http://rotophonic.com/2006/11/02/colbert-is-a-corporate-tool-and-hes-on-notice/ A geeky blog discussing the world of music, technology & politics. Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:49:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 http://rotophonic.com/2006/11/02/colbert-is-a-corporate-tool-and-hes-on-notice/comment-page-1/#comment-261 Bryan Thu, 02 Nov 2006 23:02:31 +0000 http://rotophonic.com/2006/11/02/colbert-is-a-corporate-tool-and-hes-on-notice/#comment-261 Y'know....this jumps right from a possible valid argument into pure fallacy of logical reasoning. Through paragraph 2 this guy speakso f Viacom backpedalling. True. We all know that Viacom is at the source of the YouTube problems with Comedy Central. Fine. But to then immediately turn and blame Colbert and Stewart themselves? C'mon... As performers on CC they are part of the Viacom family, employees at the lower level. They have no real say in the distribution of their show. Neither Daily Show nor Colbert Report belong to Stewart and Colbert respectively. Artists rarely if ever have total distributive control over their paterial and that's exactly what these shows are, material. In their simplest definition, each is 30 minutes of comic material. Blame big daddy corporate Viacom all you want, but unless you can produce contracts giving Colbert and Stewart the sole distribution rights for their respective programs...then shut up. Y’know….this jumps right from a possible valid argument into pure fallacy of logical reasoning. Through paragraph 2 this guy speakso f Viacom backpedalling. True. We all know that Viacom is at the source of the YouTube problems with Comedy Central. Fine. But to then immediately turn and blame Colbert and Stewart themselves? C’mon…
As performers on CC they are part of the Viacom family, employees at the lower level. They have no real say in the distribution of their show. Neither Daily Show nor Colbert Report belong to Stewart and Colbert respectively.
Artists rarely if ever have total distributive control over their paterial and that’s exactly what these shows are, material. In their simplest definition, each is 30 minutes of comic material.
Blame big daddy corporate Viacom all you want, but unless you can produce contracts giving Colbert and Stewart the sole distribution rights for their respective programs…then shut up.

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