“I Wish I Could Say What You Say”

What’s the most common thing that “real reporters” say to Comedy Central star Stephen Colbert?

“I wish I could say what you say.”

And that perplexes him:

“What I don’t understand is, why can’t they say what I say, even in their own way?…Does that mean they want to be able to name certain bald contradictions or hypocrisies that politicians have?”

Howard Kurtz previews “The Colbert Report” in today’s Post…