...and by "deleting", he means that Twitter co-founder Biz Stone, who happened to be last night's guest, 'blew up' the account with a cartoon-style plunger detonator adorned with the Twitter logo.
On Tuesday, April 1, 2014 3:53:07 PM UTC-4, Kevin M. (RPCV) wrote: > > Colbert responded to the drummed up controversy on Monday night's episode. > He also called for an end to the threats against the girl who started the > #CancelColbert hashtag. He wrapped it up by deleting the @ColbertReport > Twitter account that had been maintained by Comedy Central. > > https://twitter.com/ColbertReport > > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2014 at 9:26 AM, Joe Hass <hassg...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Yours truly regrets the error. >> >> On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 1:56 PM, Jim Ellwanger >> <trai...@ellwanger.tv<javascript:> >> > wrote: >> >>> On Mar 29, 2014, at 9:32 AM, Joe Hass <hassg...@gmail.com <javascript:>> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > You're exactly right. The tweet was the punchline to a joke, but they >>> didn't post the joke. So if you didn't know the joke, the punchline makes >>> no sense. I get how we got here, but still: if you haven't figured out the >>> basis of the @StephenAtHome account, you might want to stay away from the >>> Internets for a while. >>> >>> The tweet actually came from Comedy Central's promotional @ColbertReport >>> account, not Stephen Colbert's personal @StephenAtHome account. Pretty >>> much all @ColbertReport does is quote lines from the show and link to the >>> accompanying video on cc.com; while I've seen @StephenAtHome write >>> "follow-ups" to things from the show, I don't think I've ever seen him just >>> quote from the show verbatim. >>> >> -- >> -- >> TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >> Groups "TV or Not TV" group. >> To post to this group, send email to tvor...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> tvornottv-...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to tvornottv+...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > Kevin M. (RPCV) > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
