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The Daily Show and Colbert Report Wantonly Copy the YP4 Blog
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It was bound to happen; it's the price of fame, I suppose. Within the span of an hour on Monday night, The Daily Show and The Colbert Report ripped three stories straight from the YP4 blog headlines. The biggest offender of the evening? Rob Corddry in his "This Week in God" segment. First, his review of the Left Behind game, written up in a Cafe Con Leche (Sin Shawn) entry on July 20. Now this alone I could have just written off as coincidence, but he went on to discuss photos of Israeli children signing missiles to be used against Lebanon, but you saw it here first in an entry by Alex on July 23.
On to The Colbert Report that same evening and the plot thickens. In his "Tip of the Hat, Wag of the Finger" segment, Colbert wags his finger at the use of genetically-modified fish protein to reduce the fat in ice cream... as discussed weeks ago in a July 15th entry right here on the YP4 blog.
Well, Corddry and Colbert, I'll take this as flattery this time, but I've got my eye on you. And I'll remind you both that plagiarism is a felony with some serious jail time attached to it. It is a felony, right?
Oh, and if anyone from Comedy Central is actually reading this, I am available for freelance writing...