Politico's avoid Colbert
ecthompsonmd
October 23, 2006
From LA Times: Most politicians are as likely to pass up free TV face time before an election as they would be to refuse a campaign check. Then again, there’s a price to be paid for looking stupid. That’s what members of Congress have learned recently about “Better Know a District,” a sarcastic weekly skit that is part of “The Colbert Report,” a nightly half-hour on Viacom Inc.’s Comedy Central network. Hosted by comedian Stephen Colbert, the year-old program is a spinoff of the cable channel’s wildly popular “The Daily Show Starring Jon Stewart” and one of an increasing number of
