Media Diary Entry 4

Seeing as the Arizona SB-1070 talk and the election banter has died down a little bit, Latinos seem to be less prevalent on the Colbert Report. This makes sense, seeing as Colbert does a satirical take on the day’s news events. If nobody else is talking about Latinos, Colbert doesn’t really have anything about Latinos to satirize. I guess that is sort of the danger in doing a news show—a satirical one at that. You had earlier mentioned that I could take a look at Colbert’s website, and compare it with that of other pundits. After browsing through Colbert’s site for a bit, I was able to find a fair amount of interviews and segments, either speaking to or of Latinos. Also, on his main page, is a link to Colbert’s testimony before Congress. I found that piece of satire particularly interesting and amusing. I feel that, just because he approached the situation with satire and humor does not mean that he takes the situation lightly. People seemed to be offended and upset with the way Colbert portrayed himself, yet at the same time I am not sure what else could have been expected with Colbert being brought before congress. A lot of satire with a little bit of sincerity. And if Congress wanted to have somebody more serious testify, maybe they should have gotten another public personality to volunteer to work on the farm for a day. I realize I just sort of rambled through this whole thing, and never really made it to comparing Colbert’s site to other pundits’ sites. I guess maybe I will do that next time if nothing pops up on Colbert.