Cohen (WP) and Colbert ...... "he was a bully" [View All]

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-weissman/cohen-and-colbert_b_20372.html

"Colbert, says Cohen, was "not funny." He was, simply, "rude," engaged in "mockery that is insulting." Indeed, "Colbert was more than rude."

He was a bully.""

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from the Robert Weissman blog.....

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Cohen and Colbert

For some not entirely clear reason, Richard Cohen, one of the relatively few liberals among the Washington Post's pantheon of columnists, seems to think he has a duty to attack the liberal/left harshly.

In today's offering. Cohen goes after Stephen Colbert for his acerbic performance at the White House Correspondent's Dinner.

Colbert, says Cohen, was "not funny." He was, simply, "rude," engaged in "mockery that is insulting." Indeed, "Colbert was more than rude.

He was a bully."

I happened to think Colbert's routine was uproarious, but it's OK with me if Cohen thinks otherwise.

But he was "bullying" the president? Really? Watching a routine that highlights, among other issues, how the president deceived the American people to justify the invasion of Iraq (with, as a result, at least tens of thousands of Iraqis dead, along with 2,400 U.S. troops), the bullying that comes to mind is the fact that the president is not going to have an opportunity to respond at the dinner? Don't the president and the administration generally have a pretty decent platform to promote their views?

Why does Cohen think he should devote some of his valuable space on the Post op-ed page to going after Colbert? (His answer: "Because is representative of what too often passes for political courage, not to mention wit, in this country.")

This is not a one-time thing.

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link: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-weissman/cohen-and-colbert_b_20372.html