NP - How Many Stephen Colberts Are There?

[David Morris]

On Thu, Jan 5, 2012 at 1:44 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/08/magazine/stephen-colbert.html?_r=1

Just as baffling as the Iowa corn ads — at least to the uninitiated —
were some commercials Colbert produced taking the side of the owners
during the recent N.B.A. lockout. These were also sponsored by
Americans for a Better Tomorrow, Tomorrow, but they were “made
possible,” according to the voice-over, by Colbert Super PAC SHH
Institute. Super PAC SHH (as in “hush”) is Colbert’s 501(c)(4). He has
one of those too — an organization that can accept unlimited amounts
of money from corporations without disclosing their names and can then
give that money to a regular PAC, which would otherwise be required to
report corporate donations. “What’s the difference between that and
money laundering?” Colbert said to me delightedly.