the Colbert Report is the first one they translate!

[mahannah]

8. On a bright note: he'll be back.

[cbayer]

12. He's a treasure. I just hope he doesn't give in to doing schlock.

[LynneSin]

13. Honestly, Truthiness lives in all of us

Colbert, along with Jon Stewart and others have empowered us to question the 'truth' as spewed by Faux news. Just because 'The Colbert Report' is no longer out there doesn't mean the Truthiness has to die. It lives in all of us and we can continue the legacy and we have awesome people still out there reporting it with the original report of 'Truthiness' with Jon Stewart' and also over at HBO with Jon Oliver.

I'd love it if Comedy Central brought Oliver back to their channel but Oliver swears too damn much!

[cbayer]

15. He went where no one had gone before and apparently

some people never did really get it.

I saw Jon Oliver's show a couple of times and it didn't grab me. I think he's best at specific pieces.

More will come, but it will be hard to match Colbert.

[Gothmog]

14. I will miss this show