Stephen Colbert’s ratings might have been half those of late-night cable reruns of the “The Family Guy,” but he was adored by our objective, unbiased, not-at-all-liberal media for being a leftist who protected Central Government and savaged anyone who disagreed. And now the media is in universal mourning over the loss of one of their most powerful weapons.
After nine years of protecting The State, the final episode of “The Colbert Report” aired last night, and it should come as no surprise that the media coverage has not only been excessive but a sad spectacle of monolithic gushing.
Time Magazine: The Colbert Report Is Dead. Long Live Stephen Colbert!
Washington Post: The show was so good and so meticulously performed that you could, in fact, not watch it.
Time Magazine (again): Stephen Colbert: A Great Talk-Show Host? No, the Greatest!
You get the idea.
Despite the fact that fewer than 1% of the American people ever watched “The Colbert Report,” because he made himself a useful tool against the political right, the mainstream media artificially inflated his influence (Jon Stewart, Lena Dunham, and Tina Fey are fellow travelers in this regard), and in turn used his clips during “objective” newscasts to undermine the GOP with ridicule.
Democrats sure got it good…
John Nolte on Twitter @NolteNC
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