After traveling around the country with Republican candidates, including John McCain, as an embedded reporter for NBC News and the National Journal, D.C.-based journalist Adam Aigner-Treworgy found himself out of work and looking for his next opportunity in the news business.
That’s when the fake news business came calling: Aigner-Treworgy was told of a position opening up at Comedy Central’s “The Colbert Report.”
“I sent in my resume that night, and two weeks later they offered me the job,” he told Yeas & Nays while he was back in Washington sharing his campaign trail experiences.
Now the ex-reporter is using his knowledge of journalism and politics to smarten the show, hosted by faux-pundit Stephen Colbert.
In doing his research, Aigner-Treworgy has figured out who likes and doesn’t like getting calls from “The Report.”
“NRA will never call me back,” he conceded. “Luckily, law professors and professors of things and think tanks will always answer the phone and will talk about it, and it’s great cachet for parents who want to tell their kids that they are getting calls from ‘The Colbert Report.’ ”
After this stint, he said he would consider coming back to the real news, especially to cover another presidential election, but now he understands the reality of both sides of the business.
