Stephen Colbert
16 statements across 2 episodes · 5 bullish · 6 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Dec 22, 2023 by Stephen Colbert · across every show →
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Dec 22, 2023
Colbert: Doritos circumvented campaign finance laws by sponsoring election coverage
“We wanted to be the nacho cheese Doritos Stephen Colbert campaign for president.
And it turned out there was some legal problems there, and it became the nacho cheese Dorito coverage of the Stephen Colbert run for president with your host Stephen Colbert.
So t…”
Dec 22, 2023 positive
Dec 22, 2023
Colbert: A 2007 South Carolina poll showed me beating Joe Biden
“I believe the first reason I decided to run was because I showed up in a poll
And in the poll, I was beating Joe Biden.
I believe that it was the poll specifically coming up in South Carolina.
And PPP, which often will just throw in, like, a cultural figure ju…”
Dec 22, 2023 negative
Colbert: Democratic candidates pressured South Carolina party to block ballot access
“The Democrats won't let you on the ballot. And I know it was just a joke, but it still felt bad. And so the Democrats kicked me off. I mean, the other candidates basically got together and muscled the Democrats in South Carolina to not allow me to be on the ba…”
Dec 22, 2023 positive
Stephen Colbert: Effective political satire required doing everything for real in public
“One of the great joys of that show was that we didn't do anything fake. I was fake, but everything I did had to be real. I had to really run for president. I had to really testify before Congress. We had to really hold a rally. We had to really file for Federa…”
Dec 22, 2023 positive
Colbert: Reddit users raised $500,000 for DonorsChoose in exchange for an AMA
“We raised another half a million dollars for DonorsChoose to get, people on Reddit saw that we played games with DonorsChoose, and someone from Reddit came to me and said, hey, if we raise a half a million dollars for DonorsChoose, will you do an Ask Me Anythi…”
Sep 16, 2025 negative
Colbert: Art is by humans, for humans, and about being human
“Art is by humans for humans about being human. It's not about Ideas. Because ideas are constructs, and humans are not a construct. They experience ideas, and they have emotional responses to them, and I think art is that combination of an idea that, that elici…”
Sep 16, 2025
Sep 16, 2025 positive
Sep 16, 2025 negative
Sep 16, 2025 positive
Colbert: Fact-checking late-night comedy makes writing subsequent jokes easier
“The work that I do is served by being factual about it because that makes it easier to write the second joke. Because if you make up something for your first joke, you got to make up something for your second joke. You know what I mean? But one joke can build …”
Sep 16, 2025 negative
Sep 16, 2025 negative
Colbert: Treating AI as a companion is like substituting masturbation for sex
“Judgment might just be part of our experience, and I'm not saying that that's not a good thing for you to take as a first step, but it's like saying that the be all and end all of sex is masturbation. Yes, it's very freeing. There's no judgment. You don't feel…”
Sep 16, 2025 negative
Colbert: The Late Show rejects garbage news sites for joke setups
“And then really have a jaundiced eye for garbage news sites, even if they give you the setup that you want, we just don't use them on air because we know probably that's going to get fact checked into the grave by this time tomorrow. And then we won't be able …”
Sep 16, 2025
Colbert: Leaders cannot blame teams if they fail to communicate their vision
“And that's, I think imagination is a big part of leadership too. You have to express to the other people literally what your vision is. And that's not a metaphor. How do you actually see this happening? And then you have to take the time to accurately describe…”
Sep 16, 2025 neutral
Colbert: The Late Show never aims to break news to audiences
“I'm sorry that you get your news from me because I'm not trying to give you news. That's why I never want to break news for the audience. I want it to be things that they generally know about, or I only have to explain a little bit because it's all about, here…”