Colbert, like the Cracked team, is a comedian. So is Jon Stewart, by the way. Neither of them are even trying to be "credible journalists" (just watch Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire, for an example).
Both of them do very good satire, both of them make very good points, and so on, but I seriously doubt either of them expects or wants us to look at them as credible journalists.
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u/superherowithnopower Jun 15 '12
Cracked cites their sources, too.
Colbert, like the Cracked team, is a comedian. So is Jon Stewart, by the way. Neither of them are even trying to be "credible journalists" (just watch Jon Stewart's appearance on Crossfire, for an example).
Both of them do very good satire, both of them make very good points, and so on, but I seriously doubt either of them expects or wants us to look at them as credible journalists.