About This Site

“The vast majority of bloggers out there are responsible correspondents doing fine work in niche reporting fields like Gilmore Girl fan fiction, or cute things their cats do, or photoshopped images of the Gilmore Girls as cats. That’s great. Where I draw the line is with these attack-bloggers. Just someone with a computer who gathers, collates and publishes accurate information that is then read by the general public. They have no credibility. All they have is facts. Spare me.”
– Stephen Colbert

IN A NUTSHELL – WE’RE STEPHEN FANS
or Why We Do This – by DB Ferguson

MISSION STATEMENTS ROCK!

The purpose of this fan site is to aggregate topical news articles and buzz from the blogosphere into a comprehensive Colbert-centric news source. We also feature exclusive interviews, daily Episode Guides, and breaking news updates with live coverage of events.

WHY NO FACT ZONE FOR THE SITE NAME?

The term “No Fact Zone” comes from a sketch that was originally done during Colbert’s stint on ‘The Daily Show’. TDS ran multiple parody commercials for the then-non existent show for Stephen, called ‘The Colbert Report’ (“It’s French, B#tch!”). One of the lines in one of these promos has Stephen parodying Bill O-Reilly’s No Spin Zone with the line, “Come take a spin in the No-Fact Zone!” It seemed appropriate, and when I found the quote at the header of this page, I realized I had found a fantastic site name.

You can see the original sketch in this video clip.

BUILDING THE BEST STEPHEN COLBERT FAN SITE ON THE WEB

EXCLUSIVE BREAKING NEWS

We’ve had the fortune to garner exclusive interviews with people such as Ben Karlin (co-creator and former executive producer, ‘The Colbert Report’), Mark Malkoff (audience coordinator, ‘The Colbert Report’), Tom Peyer (author, ‘Tek Jansen’ comic series), Scott Chantler (illustrator, ‘Tek Jansen’ series) and other players who have appeared on ‘The Colbert Report.’ We’ve also gained a loyal following who have tipped us off to some amazing scoops, the biggest two so far being our breaking of the Ben & Jerry’s Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream story and the Richard Branson water fight (click to watch TCR’s coverage of the story).

GAINING AN ONLINE PRESENCE – LINK LOVE

Since its humble inception, this blog has become one of the most relevant and popular Stephen Colbert fan sites on the web. We have been linked by some pretty major mainstream news sources and popular entertainment blogs such as:

• ColbertNation.com (official site of The Colbert Report) – Permalink, Fan Sites, frequently linked on home page under “State of the Nation” news section
• Comedy Central Insider Blog – Permalink, Listed under “Funny Links”
• Indecision 2008 Blog – Permalink, Listed under “Blog Roll”
• Ben & Jerry’s Official Site – FAQ for Ben & Jerry’s “Stephen Colbert’s AmeriCone Dream”
• TheApiary.org – Permalink, Listed under “Comedy”
• AskMen.com: Stephen Colbert – Permalink, Listed under “Gold” section
• Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me – Official Site, listed under “Contributors – Stephen Colbert”
  

• New York magazine Entertainment Blog – Stephen Colbert and Steve Carell Celebrate Second City’s 50th Anniversary (12/13/2009)
• Los Angeles Times – Stephen Colbert’s Name Game (10/11/2009)
• Craig Newmark blog [founder of Craigslist] – Colbert Nation supports Iraq/Afghanistan war vets (9/10/2009)
• ChicagoTribune.com – Stephen Colbert’s face: The real story (or not) (6/25/2008)
• Videogum – If Stephen Colbert Is In The Love Guru, Do We Still Have To Hate It? (5/27/2008)
• Deadspin.com – Puck Headlines (3/13/2008)
• BestWeekEver – Monumental Moments For Colbert (1/24/2008)
• Richard Branson Interview Trainwreck:
  After breaking this story from a comment left in our blog, the story was picked up by MediaBistro.com, and then by BoingBoing and Wired.com, and confirmed on the blog of Colbert Report guest Ian Bogost. The story was then picked up nationally and internationally, and the story was even mentioned on the show as buildup for the presentation of the interview.
• PopWatch blog (EW.com) – Who dat? (5/11/2007)
• Ben & Jerry’s Stephen Colbert’s Americone Dream ice cream:
  After our exclusive story was picked up by Salon.com, the story was picked up by numerous high-profile blogs and news sources, such as The Huffington Post, USA Today, BoingBoing, VH1’s Best Week Ever, OhNoTheyDidn’t, OliverWillis.com, Comedy Central Insider’s blog and Fark.com.
• The Austin American-Statesman: Entertainment blog (Michael Barnes) – Our exclusive story on a segment filmed in Austin was picked up by this Austin blog (12/26/2006)
• Chicago Tribune: The Watcher Blog (Maureen Ryan) – ‘The Colbert Report’s’ guitar shredathon brings in the big guns (12/21/2006)
• The Huffington Post: Eat The Press (Rachel Sklar) – Daily Show Update: Steve Bodow New Head Writer; Simpsons’ Josh Lieb Joins As New Co-Exec Producer (12/1/2006)
• PBS.Org: Media Shift – “Stephen Colbert: Don’t Love and Leave YouTube” (10/30/2006)
• The Huffington Post: Eat The Press (Rachel Sklar) – Stephen Colbert’s Web Dominance: How “The Colbert Report” Is Fast Becoming The Leader In Web-TV Integration (8/22/2006)
• TV Squad.com (Annie Wu) – The Stephen Colbert Bridge needs you! (8/10/2006)

FINAL THOUGHTS

I’d like to say a special thanks to all of the readers of this blog – you know who you are. I could blog all day and know that I am doing a good job, but honestly, it makes it so much better when I know that what I do is being appreciated by so many Stephen Colbert fans. It is very validating to me to know that someone other than me finds this level of detail about a very specific blog topic to be entertaining and worthwhile. And let’s not forget, I get so many good tips from all of you who read my blog. Every day, I get e-mails with resources, links, and ideas that help this blog be more interesting than ever. Please keep those cards and letters coming, kids. It’s always better to play with a team than with yourself, I always say. So please, come play in our sandbox.

Also, let me make something clear to anyone who has made it this far. We are not employees of Comedy Central. This site is not run by Comedy Central, and I put in a long legal disclaimer hoping to CYA, but the short version is “I’m just a little ol’ fan. Please don’t sue me.” No one is making money on this site. We do this for the sheer love of All Things Colbert. Bottom line is that this site is all about promoting Stephen Colbert, all praise and glory to his name, peace be upon him.

So thank you for joining us today, and feel free to peruse and return often. We, the No Fact Zone crack team of journalists/bloggers/uberfans of Stephen Colbert, promise we will make this site worth your while.

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