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On Monday night's episode of The Colbert Report, Stephen Colbert addressed the online resource Wikipedia, the encyclopedia that anyone can read or edit. Colbert praised Wikipedia for "wikiality," the reality that exists if you make something up and enough people agree with you - it becomes reality. Colbert's subsequent examples to prove "wikiality" would cause chaos on the site, and lead an administrator to subsequently block his account.

 

In the segment, Colbert logs on to the Wikipedia article about his show to find out whether he usually refers to Oregon as "California's Canada or Washington's Mexico." Upon learning that he has referred to Oregon as both, he demonstrates how easy it is to disregard both references and put in a completely new one (Oregon is Idaho's Portugal), declaring it "the opinion I've always held, you can look it up."

 

Colbert goes on to declare that he doesn't believe George Washington had slaves.

 

"If I want to say he didn't that's my right, and now, thanks to Wikipedia *taps keyboard* it's also a fact."

 

Here's the fun part - Colbert actually did this. The Wikipedia articles on his show and George Washington were both edited by the user Stephencolbert to reflect the changes he declared on air as he tapped at his computer around 23:35 UTC - which is 6:35pm on the East Coast, during the taping of his show, hours before it aired.

 

It gets better.

 

Colbert then urged his audience to find the Wikipedia entry on elephants and create an entry that stated their population had tripled in the last six months, a fact he freely stated to not know if it was "actually true," with his sidebar stating "it isn't." Guess what happened next?

 

Scores of internet users took Colbert's bait, repeatedly vandalizing approximately 20 articles on elephants before all being placed under a lock. The move also subsequently caused Wikipedia administrator Tawker to block Stephen Colbert from the website, reportedly to verify his identity. Either Tawker is incapable of checking the above log times that corroborate Colbert, or, more likely, he just wants to be mentioned on Stephen's show (as evidenced by his notes on the block and blog entry).

 

All this trouble over a man who, as his user page noted, is a 'defender of truth.'

Here's the video:

 

http://www.soxtalk.com/forums/index.php?s=...t&p=1237541

i liked his point how an article on truthiness was longer than one on lutherans

i liked his point how an article on truthiness was longer than one on lutherans

As it should be. Afterall, Lutherans are on notice.

As it should be. Afterall, Lutherans are on notice.

PUT MILK ON NOTICE!

PUT MILK ON NOTICE!

 

That show just kills me.

 

That show just kills me.

i never watched it regularly but always liked it but lately i find myself watching it every night

oh man hahaha

PUT MILK ON NOTICE!

Oh audience member you don't know how hard it is to put something on notice.

Does anyone else think that the Colbert Report has surpassed the Daily Show? Thanks to tivo, I haven't missed an episode since the shows been on air.

Does anyone else think that the Colbert Report has surpassed the Daily Show? Thanks to tivo, I haven't missed an episode since the shows been on air.

I must say I look forward to Colbert more than I do Stewart now. I typically watch both though.

i've been sayin it for years...er, months

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I really can't stand Colbert and his show.

lol

 

colbert is such a douchebag

 

but I really can't stand Colbert and his show.

 

^^^

 

it's lame

I guess I'm in the minority here, but I really can't stand Colbert and his show.

It's over-the-top tongue in cheek humor which can get grating at times, I see your point there. However, there's times where it is hilariously scathing (i.e. his interviews with Congress members like Lynn Westmoreland -- a guy who is parading the need to have the 10 Commandments everywhere because they're so important -- and Colbert asked Westmoreland to name the commandments for him. Westmoreland got 2 before admitting he didn't know them.)

I like to watch it from time to time, but it's not hard to see how it will get very repetitive eventually.

i.e. his interviews with Congress members like Lynn Westmoreland -- a guy who is parading the need to have the 10 Commandments everywhere because they're so important -- and Colbert asked Westmoreland to name the commandments for him. Westmoreland got 2 before admitting he didn't know them.)

 

 

haha, that is hilarious

 

those interviews are definately the best part of the show.

haha, that is hilarious

 

those interviews are definately the best part of the show.

"Threatdown", "The Word", "Formidable Opponent", Hell, there's hardly a bad segment IMO. Threatdown probalby comes out on top I guess.

you guys are a bunch of dorks

I liked his interview with Waxler or whoever.

 

"Say something that would hurt you in you weren't running unopposed."

 

"I enjoy cocaine"

"I don't understand how you can say that Rosa Parks was overrated"

"Listen, for all we know there was an elderly white man waiting for that seat. I will not stop until Rosa Parks' descendents apologize to that bus company for what she did."

"Ugh, I have no choice" (shoots stephen)

"Typical east coast ivory tower liberalism."

"I shot you, very near the heart!"

 

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It doesn't.

It doesn't.

Try now.

people who don't like colbert report are just trying to seem cool. Cause we all know its cool to seem like you don't like it

Fort Wayne's going to be in a story on the Daily Show tonight. My friend's family owns a roller rink, and that's where it takes place. They'll be spoofing Indiana having the most terror targets in the nation.