Notes Prelims 1. Farhi, Paul. “Truthinessology: the Stephen Colbert effect becomes an obsession in academia.” The Washington Post. 9 Jul. 2012. Web. http://www.washington- post.com/lifestyle/style/truthinessology-the-stephen-colbert-effect-becomes- an-obsession-in-academia/2012/07/09/gJQAYgiHZW_story.html 2. McClennen, Sophia A., and Remy M. Maisel. “Is it Stupid to Study Colbert?” HuffPost Media. 11 Jul. 2012. Web. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/sophia- a-mcclennen/stephen-colbert-studies_b_1665768.html 1 The Politics of Seriously Joking 3. “O’Reilly Hits Obamacare ‘Hysteria,’ Warns Against Gov’t Shutdown.” YouTube. 28 Sept. 2013. Web. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kasRvSt8jnE 4. “March of Dumbs.” The Daily Show. 1 Oct. 2013. Web. http://www.thedaily- show.com/watch/tue-october-1-2013/march-of-dumbs 5. Allon, Janet. “10 Most Appalling Comments from the Right—Just this Week.” Salon. 9 Oct. 2013. Web. http://www.salon.com/2013/10/09/10_most_ appalling_comments_from_the_right_just_this_week_partner/ 6. Leber, Rebecca. “Six Headlines about the Government Shutdown that will Destroy your Faith in Journalism.” ThinkProgress. 1 Oct. 2013. Web. http:// thinkprogress.org/media/2013/10/01/2706821/media-government-shutdown- blame/ 7. Gettys, Travis. “Laura Ingraham on Shutdown: ‘I’m Just Beginning to Enjoy it.’” The Raw Story. 8 Oct. 2013. Web. http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/10/08/ laura-ingraham-on-shutdown-im-just-beginning-to-enjoy-it/ 8. Legum, Judd. Twitter post. 2 Oct. 2013. Web. https://twitter.com/JuddLegum 9. “Remarks at a Press Availability with United States Trade Representative Ambassador Froman.” U.S. Department of State. 5 Oct. 2013. Web. http://www. state.gov/secretary/remarks/2013/10/215148.htm 10. Tau, Byron. “Obama: Big Money Helps Cause Washington Gridlock.” Politico. 8 Oct. 2013. Web. http://www.politico.com/story/2013/10/obama-big-money- politics-washington-gridlock-97999.html 204 NOTES 11. “Psychiatrists Deeply Concerned for 5% of Americans Who Approve of Congress.” The Onion. 9 Oct. 2013. Web. http://www.theonion.com/articles/ psychiatrists-deeply-concerned-for-5-of-americans,34163/ 12. “The Shutdown Blame Game.” The Daily Show. 8 Oct. 2013. Web. http://www. thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-october-8–2013/the-shutdown-blame-game 13. Ibid. 14. “Government Shutdown’s One-Week Anniversary.” Colbert Nation. 7 Oct. 2013. Web. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/429570/ october-07-–2013/government-shutdown-s-one-week-anniversary 15. Binder, Matt. “Public Shaming: Tweets of Privilege.” Tumblr. Web. http://­ publicshaming.tumblr.com/about 16. “Today’s Journalists Less Prominent.” Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. 8 Mar. 2007. Web. http://www.people-press.org/2007/03/08/todays- journalists-less-prominent/ 17. Kurtzman, Daniel. “Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.” About.com. Web. 18. Ibid. 19. Weisenthal, Joe. “WHOOPS: AP Falls for Hoax Press Release Saying that GE will Repay Government $3.8 Billion Tax Break.” Business Insider. 13 Apr. 2011. Web. 20. “Today’s Journalists Less Prominent.” 21. Ibid. 22. Young, Dannagal Goldthwaite. “Daily Show Viewers Knowledgeable about Presidential Campaign, National Annenberg Election Survey Shows.” NAES 04: National Annenberg Election Survey. 