34K views · Feb 18, 2021 · 1:06 · 0 HN recommenders · 3 mentions · discussed 2023–2024
A one-minute clip of Stephen Colbert at the White House Correspondents' Dinner delivering the line that reality has a well-known liberal bias.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN uses it to credit the origin of the quip when someone repeats it, sometimes as a joke.
“I think it's only fair to credit Stephen Colbert here”HN comment, 2024
“it came from a Colbert joke about W Bush's popularity”
Origin of the reality has a liberal bias joke
By the way, not knowing the history of the reality thing I looked it up - it came from a Colbert joke about W Bush's popularity this video
“I think it's only fair to credit Stephen Colbert here”
Colbert's original bit on reality's liberal bias
I think it's only fair to credit Stephen Colbert here: this video For those of you unfamiliar, he was a well-known and serious political pundit who in recent years has been performing as a character (of the same name) who parodies milquetoast late night centre-left almost-comedy.
“[a steven colbert bit]( ), but unironically.”
ChatGPT suggests factually correct or popular policies… The death penalty is objectively more expensive than life in prison, and the right to abortion is supported by a majority (in the US at least). You’re basically doing [a steven colbert bit]( this video ), but unironically.
