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Just a personal observation: On usenet, it looks to me like the political and religious right have been using trolling for years. IMHO, its a bizarre thing that political trolling looks almost exclusively right wing. Heh, what ever the politics, at least they put the leg work in. Dunno if it has any material effect though.



the left has Colbert -- who a quantifiable number of people from the right feel is an actual conservative


He can be conservative and fun at the same time. It is almost like he is trolling the left, the reverse of his intended mission.


If you think he is trolling the left, your the one being trolled.


He did make some house democrats look pretty dumb in the first season but now any notable politician has some idea of what to expect

But he is moderately left himself if you see him in one of the rare moments he breaks character -- the immigration hearings come to mind


Fox News tried the Half Hour News Hour. They aren't very good at satire.




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