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Stephen Colbert Steps Into a World of Hur(t)

As many of you are already aware, Stephen Colbert is already being sued for $65 million by Cenk Uygur, host of The Young Turks on Air America Radio and mentor to yours truly, for stealing Cenk's joke. Cenk made a joke about Republicans sounding like Klingons on his September 7, 2007 show, which Colbert then parroted a mere 4 days later. My staff and I were outraged, and we dubbed the crime "Farceny" on our 9/24/07 show. To date, Colbert has yet to apologize. Cenk and I discussed the issue on the October 2, 2007 Young Turks postgame show, at which time I made the unwise promise never to sue ...

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