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CNN's clip of Stephen Colbert's 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner routine, in which he mocks President Bush and the press in character. It was republished on the tenth anniversary.

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HN cites it as the source of the line that reality has a liberal bias and as a performance people still find phenomenal.

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“His whole thing was phenomenal”
— __david__, May 2026, in “Big Tech's Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia”

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__david__May 2026Recommends

From his 2006 speech/routine at the White House Correspondents' Dinner, speaking to then president George Bush: > Now, I know there are some polls out there saying this man has a 32 percent approval rating. But guys like us, we don't pay attention to the polls. We know that polls are just a collection of statistics that reflect what people are thinking in reality. And reality has a well-known liberal bias... His whole thing was phenomenal: ▶ this video

in “Big Tech's Anti-Labor Playbook Has Come for Wikipedia” · View on HN

joshstrangeMay 2026Cites it

> Stephen Colbert made the joke "Reality has a well known liberal bias" Video (queued up): ▶ this video It's always pretty depressing to go back and watch this or old Colbert Report episodes and realize how parts are incredibly "evergreen", sometimes you don't even need to change out the names.

in “Disney Erased FiveThirtyEight” · View on HN

throw0101aMay 2025Cites it

> I'm a big supporter of NPR but you don't need to look hard to see their progressive bias. "Reality has a well known liberal bias." — Stephen Colbert, 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner, ▶ this video

in “Corporation for Public Broadcasting Statement Regarding Executive Order” · View on HN

krappJun 2020Cites it

It's also possibly a reference to a quote made by Steven Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Dinner[0] that "reality has a well know liberal bias." [0] ▶ this video

in “Fake news is fooling more conservatives than liberals. Why?” · View on HN

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Satire & parodyUS politics & electionsstephen colbertwhite house correspondents dinnersatiregeorge w bush