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Colbert To Jim Lehrer: "Doesn't Information Itself Have A Liberal Bias?"

Comedy Central |  Posted Tuesday November 28, 2006 at 04:20 AM

PBS's Jim Lehrer was Stephen Colbert's guest tonight on "The Colbert Report" and they had a fun, slightly jokey segment where Lehrer joked that he'd "gotten rid of" McNeil, joked that at PBS "We don't care if anybody watches," and confirmed to Colbert that he did, in fact, vote (Lehrer: "Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't." Colbert: "You just don't tell people." Lehrer: "It's none of their business.") Colbert said that was "wishy-washy" and Lehrer responded: "I'm wishy-washy for a living, sir." (This confused Colbert, who wondered "How do we know what's important in a newscast if you're not yelling at your guests?")

Colbert then asked Lehrer about whether he was biased in the clip below:

Lehrer followed up by reasoning: "You have an obligation five nights a week to be serious and funny. I have an obligation five nights a week to be serious and boring." Said Colbert: "Mission accomplished!"

The full interview is available for viewing in two parts at the Comedy Central site here.