5 years of "truthiness"

[Garson O'Toole]

Another great column and an entertaining interview. Thanks for
pointing to them. When I read that you were interviewing Colbert as
himself and not "his put-upon persona". I couldn't help but read this
as "his put-on put-upon persona".

On Fri, Oct 15, 2010 at 1:37 AM, Ben Zimmer
<bgzimmer at babel.ling.upenn.edu> wrote:
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> On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 10:37 PM, Ben Zimmer wrote:
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>> My latest On Language column celebrates the fifth anniversary of Stephen
>> Colbert's (re)invention of "truthiness." I look back on the '05 ADS WOTY
>> vote and quote our esteemed colleagues Allan Metcalf and Ron Butters.
>>
>> http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/17/magazine/17FOB-onlanguage-t.html
>>
>> I got to interview Colbert (not in character), and he was genuinely thankful
>> about the WOTY selection. He explained that his wife is an English major,
>> and for her, winning WOTY was the equivalent of having six-pack abs. He was
>> also grateful to the Associated Press for not mentioning him in their WOTY
>> story (while quoting Michael Adams, you'll recall), which provided his
>> character with a ready-made vendetta against the mainstream media.
>
> Here's an extended excerpt of my interview with Colbert:
>
> http://www.visualthesaurus.com/cm/wordroutes/2452/
>
> --bgz

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