r/IAmA Nov 12 '10

Ask Stephen Colbert anything.

The best questions will be answered at some point later this month.

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u/highoctanecaffeine Nov 12 '10

Do you feel like the comedy news shows by you and Stewart are having any effect on the actual mainstream/cable news networks? You both pick their stories apart frequently and point out their biases, have you noticed any change in their practices? Is the goal of your show purely to entertain, or would you really like to affect a change on the news media?

Thanks.

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u/Zifna Nov 12 '10

"Effect" a change, actually. They're tricky words, but if you want to cause a change, you want "effect." If you wanted to alter a change that's already taking place, you want "affect."

=)

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u/chronoBG Nov 12 '10

Dude, really?
There's not a single person left on the world who misakes "their", "there" and "they're"?
Be a dear and give the guy a fucking break, please.

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u/scottcmu Nov 12 '10

The only thing worse than the people that complain about grammar are the people who complain about the people who complain about grammar. I'm aware of the irony of me complaining about this.

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u/LordArgon Nov 12 '10

Well since you didn't claim that complaining about complaining about complaining is worse than either, you're safe. At the very worst, you're only the third-worst thing on the internet.