NBC News lost one of its standard bearers today when Tim Russert passed away after collapsing at the Washington bureau. He was 58. From MSNBC: NBC’s Tim Russert dead at 58 Washington bureau chief, ‘Meet the Press’ moderator collapsed on job BREAKING NEWS NBC News and MSNBC updated 15 minutes ago WASHINGTON – Tim Russert, [...]
Stephen Colbert in the Zeitgeist: Met the Press Edition
October 22, 2007 By
Stephen Tiberius Colbert meets Cucurbita Maxima MsInterpreted has posted the story from the “paper of record”, but more views and reviews of Stephen’s appearance on MTP are found in the mainstream press and the blogs. Full transcript of the appearance is available here. Magical day for gays / Enter Truthiness – Chicago Sun Times: “A [...]
Pics from Stephen’s visit to ‘Meet the Press’
October 22, 2007 By
Getty images has some photos posted from presidential candidate Stephen Colbert’s appearance on Meet the Press; the following are some of the ones I liked best (especially the one with Colbert, “Russ-air” and, erm, “Behr”):
‘GW Hatchet’ and ‘Daily Colonial’ review Stephen Colbert’s DC appearance
October 22, 2007 By
You’ve probably read our unofficial reviews of Stephen’s Friday night book signing at Lisner Auditorium, but the official reviews are just rolling in now. Both The GW Hatchet and The Daily Colonial are out with stories on the event today: The real Colbert talks at Lisner Comedian plans to get name on ballot in S.C. [...]
The ‘NY Times’ covers Stephen’s ‘Meet the Press’ appearance . . . and campaigning in general
October 21, 2007 By
Today’s New York Times has a story about Stephen’s appearance with Tim Russert on Meet the Press and, for once, I’m pleasantly surprised to see that a mainstream media outlet gets the focus right: the absurdity of the campaign process that Stephen’s candidacy is casting into high relief. I’ve read a number of complaints about [...]
Additional recapping of Stephen’s Washington D.C. appearance
October 21, 2007 By
Hey, heroes! I’ve got a bit to add to Ms Interpreted‘s excellent recap of Stephen’s book signing in D.C. this past Friday night. Like she said, it wasn’t a lot of new material to those of us who devour Stephen’s interviews, but it was a delight to hear him speak in person and especially to [...]
Take Two: ‘Meet the Press’ offers a web extra with the real Stephen Colbert
October 21, 2007 By
Hope you all remembered to watch “Stephen” on Meet the Press this morning – Tim Russert really went after him for a lot of his statements in I Am America (And So Can You!). My own take was that Stephen looked unsure of whether to respond as himself or as “Stephen”, but he more or [...]
Review of Stephen Colbert from the Washington, DC book signing
October 19, 2007 By
Soooooo . . . what a night! I ducked out of work early (and I’ll be paying for that this weekend, but it was worth every second of it) and got my butt over to Lisner as early as possible, so I lucked out and was in the middle section of the auditorium, roughly the [...]
TiVo Alert! Stephen Colbert to appear on ‘Meet the Press’ this Sunday
October 17, 2007 By
Our good friend Rachel Sklar over at HuffPo has the scoop: Stephen Colbert continues his media blitz this Sunday with Tim Russert (as played by a pumpkin): Stephen Colbert On “Meet The Press” This Sunday Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | October 17, 2007 06:57 PM NBC has confirmed that Stephen Colbert will appear on [...]