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- C-SPAN Demands Sites Censor Colbert Videos
  Posted by j1o2n3a4s5 from Wired
  Political comedy often is intended to stir controversy, but this doesn't usually involve broadcasting rights and the public affairs network C-SPAN. The cable network told two internet video providers, YouTube and Ifilm, to pull clips of Stephen Colbert's April 29 performance at the White House Correspondents Association dinner from their websites as it offended the sensibilities of Bush.
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- A Comedian's Riff on Bush Prompts an E-Spat
  Posted by Billbar from New York Times
  this was a business decision, not a political one. Not only is the entire event available to be streamed at C-Span's Web site, c-span.org, but the network is selling DVD's of the event for $24.95, including speeches and a comedy routine by President Bush with a President Bush imitator. And C-Span gave permission to Google Videos to carry the Colbert speech beginning Friday.
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- Making Colbert go away
  Posted by Billbar from Salon
  The docile press corps was offended when Stephen Colbert dared to expose Bush's -- and their own -- feet of clay. But how to respond? Voila: "He wasn't funny."
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- Hoyer: Bush deserves respect
  Posted by Billbar from Hill News
  House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) came to the defense of the commander in chief after Saturday’s White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, where the president took a drubbing from comedian Stephen Colbert.
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- The truthiness hurts
  Posted by Billbar from Salon
  Stephen Colbert's brilliant performance unplugged the Bush myth machine -- and left the clueless D.C. press corps gaping.
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- A Small Taste of the Media's Power to Choose the News
  Posted by Billbar from Daou Report
  The AP's first stab at it and pieces from Reuters and the Chicago Tribune tell us everything we need to know: Colbert's performance is sidestepped and marginalized while Bush is treated as light-hearted, humble, and funny. Expect nothing less from the cowardly American media. Sins of omission can be just as bad as sins of commission.
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- Colbert Lampoons Bush at Dinner-- President Was Not Amused
  Posted by Billbar from Editor and Publisher
  A blistering comedy “tribute” to President Bush by Comedy Central’s faux talk show host Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondent Dinner Saturday night left George and Laura Bush unsmiling at its close.
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