Colbert Report Writer Creates Parody Twitter Account To Praise FOX News

Colbert Report Writer Creates Parody Twitter Account To Praise FOX News (Video)

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 After NPR’s media writer, David Folkenflik, made a statement in a new book claiming FOX News staff used fake accounts to praise FOX whenever they received negative feedback on blogs, one of Stephen Colbert’s writers decided to give the network a helping hand.

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Colbert Report staff writer Rob Dubbin made a pro-FOX News (sorta) twitter account, but he wanted to make it seem like he was a regular guy simply praising FOX through a style similar to movie reviews, so he named the page “Real Human Praise,” with a description that says: “Legitimate reviews from 100% people, every two minutes.”
Here are a few examples.

Rivera is an unexpectedly appealing hero, partly because he's never indulged, and his dialogue is kept to a minimum. #PraiseFOX
— Real Human Praise (@RealHumanPraise) November 5, 2013

Elisabeth Hasselbeck brilliantly portrays Michelle Malkin as someone with absolutely no sense of her own monstrosity. #PraiseFOX
— Real Human Praise (@RealHumanPraise) November 5, 2013

History may be written by the winners, but On the Record with Greta Van Susterens tells the story of life's lovable losers #PraiseFOX
— Real Human Praise (@RealHumanPraise) November 5, 2013

History may be written by the winners, but On the Record with Greta Van Susterens tells the story of life's lovable losers #PraiseFOX
— Real Human Praise (@RealHumanPraise) November 5, 2013

America's Newsroom has been dubbed an 'Australian GoodFellas'. #PraiseFOX
— Real Human Praise (@RealHumanPraise) November 5, 2013

Here’s a clip of Stephen Colbert talking about this with David Folkenflik, while also discussing the book, titled, ” Murdoch’s World: The Last Of The Old Media Empires.”

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