Download or read book America According to Colbert written by S. McClennen and published by Springer. This book was released on 2011-11-30 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: America According to Colbert: Satire as Public Pedagogy post 9/11 argues that, in contrast to the anti-intellectualism, the sensationalism, and the punditry that tend to govern most mass media today, Stephen Colbert's program offers his audience the opportunity to understand the context through which most news is reported and to be critical of it.