The mainstream media has failed to cover Stephen Colbert's performance during the White House Correspondent Dinner. Colbert offered a scathingly satirical look at the Bush Presidency and the nation's sycophantic press corps. But Editor & Publisher give a good summary of the performance and the audience's reaction.
The mainstream media's contemptible refusal to cover this event--an event with implications far more profound than stories the media routinely covers about, say, celebrity breakups--makes the work of organizations like Free Press all the more urgent.
(By the way, so many people are trying to find the video of Colbert's skit that C-SPAN's website is having difficulty handling the traffic. It's difficult to find there. The ENTIRE SKIT is in 3 parts here, here, and here.)