21 Sept. 2004. Web. http://www. annenbergpublicpolicycenter.org/downloads/political_communication/ naes/2004_03_late-night-knowledge-2_9-21_pr.pdf 23. Kull, Steven, et al. “Misperceptions, the Media and the Iraq War.” The PIPA/ Knowledge Networks Poll. 2 Oct. 2003. Web. http://www.pipa.org/ OnlineReports/Iraq/IraqMedia_Oct03/IraqMedia_Oct03_rpt.pdf 24. “Public Knowledge of Current Affairs Little Changed by News and Information Revolutions.” Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. 15 Apr. 2007. Web. http://www.people-press.org/2007/04/15/public-knowledge-of-current- affairs-little-changed-by-news-and-information-revolutions/ 25. “Ron Paul’s Colbert Bump.” Colbert Nation. 21 June 2007. Web. http://www. colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/88989/june-21–2007/ron- paul-s-colbert-bump 26. Collett-White, Mike. “‘Capitalism Is Evil,’ says New Michael Moore Film.” Reuters. 6 Sept. 2009. Web. http://www.reuters.com/article/2009/09/06/us- venice-capitalism-idUSTRE5850F320090906 27. “2010 Redistricting Yields New Breed of Recalcitrant Republicans.” MSNBC. 30 Sept. 2013. Web. http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/2010- redistricting-yields-new-breed 28. Ibid. NOTES 205 2 Comedy U: Lessons Learned Where You Least Expect It 1. Kull, Steven, et al. “Misperceptions, the Media and the Iraq War.” Program on International Policy Attitudes/Knowledge Networks. 2 Oct. 2003. Web. http://www.pipa.org/OnlineReports/Iraq/IraqMedia_Oct03/IraqMedia_ Oct03_rpt.pdf 2. Rabin, Nathan. “Stephen Colbert.” A.V. Club. 25 Jan. 2006. Web. http://www. avclub.com/article/stephen-colbert-13970 3. Lewis, Charles, and Mark Reading-Smith. “False Pretenses.” The Center for Public Integrity. 23 Jan. 2008. Web. http://www.publicintegrity.org/2008/ 01/23/5641/false-pretenses 4. Giroux, Henry A. “Chartering Disaster: Why Duncan’s Corporate-Based Schools can’t Deliver an Education that Matters.” Truthout. 21 June 2010. Web. http://www.truth-out.org/archive/item/90213:chartering-disaster-why- duncans-corporatebased-schools-cant-deliver-an-education-that-matters 5. The following summary of statistics on these cuts comes from the Consortium of Social Science Associations Washington Update: “Education Department Eliminates and Reduces Many Programs as a Result of FY 2011 Appropriations.” COSSA: Washington Update. 16 May 2011. Web. http://archive.constantcon- tact.com/fs021/1102766514430/archive/1105558801940.html#LETTER. BLOCK11 6. Ibid. 7. Giroux, Henry A., and Kenneth Saltman. “Obama’s Betrayal of Public Education? Arne Duncan and the Corporate Model of Schooling.” Truthout. 17 Dec. 2008. Web. http://www.truth-out.org/archive/item/81572:obamas- betrayal-of-public-education-arne-duncan-and-the-corporate-model-of- schooling 8. Hayes, Dianne. “When Academic Freedom and Corporate-sponsored Professorships Collide.” Diverse Issues in Higher Education. 10 Nov. 2006. Web. http://diverseeducation.com/article/6638/ 9. Chea, Terence. “UC Berkeley’s BP Deal Tainted by Oil Spill: $500 Million Research Agreement at Stake.” HuffPost College. 31 July 2010. Web. http:// www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/07/31/uc-berkeleys-bp-deal-tain_n_666355. html 10. Ibid. 11. “Monitoring Middle East Studies on Campus.” Campus Watch. Web. http:// www.campus-watch.org/about.php 12. “Tim Russert.” NBC News. 13 June 2008. Web. http://www.nbcnews.com/ id/4459759/ and “Red States and Blue States.” Wikipedia. Web. http://en. wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_states_and_blue_states 13. “Obama Praises Islam as ‘Great Religion.’” Fox News Politics. 1 Sept. 2009. Web. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/01/obama-praises-islam-great- religion/ 206 NOTES 14. Boston, Rob. “5 Sneaky Ways Fundamentalists are Trying to Slip Christian Creationism into America’s Public Schools.” AlterNet. 