Colbert Defends Bachmann Against Media Bias

Stephen Colbert
Start your day with TPM.
Sign up for the Morning Memo newsletter

The big news out of Saturday’s Republican presidential debate, Stephen Colbert said Monday, is that a woman was mistreated, and Herman Cain had nothing to do with it.

That’s right, it was Michele Bachmann who was treated unfairly by CBS News. CBS News’ political director John Dickerson accidentally copied Bachmann’s campaign on an email instructing producers not to waste too much time interviewing her after the debate. Bachmann’s campaign manager proceeded to storm through the spin room, saying Dickerson is a “piece of shit” who should be fired.

“To add insult to injury, a piece of shit is polling higher than Michele Bachmann,” Colbert said. But we all know what’s behind this snub: media bias! After all, Colbert said, “Everyday the mainstream media denies airtime to millions of people who will not be president.”

Watch the video:

Latest Election 2012
Comments
Masthead Masthead
Founder & Editor-in-Chief:
Executive Editor:
Managing Editor:
Associate Editor:
Editor at Large:
General Counsel:
Publisher:
Head of Product:
Director of Technology:
Associate Publisher:
Front End Developer:
Senior Designer: