WIKILEAKS: COLBERT REPORT TOOK ORDERS FROM CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE – IOTW Report

WIKILEAKS: COLBERT REPORT TOOK ORDERS FROM CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE

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An overlooked WikiLeaks e-mail reveals Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report took orders from the Clinton Global Initiative to produce full episodes in April 2013. In the e-mail, Craig Minassian of CGI wrote to John Podesta, long-time Clinton ally and future chairman of her failed 2016 Presidential campaign, inquiring whether Podesta had seen any episodes made at the bequest of the CGI.

The Colbert Report was a powerhouse of Comedy Central with many millennials tuning in for Colbert’s personified conservative views and his take on U.S. news. The show had massive brand recognition which possibly explains why the CGI targeted it for custom episodes.

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5 Comments on WIKILEAKS: COLBERT REPORT TOOK ORDERS FROM CLINTON GLOBAL INITIATIVE

  1. I’m a little confused. Did CGI request and get shows of the Colbert Report produced only for use inside CGI or were these shows aired on Comedy Central? Did CGI pay for them?

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