Chances are, if you’re reading, well, any mainstream media anywhere in the world, you won’t have heard about Stephen Colbert’s half-hour monologue at the White House Correspondents Dinner, in which he systematically lambasted, lampooned and destroyed both the US President and the fawning media circus that surrounds him. The man is a legend; he said this, stood not 10ft away from Bush:

Now, I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32% approval rating. But guys like us, we don’t pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in “reality.” And reality has a well-known liberal bias.

And he said this, in front of the assembled news media of America:

As excited as I am to be here with the president, I am appalled to be surrounded by the liberal media that is destroying America, with the exception of Fox News. Fox News gives you both sides of every story: the president’s side, and the vice president’s side.

But the rest of you, what are you thinking, reporting on NSA wiretapping or secret prisons in eastern Europe? Those things are secret for a very important reason: they’re super-depressing. And if that’s your goal, well, misery accomplished. Over the last five years you people were so good — over tax cuts, WMD intelligence, the effect of global warming. We Americans didn’t want to know, and you had the courtesy not to try to find out. Those were good times, as far as we knew.

Daily Kos has a full transcript as well as links to the full video (also available on YouTube).

And whilst you’re at it, don’t forget to thank Stephen for his efforts.

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