Liberdade de expressão

A intervenção de Stephen Colbert no jantar anual da Associação dos Correspondentes da Casa Branca, no passado dia 30 de Abril, fez furor nos EUA .

Ignorada pelos media norte-americanos, a actuação de Colbert foi dada a conhecer ao mundo pela Internet, essencialmente através de blogs.

Nas palavras de Don Azen, editor executivo da AlterNet, "Colbert's speech had a huge impact for two reasons: First, he spoke truth to power right to the face of the president, in front of the entire news media. No one could miss, sidestep or deny it. It wasn't a scene from a movie, book or talk show -- it was live. (...) It gave me goose bumps. Colbert's performance shamed every Democrat or columnist who has been too afraid, too timid, or just too worried about losing his or her own power and access to go out on a limb and tell the truth that this administration is a disaster beyond our wildest nightmares. Bush/Cheney/Rumsfeld/Rove have gotten away with murder … and worse. And many of the people in that room that night who squirmed in their seats -- it was in part because of the internal indictment they were feeling for not doing what they should have done, countless times, long before. Maybe now they will do the right thing, but I won't be holding my breath." (texto integral do artigo de Don Azen, aqui).

Quanto ao video da actuação de Stephen Colbert, podem encontrá-lo aqui (cerca de 24 minutos).