Triumph for truthiness

If you haven't had a chance yet, check out Ben Macintyre's article today on truthiness. 

Here's Colbert's original definition:

Truthiness is the reality that is intuitively known without regard to liberal ideals such as reason and logic. It is the truth that is felt deep down, in the gut. It can't be found in books, which are all facts and no heart. It is absolute, and can only be infallibly known by the gut of Stephen Colbert. It can only felt by Americans with huge brass balls.

In the past decade, occurrences of truthiness have tripled in the United States. The rest of the world, sadly, lags far behind.

And while you're at it, here's Clinton's Colbert appearance. Can she fix it? Apparently, she can.

Alice Fishburn

Comments

[Richard Young]

The shows from Philly have been great - and what other entertainer could get Clinton, Obama and Edwards all on the same edition of the show? Colbert still manages a heady mix of outright laughs and acid satire - which is pretty good going two years into a four-nights-a-week show.

But where is the British Colbert?