3 July 2013. Web. http:// www.alternet.org/belief/public-schools?page=0%2C0 15. “Creation and Evolution in Public Education.” Wikipedia. Web. http:// en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creation_and_evolution_in_public_education# United_States 16. “About SAF.” Students for Academic Freedom. 22 May 2006. Web. http://www. studentsforacademicfreedom.org/about/ 17. “9/11 First Responders React to the Senate Filibuster.” The Daily Show. 17 Dec. 2010. Web. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-december-16-–2010/9-– 11-first-responders-react-to-the-senate-filibuster 18. Carter, Bill, and Brian Stelter. “In ‘Daily Show’ Role on 9/11 Bill, Echoes of Murrow.” The New York Times. 26 Dec. 2010. Web. http://www.nytimes. com/2010/12/27/business/media/27stewart.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 19. http://www.nationaljournal.com/magazine/these-10-districts-are-most- likely-to-fire-their-congressmen-20131024 20. Pratt, Eric. “Fahrenheit 9/11 in the Classroom?” Gun Owners of America. 2 Sept. 2004. Web. https://gunowners.org/op0443htm.htm 21. Ibid. 22. “View the Fahrenheit 9/11 Teacher’s Guide.” Fahrenheit 9/11. Web. http://www. fahrenheit911.com/library/book/index.php 23. “Frequently Asked Questions.” The Yes Men. Web. http://theyesmen.org/faq 24. Ibid. 25. “About.” Pat Paulsen for President. Web. http://www.paulsen.com/pat/about/ 26. “Indecision 2008: Don’t F%#k This Up America—Presidential Bid.” Colbert Nation. 16 Oct. 2007. Web. http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report- videos/118597/october-16-2007/indecision-2008--don-t-f--k-this-up-america--- presidential-bid 27. “‘Meet the Press’ Transcript for Oct. 21, 2007.” Meet the Press. 21 Oct. 2007. Web. http://www.nbcnews.com/id/21407008/ns/meet_the_press/t/meet-press- transcript-oct/#.UszvVGRDsvo 28. Montopoli, Brian. “Stephen Colbert Isn’t Really Running for President.” CBSNews. 13 Jan. 2012. Web. http://www.cbsnews.com/news/stephen-colbert- isnt-really-running-for-president/ 29. “Colbert Super PAC—Not Coordinating with Stephen Colbert.” The Daily Show. 17 Jan. 2012. Web. http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tue-january- 17-2012/colbert-super-pac---not-coordinating-with-stephen-colbert 30. Vogel, Kenneth P. “Colbert Files Papers to Run for President.” Politico. 1 Nov. 2007. Web. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1107/6672.html 31. Liptak, Adam. “Justices, 5–4, Reject Corporate Spending Limit.” The New York Times. 21 Jan. 2010. Web. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/22/us/politics/ 22scotus.html?pagewanted=all 32. “Obama Criticizes Campaign Finance Ruling.” Political Ticker. 21 Jan. 2010. Web. http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2010/01/21/obama-criticizes-campaign- finance-ruling/ NOTES 207 33. “Super PACs.” OpenSecrets.org. Web. http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/super- pacs.php?cycle=2012 34. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/wp/2013/05/13/what-is- a-501c4-anyway/ 35. Weigel, David. “Colbert Pays Tribute to the Tim Pawlenty Web Ad.” Slate. 23 Mar. 2011. Web. http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2011/03/23/colbert_ pays_tribute_to_the_tim_pawlenty_web_ad.html 36. Winkler, Jeff. “Colbert’s Super PAC Launches First TV Ad Supporting ‘Rick Parry.’” The Daily Caller. 10 Aug. 2011. Web. http://dailycaller.com/2011/08/10/ colberts-super-pac-launches-first-tv-ad-supporting-rick-parry/ 37.