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Re:Stephen Colbert at RSA Conference 2014 – Full Audio by dubfan on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @02:17PM (#7342375)
Stephen Colbert plays a character that satirizes conservative jingoistic "patriotic" mouthpieces of the Republican party, the kind typically found on Fox News and some talk radio stations.
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Re:Stephen Colbert at RSA Conference 2014 – Full Audio by mpyne on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @03:57PM (#7343072)
With that said, the fact that he rips NSA doesn't mean he (or his alter ego) supports Snowden: http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-57619771-83/colbert-turns-h...
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Re:Stephen Colbert at RSA Conference 2014 – Full Audio by mncolinlee on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @06:20PM (#7343957)
Ah, yes. Satire may survive dictators in totalitarian regimes intact, but it perishes in the webpages of CNET News.
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Re:Stephen Colbert at RSA Conference 2014 – Full Audio by mpyne on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @10:17PM (#7345044)
I assume that means you didn't actually read to the end where the Q&A was discussed...
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Re:Stephen Colbert at RSA Conference 2014 – Full Audio by mncolinlee on Wednesday March 05, 2014 @04:37PM (#7350132)
He was still in character as any Colbert viewer could tell by his responses.
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Re:Stephen Colbert at RSA Conference 2014 – Full Audio by serf on Tuesday March 04, 2014 @06:05PM (#7343877)
so I suppose it's his character being paid by the criminals at RSA, rather than him himself?

That's reassuring.

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