When news stories fall through the cracks, we here at Colbert News Hub catch it for a post we call “In the Press”.
Hello Nation! This summer has seen a drought of epic proportions and I’m not talking about the uncertainties of this falls corn harvest, I’m talking about In The Press. How my fellow Hubsters have managed to survive without a constant, nourishing rain of Stephen related news, I cannot say. Except to say I’m pretty sure they ate Tad to tide them over.
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On March 29th Stephen Colbert issued a challenge to college students to start a collegiate chapter of his SuperPAC: Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. Remy Maisel, a Penn State Animal Science Major, and amateur media critic for The Huffington Post accepted the challenge, and has since gone on to recruit over two hundred students, staff and faculty, including Sophia A. McClennen author of ‘America According to Colbert: Satire as Public Pedagogy’ to the Penn State SuperPAC: Penn Staters For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.
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Our very own Hubster Remy has taken up the SuperPAC challenge, and formed “Penn Staters for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow”.
On behalf of the Hub, goodluck and happy treasure hunting Penn Staters!!
Yes, I said to myself. Staying true to the philosophy of ‘yes, and’ that Stephen Colbert (the person, not the megalomaniacal talk show host) espouses, which dictates that in life, as in improvisational acting, one must never say ‘no,’ but rather say ‘yes, and,’ I immediately knew that my answer was a resounding yes, and. Yes, I will do it. And I will do it right now. And I will do it with as many people who want to do it with me. And I will reach out to people young and old, Democrat and Republican, engineers and English majors. And I will do this, even though I’m not exactly sure what I’m doing, or how to do it.
I’ll wait for Trevor Potter’s handbook — not legal advice, Colbert warned, and if you mix up the directions, instead of registering a political action committee, you’ll find yourself stuck with a shoddy piece of Ikea furniture — before I fill out the F.E.C. paperwork. And I’ve already surveyed several students and professors who have expressed their interest in helping me navigate the red tape of the world of campaign finance. But, after all, we’re not doing this because it’s impossible. We’re doing this because it’s one page of paperwork to register a political action committee. We’re doing it because it’s so easy, a college student can do it.
Until the not-legal-advice handbook and the rest of the essential pieces of the Super Fun Pack (particularly the Allen wrench and tube socks) arrive, I’ll continue to amass support from my peers, with whom I’m staying in touch via a Facebook page I created on Monday. So far, reactions vary from “You’re starting a what? What’s that?” (“Exactly why you should join!”) to “That’s awesome, I’d love to help!” (“Fantastic! The Colbert Nation salutes you, fellow it-getter!”).
Full Article: The Huffington Post.
Facebook Page: Penn Staters for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.
Also Featured on: Onward State and Collegian Online.
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The Peabody Awards have just announced that they are presenting The Colbert Report with its prestigious award, “for its deadpan anchor’s ‘Super PAC’ segments lampooning the rise of megabucks politics.” That brings The Report’s Peabody count to two. For those of you keeping score at home, that’s probably two more than you have. Unless, of course, you’re the ghost of Edward R. Murrow.
The awards will be presented during a May 21 luncheon at the Waldorf-Astoria in Gotham hosted by Patrick Stewart.
Full List of Winners: Goldderby.com
Source: CC Insider.
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When news stories fall through the cracks, we here at Colbert News Hub catch it for a post we call “In the Press”.
The media has taken a strong look at Stephen’s satirical influence over the political process and they are all a buzz about it. Of course, his brief absence from the show caused nearly as much press as his most genius satirical stunts. It’s been an odd couple of months In The Press and this post will follow suit. The format may be different but the media frenzy remains the same.
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Special guest blogger Alyssa Vincent has written this fantastic article after watching a recent episode of ‘The Colbert Report’, in which it was announced that when Googling the term ‘Super PAC’, the top search results were all links relating to ‘Colbert SuperPAC’. Like many of us Alyssa was curious as to why a comedian, and not a politician would return the top search results. The following article explains why this phenomenon occurred, and its relationship to a process known as ‘Search Engine optimisation’ or SEO for short.
Comedian Stephen Colbert’s name has recently become synonymous with the term super political action committee, at least in the eyes of Google. When searching the term super PAC in Google, Colbert’s name dominates the top results. Officials at Bluffdale-based SEO.com are weighing in on why the popular search engine thinks Colbert and super PACs are interchangeable terms.
Colbert announced in February that when searching for the term super PAC in Google, the Colbert super PAC came up as the second and third results.
“Colbert ranks highly in the search engine results because super PACs have been a strong theme on his show,” said Claye Stokes, SEO director at SEO.com. “He has produced high quality, controversial content about super PACs that people find comical and interesting.”
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When news stories fall through the cracks, we here at Colbert News Hub catch it for a post we call “In the Press”.
Between Stephen’s exploratory committee and a barrage of Super PAC ads, the press has had to run for their money since the beginning of the year. Travel back in time a few weeks with me and enjoy the big climax to a year long work of satire. Reactions ranged from glorious to grotesque. In the interest of full disclosure, this reporter admits they may have “had an accident” upon first hearing the news and hopes their new undergarments are, in fact, dependable.
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Colbert SuperPac – Part 2
Hello Nation! This summer has seen a drought of epic proportions and I’m not talking about the uncertainties of this falls corn harvest, I’m talking about In The Press. How my fellow Hubsters have managed to survive without a constant, nourishing rain of Stephen related news, I cannot say. Except to say I’m pretty sure they ate Tad to tide them over.
Continue reading
On March 29th Stephen Colbert issued a challenge to college students to start a collegiate chapter of his SuperPAC: Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow. Remy Maisel, a Penn State Animal Science Major, and amateur media critic for The Huffington Post accepted the challenge, and has since gone on to recruit over two hundred students, staff and faculty, including Sophia A. McClennen author of ‘America According to Colbert: Satire as Public Pedagogy’ to the Penn State SuperPAC: Penn Staters For A Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow.
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Our very own Hubster Remy has taken up the SuperPAC challenge, and formed “Penn Staters for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow”.
On behalf of the Hub, goodluck and happy treasure hunting Penn Staters!!
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The media has taken a strong look at Stephen’s satirical influence over the political process and they are all a buzz about it. Of course, his brief absence from the show caused nearly as much press as his most genius satirical stunts. It’s been an odd couple of months In The Press and this post will follow suit. The format may be different but the media frenzy remains the same.
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Special guest blogger Alyssa Vincent has written this fantastic article after watching a recent episode of ‘The Colbert Report’, in which it was announced that when Googling the term ‘Super PAC’, the top search results were all links relating to ‘Colbert SuperPAC’. Like many of us Alyssa was curious as to why a comedian, and not a politician would return the top search results. The following article explains why this phenomenon occurred, and its relationship to a process known as ‘Search Engine optimisation’ or SEO for short.
Between Stephen’s exploratory committee and a barrage of Super PAC ads, the press has had to run for their money since the beginning of the year. Travel back in time a few weeks with me and enjoy the big climax to a year long work of satire. Reactions ranged from glorious to grotesque. In the interest of full disclosure, this reporter admits they may have “had an accident” upon first hearing the news and hopes their new undergarments are, in fact, dependable.
Continue reading