David Kronke was appointed Mayor of Television after a bloodless coup in 2000. Since then, he has improved infrastructure, championed greater educational opportunities and fought for reforms that have utterly erased corruption and incompetence from the television industry. Since Mr. Kronke has ascended to power, Television is a far better place. Stephen Colbert hates America (so does the media)
I’ve noted that Washington journalists, bored with the Presidential race, have found themselves more interested in Stephen Colbert than the real candidates. Well, some people think that’s a bad thing:
“(T)he Colbert candidacy becomes a distraction only if the press allows it to. And the sad fact is the press already has allowed it to, because the press literally drives itself to distraction on the campaign trail. That's not an unfortunate side effect of the process. That's the goal.
“Think of political press corps as that fat kid from “Willy Wonka & The Chocolate Factory,” Augustus Gloop. For too many journalists, the lure of the Colbert candidacy is akin to Wonka's river of chocolate, the one that lured the candy-loving Gloop into the deep end and got him stuck inside the tubes. The press already seems to do everything it can to avoid covering campaign substance. Instead, it pursues trivia such as haircuts, and laughs, and cleavage, and parking tickets, and head movements, and marital sleeping habits, and chiseled good looks, and cats, and accents. It's clear that the allure of a saccharine story like Colbert's running gag is simply too tempting.”
Even snarky sites don’t like their Presidential campaigns with snark:
“Now, we don't want to sound all imperious and sh!t, and we get the idea, add a little levity to the race, distract the cranky reporters, take everyone down a peg or two. It's good clean fun. But there's a $46 billion war on, we hear. And! Wildfires! Drought! … Britney has once again taken two children hostage! Chuck Norris is voting!”
“Just 12% of stories [about the candidates’ campaigns] examined were presented in a way that explained how citizens might be affected by the election, while nearly nine-out-of-ten stories (86%) focused on matters that largely impacted only the parties and the candidates.”
So, for the good of America, Colbert needs to renounce his candidacy. And then become a journalist and report on the issues because no one else seems to.
Who’s doing the faux news now?