Bozell Column: Colbert's Campus Coddlers

On July 9, Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi composed a puff piece to honor Stephen Colbert, “fake news” commentator and satirical fake conservative. It turns out Colbert is becoming an “obsession in academia,” with a new collegiate submersion in “Truthiness-ology.” Let us agree that he can be very funny. Let's also agree that his satire being taken seriously by academia says something about the state of academia.