Reports of Hypocrisy

I was always a big fan of the The Colbert Report, and I thought it would be a great fit for the satire topic. To begin, Colbert presents himself as a conservative news anchor. However, he discusses content that brings attention to issues on both sides of the aisle. In the clip that I watched, he was defending himself from criticism about a racially insensitive line against Asian-Americans, that was taken out of context and put on twitter. He satirizes different subjects during his defense, all of which were quite humorous.
(Here is the clip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBPgXjkfBXM)

I will focus on one part of his defense that talks about a conservative politician who called out Colbert with the trending hashtag #CancelColbert. He begins by explaining that he is thoroughly hurt by this as he sarcastically said that his conservative companions abandoned him during his time of need. Colbert showed the tweet where the politician, Michelle Malkin, calls Colbert a coward. In the following lines, Colbert uses irony, as he expresses his disappointment with the fact that he "learned" about racial sensitivity of Asian-Americans from Malkin's book called In Defense of Internment.

Although funny, Colbert points to a fact that is very relevant in today's political atmosphere. In my opinion, politicians today can be very hypocritical and follow trends that contradict their past views. In this case, Malkin is hypocritical because she calls Colbert for being racially insensitive even though she wrote a book defending the internment of thousands of Japanese-Americans during WWII. Ultimately, the hypocrisy, especially in the government, hinders the credibility of people and it becomes difficult to take their arguments seriously. I agree with Colbert. I think that big change must come in the government, on both sides of the aisle, in order for this country to start moving towards cooperation.