{"id":466339,"date":"2022-06-21T22:14:27","date_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:14:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/stephen-colberts-capitol-stunt-yet-another-example-of-media-hypocrisy\/"},"modified":"2022-06-21T22:14:27","modified_gmt":"2022-06-21T19:14:27","slug":"stephen-colberts-capitol-stunt-yet-another-example-of-media-hypocrisy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stephen-colberts-capitol-stunt-yet-another-example-of-media-hypocrisy\/","title":{"rendered":"#Stephen Colbert&#8217;s Capitol stunt yet another example of media hypocrisy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a321a24a256d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a321a24a256d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stephen-colberts-capitol-stunt-yet-another-example-of-media-hypocrisy\/#%E2%80%9CStephen_Colberts_Capitol_stunt_yet_another_example_of_media_hypocrisy%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Stephen Colbert&#8217;s Capitol stunt yet another example of media hypocrisy&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CStephen_Colberts_Capitol_stunt_yet_another_example_of_media_hypocrisy%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Stephen Colbert&#8217;s Capitol stunt yet another example of media hypocrisy&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>For some time now, we have been hearing a lot about the grave importance of securing the Capitol, the center of our democracy, the seat of American power. So it was a little odd to find out that the other night, a film crew and several co<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">media<\/a>ns from Stephen Colbert\u2019s \u201cLate Show\u201d were arrested after ignoring and evading security inside the Longworth building in the Capitol complex.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>arently, after having been kicked out of a hearing for lack of credentials, the crew of seven just wandered off and began pounding on the doors of Republican members and yelling, all while filming themselves. The good <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">news<\/a> is that unlike what happens in our big blue cities, these seven hooligans were arrested (though immediately released); the bad news is that the incident once again displays the abject hypocrisy of the American media.<\/p>\n<p>Let us imagine, just for a moment, that it was Joe Rogan\u2019s crew that had been nabbed making a menacing ruckus outside Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez\u2019s office with no required supervision or pass. First of all, they\u2019d probably still be in jail, lucky to get a phone call and a stale cheese sandwich. Second, Rogan would have been dragged over the coals, his advertisers pressured to renounce him, and every haircut on lefty cable news would be wearing a very stern glare indeed. Put simply, there would be consequences.<\/p>\n<p>But you see, Stephen Colbert is one of the good guys \u2014 he\u2019s against Trump \u2014 so when his crew causes a scene at our most holy temple of democracy, it\u2019s just playful hijinks: \u201cfirst-degree puppetry\u201d was the host\u2019s smug quip. Actually, they were charged with \u201cunlawful entry to the Capitol.\u201d Wait a minute \u2014 that sounds familiar. Aren\u2019t there a bunch of people in jail for that right now? <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/colbert-smigel-triumph-dog-capitol-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Actor and comedian Robert Smigel performs as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog in the hallways outside the House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack on the U.S. Capitol hearing in the Cannon House Office Building on June 16, 2022 in Washington, DC.\" class=\"wp-image-22745177\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/colbert-smigel-triumph-dog-capitol-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/colbert-smigel-triumph-dog-capitol-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/colbert-smigel-triumph-dog-capitol-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Stephen Colbert\u2019s media crew evaded security inside the Longworth building in the Capitol complex<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-may-2022.jpg?w=682\" alt=\"The Late Show with Stephen Colbert during Thursdays May 19, 2022 show.\" class=\"wp-image-22745302\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-may-2022.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-may-2022.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-may-2022.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-may-2022.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Stephen Colbert is a well-known Trump critic.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Scott Kowalchyk\/CBS via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Capitol Police who responded might not have known that this was a group of very important and privileged TV people; they might have thought something more nefarious was happening. But see, that doesn\u2019t matter, wasting the time of those cops and making them worry a confrontation was going to happen is a price worth paying for Triumph the Insult Comic Dog\u2019s hot takes on the Capitol riot. It might be the last best chance to sway public opinion and must be at least as compelling as the hearings themselves.<\/p>\n<p>This was no accident \u2014 according to authorities this troupe of buffoons was directly told to leave the Capitol and refused to do so. Why did they do this? Because they knew full well that the rules don\u2019t apply to them. And they were absolutely right. They got their slap on the wrist, the media were mainly silent, and they are back to cranking out cringe for their show\u2019s dwindling audience.<\/p>\n<p>In the grand scheme of things, this flaunting of the rules and breaking of the law by Colbert\u2019s seven intellectual dwarves is not a huge deal. But having said that, one issue the Jan. 6 committee thus far has had no interest in is the security failures on that awful day. Maybe if seven people with cameras and dog puppets can just kind of get lost in the Capitol, there is reason to see if protocols need to be beefed up.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/colbert-smigel-triumph-dog-capitol-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Actor and comedian Robert Smigel was along the Colbert staffers who infiltrated the Capitol building.\" class=\"wp-image-22745175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/colbert-smigel-triumph-dog-capitol-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/colbert-smigel-triumph-dog-capitol-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/colbert-smigel-triumph-dog-capitol-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Actor and comedian Robert Smigel was among the Colbert staffers who infiltrated the Capitol building.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-theatre.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Tom Hanks exits The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.\" class=\"wp-image-22745182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-theatre.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-theatre.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/06\/stephen-colbert-late-show-theatre.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Colbert called what his team did \u201cfirst-depgree puppetry.\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Rick Davis \/ SplashNews.com<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Meanwhile, it\u2019s sad that we have to live with this. It\u2019s sad that two sets of rules exist, one for Colbert, another for Rogan, one for the left and one for the right. But worse than that, worse than the hypocrisy, and more maddening than sad, is that these people know they will get away with it. Every. Single. Time. And until that changes, nothing else will. <\/p>\n<p><em>David Marcus is a Brooklyn-based columnist and author of \u201cCharade: The Covid Lies That Crushed a Nation.\u201d<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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