The conspiracy theory is that the mic at the front of the room was a noise canceling mic, and although there was some tension in the room, people were laughing *much* more than was apparent on the video feed. This is *supposedly* what they did to Dean in the Iowa speech as well. When you watch it's like the person is talking to a dead silent room which makes you subconsciously think the person is doing very poorly. (Sort of the opposite of making a lame sitcom seem funny by adding a laugh track.)
But that's just something I read on the internets. I have no idea if it's true. The shots of the crowd seem to support the stony silence reading, but it's actually kind of hard to tell if you watch again with this in mind. It sounds at least plausible to me. "They" knew Colbert would be harsh but they couldn't stop it for some reason, so they planted the trick mic which they knew would help them reinforce their post speech spin which was that "Colbert wasn't funny" - and look what happened: nobody covered it because "Colbert wasn't funny."
i dont think we need any tinfoil for this one. many of the barbs were pointed and washington elites are thin-skinned. plus, the reaction from the mainstream press would seem to reinforce the notion that they did not like what they heard.
i liked a comment on kos which referenced a gandhi quote which i shall paraphrase.
first they ignore you, then they make fun of you, then they fight you, then you win.
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But that's just something I read on the internets. I have no idea if it's true. The shots of the crowd seem to support the stony silence reading, but it's actually kind of hard to tell if you watch again with this in mind. It sounds at least plausible to me. "They" knew Colbert would be harsh but they couldn't stop it for some reason, so they planted the trick mic which they knew would help them reinforce their post speech spin which was that "Colbert wasn't funny" - and look what happened: nobody covered it because "Colbert wasn't funny."
- jim 5-05-2006 7:45 pm
i dont think we need any tinfoil for this one. many of the barbs were pointed and washington elites are thin-skinned. plus, the reaction from the mainstream press would seem to reinforce the notion that they did not like what they heard.
i liked a comment on kos which referenced a gandhi quote which i shall paraphrase.
first they ignore you, then they make fun of you, then they fight you, then you win.
- dave 5-05-2006 8:11 pm [add a comment]