Meanwhile, on its Web site, the trade journal Editor & Publisher posted more than a dozen letters from readers under a headline that reflected the broad range of electronic opinion: “Colbert Offensive, Colbert Mediocre, Colbert a Hero, Colbert Vicious, Colbert Brave.” Mr. Colbert’s employer, Comedy Central, said it had received nearly 2,000 e-mail messages by Monday morning — a response, it said, rivaled only by the contentious appearance nearly two years ago of Jon Stewart, Mr. Colbert’s comedy patron, on the now-defunct CNN shout-fest “Crossfire.”

Others chided the so-called mainstream media, including The New York Times, which ignored Mr. Colbert’s remarks while writing about the opening act, a self-deprecating bit Mr. Bush did with a Bush impersonator.

Some, though, saw nothing more sinister in the silence of news organizations than a decision to ignore a routine that, to them, just was not funny.

>> After Press Dinner, the Blogosphere Is Alive With the Sound of Colbert Chatter

Il avait commenté un slide-show montrant des photos de lui-même cherchant ces ADM dans le Bureau Oval.
>> Exemple des photos montrées par Bush
>> Article de la BBC

Greg Mitchell s’interroge donc sur l’attitude des commentateurs qui ont jugés que Colbert avait été indécent samedi soir :

Many say Stephen Colbert went too far in lampooning President Bush at the White House Correspondents Dinner, or was just “not funny.” Where was all that disapproval when Bush, at a very similar gathering two years ago, built a whole comedy routine around not finding WMD in Iraq?

>> When the President Joked About Not Finding WMD

Pour les relations entre presse et pouvoir en France, je te renvoie vers le billet de Clémentine :
>> Journalists heart Politicians (and vice versa)

Et pour ceux qui veulent en savoir sur le sosie de Bush :
http://www.stevebridges.com/

Comme aus USA, les politiciens sont invités à rire d’eux-mêmes.

Vous n’avez rien de tel en France ?

(J’imagine De Villepin et Sarko…)

Hop, la vidéo complète de S.Colbert, gracieusement trouvé sur Onegoodmove.org et envoyé sur dailymotion :

http://www.dailymotion.com/sensemilia/video/143459

(si vous voulez la sauvegarder, n’oublier pas “keep it !”)

Le fait qu’il ait pris une question d’helene thomas, alors qu’il l’avait boycotte pendant trois ans montre qu’il y a une tentative-probablement des plus maladroite- de demontrer que la maison blanche ne s’addresse pas qu’aux telespectateurs de Fox news.

Vous pouvez aussi laisser une “thank you notice” sur ce blog dédié au sketch de Colbert :
http://thankyoustephencolbert.org/

Et je n’ai pas cité la partie sur les généraux. Hillarante et tellement irrévérencieuse :

See who we’ve got here tonight. General Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff. General Peter Pace, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. They still support Rumsfeld. Right, you guys aren’t retired yet, right? Right, they still support Rumsfeld.

Look, by the way, I’ve got a theory about how to handle these retired generals causing all this trouble: don’t let them retire! Come on, we’ve got a stop-loss program; let’s use it on these guys. I’ve seen Zinni and that crowd on Wolf Blitzer. If you’re strong enough to go on one of those pundit shows, you can stand on a bank of computers and order men into battle. Come on.

http://billmon.org/archives/002417.html