Ok, first off I’m a huge fan of the Colbert Report. I don’t get a chance to watch it on regular TV so I just watch clips on YouTube when I can (usually at work or at home, depending on time). Colbert does a segment called “Better Know a District” where he interviews congressmen (and women) from various districts around the US. On this particular occasion he has Robert Wexler, a Florida congressman who is uncontested in the upcoming election and so decides to have a little fun with him.. just watch:
Obviously, it’s all in jest and Colbert is having some fun with a congressman and he happily plays along. No big deal, right? Well, leave it to Fox News to misconstrue the interview and spin it to meet their own agenda. Here’s video proof:
In his interview on The Colbert Report, Congressman Robert Wexler, a Democrat from Florida, left himself wide open to malevolent editing. Fox News took the bait, as this video shows.
Unreal, eh? So Colbert, being the good sport that he is, does a spot on this week’s show in response to all the hubbub about Wexler’s “comments” on his show. See here:
All in all, it’s quite amusing how the average media outlets are spinning this obvious joking interview the wrong way… I wonder how many people are REALLY biting on it. Hopefully not many, that’s for sure. It’s been most amusing, though.
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