Chicago Reader Online Features: "'Stephen Colbert's remarks were so scathing,' said one contributor, 'that none of the sycophants amongst the assembled would have dared to laugh for fear of being demoted or marginalized. The comedic tension he created simply blew the room away. It wasn't a high score on the laff-o-meter he sought. Nope, he had a loftier ambition. (TO TELL THE TRUTH.)'"