Howie’s Humorectomy
Howard Kurtz is one of everybody’s favorite people to mock. Wanna know why? ‘Cuz it drives him nuts.
Howie is a Fox News media critic (crazy, right?) who can dish it out but he can’t take it.
After Colbert teased him over Howie’s preoccupation with Hillary Cinton’s age, Howie puffed himself up about the size of Del Rio and blurted …
“It’s about time someone took on Stephen Colbert,” wrote Kurtz. “This guy—a fake anchor if ever there was one—has been maligning hard-working journalists for too long. Journalists like me.”
Stephen Colbert? Fake anchor? Damn, when did that happen and why wasn’t I notified? After all, I am a hard-working professional journalist myself. I should be on their listserve. I should know these things. Damn, I am important. I deserve unquestioning respect.
And in a moment of spitfire rocket-fueled hypocrisy, Howie says that Colbert has “a protective cloak as a pompous blowhard.” And good golly if anyone would know about that ….
Howie is just mad because Steven Colbert got another Emmy and he didn’t even get noticed.
1That was all Stephen Colbert had to hear so he could smile, lean back in chair, and say to himself, “my work here is done.”
He can move on to his late night talk show gig with a clear conscience.
2Reminds me of John Stewart taking Crossfire to task and part of their response was that John is responsible for fair reporting. John pointed out “his is a comedy show, not a news show.”
Sigh, the sad part is that folks who get their news via Stewart or Colbert are more knowledgable about current issues domestic or international than those who only follow Fox News or MSNBC. At least according to a study.
3Howie is also mad because more people get their news from comedian Colbert – and Colbert has more credibility.
….and these guys should learn to NEVER take on these comedians like Stewart and Colbert, who have more brains to fight a battle of the wits.
Wanna watch them both double team him? They will.
4Any day now Kurtz will be astounded to discover that Colbert is a carbon-based life form.
5Not original with me: “I get my news from the Comedy Channel and my comedy from Fox News.”
Granted one’s knowledge of current events would be too limited that way, but definitely better than the other way round.
6Kurtz thought he wrote the book on pompous blowhards. Guess he is just miffed because he has been outdone by a mere satirist. Stephen Colbert has more brains and talent in his little finger than Howie could ever wish for–he rocks!
7You know what the difference is between Howie Kurtz and Stephen Colbert? One of them is a pompous joke on a fake news program on network that no one should take seriously.
The other is Stephen Colbert.
8I talked to the Fake Human Resources Director and she assured me that the job description and duties of a Fake Anchor do include lampooning Howie Kurtz. It’s right there in the manual.
9@ HollyAnna- I agree about Colbert. Both he and Stewart are nearly Swiftian in their use of satire,but John Oliver is damn near as good as either.Anyone who shows up regularly on Fux Noise has no credibility and no right to complain about Journalism in any respect. Kurtz might be a prime example.
10Perhaps Mr. Kurtz should go down to the local toy store and purchase a copy of “Clue!” – because then he’d have one.
11daChipster reminds me of this one: “What’s the difference between Rush Limbaugh and the Hindenburg? One’s a flaming Nazi gasbag and the other’s a dirigible.”
12I love it when the nutjobs throw a nice fat one down the middle of the plate for JJ and her peeps to hit. Home runs for everybody!
13Oh, damn, Howie! What the hell do you need? A parade down 5th avenue in New York complete with a confetti storm? Grow the freak up!
14Laughing out loud, da Chipster! But my question is this: what are we going to do without Stephen Colbert’s fake news show when he moves into the lamestream? I am not looking forward to that.
15A year ago, Howie himself underscored his dismal reputation as a joke when he quit a respectable journalism gig at CNN after swallowing the money bait dangled in front of him by Fox. Also in 2013, Kurtz was let go after after three years with the online publication, The Daily Beast. As the editor-in-chief put it, Kurtz got fired for “serial inaccuracy.”
16WHAT?!? Stewart and Colbert aren’t really news anchors?!? Dang! Maybe the fact that they are on Comedy Central could be a clue.
17Howie shows up unarmed to a battle of wits. Anyone surprised? Bueller?
18Dunning & Kruger strike again!
Better go look ’em up, Howie.
Then find someone in your weight class to tangle with.
You might find an underweight mosquito in the break room to give you a match. If you do real well, work out hard, and get into fighting shape, you might try one of the fat flies out in the FOX dumpster out back — next year.
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