The Colbert Report

…of his own spin-off show, The Colbert Report, and took on the guise of a self-important conservative commentator, a persona meant to parody certain cable-news personalities, most notably Bill O’Reilly. During his first show Colbert coined the word truthiness to express a kind of unchanging “truth” derived from a gut…

…of a conservative pundit on The Colbert Report, which parodied the talking-head opinion format. In Canada the Rick Mercer Report, hosted by Rick Mercer, satirized Canadian politics and culture in Daily Show-like fashion.

Dubbed “The Colbert Report’s chaplain,” Martin has built a wide audience through his appearances on television shows, his humor-filled and accessibly written books and articles, and his coverage of the 2025 papal conclave for ABC News. He also has a large following on social media, telling…

…from The Daily Show to The Colbert Report, where he played a conservative commentator in the mold of Bill O’Reilly. It was during that show’s first episode in 2005 that he set the tone by introducing truthiness as the word of the day. He went on to explain in biting…

…another half-hour show at 11:30, The Colbert Report, which featured former Daily Show “correspondent” Stephen Colbert as the host of a parody of cable series such as The O’Reilly Factor.