Stephen Colbert: fake news personality, Emmy-winner, and credit card thief?No, Colbert did not steal a credit card, but for a short time this week on The Colbert Report, Colbert did show off a credit card belonging to Buckley T. Ratchford. Ratchford is a partner at Goldman Sachs, and when his lost credit card was found by a writer at The Colbert Report, they decided to have a little fun with it. Colbert said that he would return the lost credit card if Ratchford would come on his show and defend Wall Street bonuses. If Ratchford refused, Colbert would reveal a new digit in Ratchford’s credit card number each night.
Unfortunately, Goldman Sachs’ lawyers were not laughing at Colbert’s prank and sent him a letter demanding that Colbert return the credit card by the end of the day. Before he sent the card back, however, Colbert managed to get in one more jab. On his show that night, he used a carbon paper credit card copier to make himself a copy of the card, and smiling at the camera, he said he would be happy to send it back because, “I don’t really need it anymore.”
Even though Goldman Sachs lawyered up, I think Colbert ultimately comes out as the winner. There is very little sympathy amongst the general public for Goldman Sachs, and though we cannot undo the damage Goldman Sachs has done, Colbert did exactly what we all want to do to Goldman Sachs which is irritate them to no end and mock them publicly.
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