Colbert meets the press (Susie has the links to the video, transcript here, Pam has reactions from Lucianne.com here - personal favorite: "Whoever invited him failed to realize that he is MOCKING conservatives and Fox News types (especially O'Reilly), not in a nice way either" although, you know, he could be right at that)

FWIW, I disagree with most of the analyses I've read about when he lost the more - ahem - collegial folks in the audience. I think they were prepared to laugh at the President, to the extent that they thought they wouldn't be punished by the White House for it.

I think he lost them with this

But the rest of you, what are you thinking, reporting on N.S.A. Wiretapping or secret prisons in Eastern Europe? Those things are secret for a very important reason, they’re super depressing.

And if that's your goal, well, misery accomplished. Over the last five years you people were so good over tax cuts, W.M.D. Intelligence, the affect of global warming. We Americans didn't want to know, and you had the courtesy not to try to find out. Those were good times, as far as we knew.

But, listen, let's review the rules. Here's how it works. The president makes decisions, he’s the decider. The press secretary announces those decisions, and you people of the press type those decisions down. Make, announce, type. Put them through a spell check and go home. Get to know your family again. Make love to your wife. Write that novel you got kicking around in your head. You know the one about the intrepid Washington reporter with the courage to stand up to the administration. You know fiction.

Jokes about the Washington Press not doing their jobs: not funny. Not one single bit funny. In very, very poor taste. Also not funny.

Don't think they were too tickled by the reference to the extent of McCain's much-discussed mavericity either.

I, on the other hand, enjoyed it very much.