Arianna Tries to Convert Colbert
In a hilarious exchange, ex-conservative Huffington defends herself against charges of treachery from the arch-conservative Stephen Colbert. After months of also-ran status, "The Colbert Report" has been giving "The Daily Show" a run for its money lately (no small feat, considering that "The Daily Show" is perhaps the best program on television).
In a hilarious exchange, ex-conservative Huffington defends herself against charges of treachery from Stephen Colbert.
After months of also-ran status, The Colbert Report has been giving “The Daily Show” a run for its money lately (no small feat, considering that “The Daily Show” is perhaps the best program on television).
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He's filling the seat long commanded by David Letterman, which is a gigantic deal in and of itself, but whether Colbert's version of "The Late Show" gets off the ground ultimately has to do with whether he can fly solo—on his own terms.
The French government has announced a plan to prevent housing displacement and the creation of "ghettos for the rich" in the capital; apparently, watching "The Colbert Report" made some people more conservative; meanwhile, the principles of the 1910 Mexican Revolution are being revived by the protest movement inspired by the Ayotzinapa students' disappearance. These discoveries and more after the jump.
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