Hey, kids. As you probably know, every now and again, I read something that gets my blood pressure up high enough to require scientific notation to record, and the only thing that can bring me down again is to watch vintage clips of Stephen’s take on the issue of the day. Well, I’m there now, having read that The Washington Post, who continues to employ such factually dishonest columnists as George Will and Charles Krauthammer, has seen fit to fire one of the few remaining voices of reason and challenge they had on their staff: Dan Froomkin was fired yesterday.

Those of you who aren’t regular readers of Mr. Froomkin’s outstanding column won’t necessarily understand my frustration and outrage, but Glenn Greenwald has collected a number of illustrative links here and here and here. As he notes, “At a time when newspapers are relying more and more on online traffic, the Post just fired the person who, in 2007, wrote 3 out of the top 10 most-trafficked columns … Isn’t that an odd person to choose to get rid of?” Why, yes, it is! Unless … gee, could it possibly be that Mr. Froomkin was sent packing because of his willingness to call B.S. when the facts so required? Allow me to offer my congratulations, Washington Post, on completing your journey to irrelevance in my eyes.

I’ve compiled a few of my favorite videos of Stephen calling the establishment media to task and/or exploding the myth of the “liberal media” in an attempt to calm myself down again, and I’ve assembled them after the jump. For now, here’s my absolute fave: Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.

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