Download or read book Stephen Colbert: Beyond Truthiness written by Bruce Watson and published by New Word City. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen Colbert is far more than a comedian and improv genius. As head of his fanciful Colbert Nation, the quick-witted host of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report has delighted fans with his wit, audacity, and innovative uses of language and the media. In this biography, award-winning journalist Bruce Watson, author of Jon Stewart: Beyond the Moments of Zen, charts Colbert's rise from boyhood tragedy to "greatest living cultural/media critic."