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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Blumenthal: Colbert Spoke Truth, not Truthiness, to Power Sidney Blumenthal <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/05/04/colbert_press/print.html" title="says Stephen Colbert delivered">says Stephen Colbert delivered</a> the “most scathing public critique of the Bush presidency and the complicity of a craven press corps,” so it’s not surprising his routine was met by silence by the journalists in the room. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060504_stephen_colbert_sidney_blumenthal/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060504_stephen_colbert_sidney_blumenthal/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= Blumenthal: Colbert Spoke Truth, not Truthiness, to Power Sidney Blumenthal <a href="http://www.salon.com/opinion/blumenthal/2006/05/04/colbert_press/print.html" title="says Stephen Colbert delivered">says Stephen Colbert delivered</a> the “most scathing public critique of the Bush presidency and the complicity of a craven press corps,” so it’s not surprising his routine was met by silence by the journalists in the room. <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060504_stephen_colbert_sidney_blumenthal/">http://www.truthdig.com/eartotheground/item/20060504_stephen_colbert_sidney_blumenthal/</a> Copyright © 2006 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com