Watch Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Corresponde...
What it is
CNN's clip of Stephen Colbert's 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner routine, in which he mocks President Bush and the press in character. It was republished on the tenth anniversary.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN cites it as the source of the line that reality has a liberal bias and as a performance people still find phenomenal.
- 1 people recommended it
- 1 different months
- 0 strong recommendations
- first 2020, last 2026
What HN commenters said
“His whole thing was phenomenal”
Colbert's full 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner routine
__david__, 2026-05 · Recommendation · in “Big Tech's Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia”
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Topics: stephen colbert, white house correspondents dinner, satire, george w bush
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