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Reality has a well-known liberal bias - Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

Robert Bernstein · 33.5K views · 2021-02-18 · 1:06

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A one-minute clip of Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents' Dinner delivering the line that reality has a well-known liberal bias.

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Y_Y · 2024-12 · Reference

I think it's only fair to credit Stephen Colbert here: [VIDEO] For those of you unfamiliar, he was a well-known and serious political pundit who in recent years has been performing as a character (of the same name) who parodies milquetoast late night centre-left almost-comedy.

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tim333 · 2024-11 · Reference

By the way, not knowing the history of the reality thing I looked it up - it came from a Colbert joke about W Bush's popularity [VIDEO]

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hawthornio · 2023-02 · Joke / meme

ChatGPT suggests factually correct or popular policies… The death penalty is objectively more expensive than life in prison, and the right to abortion is supported by a majority (in the US at least). You’re basically doing [a steven colbert bit]( [VIDEO] ), but unironically.

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