Of all the almost-correct-but-actually-harmful things Colbert has said, this is easily ranks among the most harmful ones. It's the worst sort of wannabe-aphoris

Of all the almost-correct-but-actually-harmful things Colbert has said, this is easily ranks among the most harmful ones. It's the worst sort of wannabe-aphorism: it simultaneously obscures an incredibly interesting line of thought, increases political division, and means very very different things to different people. Colbert meant "liberal media is more reflective of reality than conservative media", but because that's not pithy, it's truncated into the openly deceptive "reality has a liberal bias". The minor political difference the average Californian has from someone who lives in Texas does not engender them with a more accurate view of reality. Believing that is a core reason said Texan probably dislikes said Californian. In reality: they're both moderate "Liberals" who probably agree on almost everything, given a mature enough definition of "liberalism".