Colby Hall | Mediaite
Stephen Colbert trained his sites last night on the growing News of the World phone hacking scandal and its growing inclusion of international media giant News Corp. and its chairman Rupert Murdoch. Colbert’s reportage may have been a bit late to the story, but he made up for it by focusing on how the story had been covered by News Corp.’s competitors, or in his words, “these are the type of attacks that happen when there are media companies he doesn’t own.”
Colbert then focused on how all other “media types are ganging up” on Murdoch, and even accused his American news outlet Fox News of not covering the story on its Fox News Watch program (which typically covers such media stories.) Lest anyone feel too badly for Murdoch, Colbert ended the segment by listing all of the media properties that are currently under Murdoch’s purview. An impressive list to say the least.
Watch the segment below, courtesy of Comedy Central:
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