Bloggers Still Discussing Colbert's White House Correspondent's Speech
Posted on May 5, 2006
Six days after his speech Stephen Colbert still owns the top two Technorati search results. More and more people are listening to Colbert's speech and blogging about it. Technorati's Lizz Dunn has a post (link no longer available) on Technorati's blog that describes the blogstorm over Colbert's speech and the slow reaction from the mainstream media. Lizz says, "'Stephen Colbert' and 'Colbert' have been the top Technorati searches all week, which is a nice real-life example of how mainstream media and the blogosphere are so different."
Lizz Dunn also says, "Stephen Colbert delivered a speech at the White House Correspondent's Dinner last weekend, in the persona of the right- wing, anti-liberal press 'talking head' that he plays on his nightly television show on Comedy Central. Standing just a few feet away from President George W. Bush, Colbert skewered the current administration, the President, and the press corps. While the mainstream media properties were pointedly silent about the speech, bloggers were busy commenting about the speech, uploading video clips of the speech, and transcribing it word for word."
Not all of the press was slow to respond. USA Today gave a quick response to Colbert's speech. By Wednesday there were articles coming from many major newspapers including the New York Times which covered the reaction in the blogosphere. Below are some recent highlights from the blogosphere.
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