Colbert Report - Oa, Firebrand Will Bring It, Babe

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Lamar finds that the more liberal you are, the more you see stephen colbert as a liberal skewering conservatives. But the more conservative you are, you see him as conservative skewering liberals. This is what we would call motivated cognition, or biased perception. He created a character who managed to appeal to all sides of the political spectrum simultaneously. If you think he's somehow winning an ideological battle, you're wrong. Why? Anganmil sogs as wi swe hadara as a a da. And the same thing happens with loads of moneytososa o. Oa, firebrand will bring it, babe.

In the political turmoil of mid-1990s Britain, a brilliant young comic named Harry Enfield set out to satirize the ideology and politics of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher. His parodies became famous. He wrote and performed a vicious sendup of the typical Thatcherite nouveau riche buffoon. People loved it. And what happened? Exactly the opposite of what Enfield hoped would happen. In an age dominated by political comedy, “The Satire Paradox” asks whether laughter and social protest are friends or foes.

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