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* Several morning news shows took a segment of ''[[The Colbert Report]]'' where Stephen Colbert asked Democratic Congressional candidate Robert Wexler (running unopposed in his district) campaign-killing questions ("Fill in the blank: I enjoy cocaine because...") seriously, comparing it to an earlier segment where Colbert exposed a candidate who decried the separation of church and state and yet couldn't name all of the Ten Commandments and asking, "Why do politicians keep going on ''The Colbert Report'' when it makes them look foolish?" [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/182106/july-25-2006/morning-shows Needless to say, Colbert took them down a notch].
** Wonderfully deconstructed in one episode where Stephen quoted a scientist working on the Large Hadron Collider as saying: "What did they say in ''[[Star Wars]]''? We’re going where no man has ever been? Well, that’s where we’re going." Stephen Colbert protests that it's fairly obvious that it came from ''[[Star Trek]]'', and that the quote is "boldly go where no man has gone before". [[One of Us|He then says that we need more nerds as scientists]].
** Let's not leave out [http://www.colbertnation.com/the-colbert-report-videos/181944/june-07-2006/balrog the nerdiest call-out of all time]. Some CNN reporters needed a stock image of Satan as the backdrop for their <s>encouragement</s> coverage of the 06/06/06 "hysteria." They used an illustration of the Balrog from a 1977 [[The Lord of the Rings]] calendar, prompting Stephen to explain, "Devils and Balrogs are totally different. Devils are angels who refused to serve God and instead followed Satan into hell. ''Balrogs'' are ''Maiar'' who refused to serve ''Eru'' and instead followed ''Morgoth'' into ''Thangorodrim''. Get your facts straight, CNN!" The best part? Stephen noticed it himself. He just happened to recognize the illustration because ''[[One of Us|he has the calendar]]'' (It's a [http://www.amazon.com/1977-J-R-R-TOLKIEN-CALENDAR-Hildebrandt/dp/0345251350 highly collectible calendar]).
* TV Guide seems to enjoy mixing up actors' names and characters' names. One example- calling Joe Mantegna's ''[[Criminal Minds]]'' character David Rossi "Joe Rossi" in a spoiler article.
* ''[[British Newspapers|The Guardian]]'' published a [http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/feb/14/beginners-guide-to-csi "beginner's guide"] to the ''[[CSI]]'' franchise, starting with the main characters: Dr Raymond Langston, Detective Mac Taylor... and Lieutenant Horatio Nelson.
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