Stephen Colbert Launches "Campaign" for Consideration in Trump's "Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards" | THR News - video Dailymotion

"Or, as we call them in the business, the Fakies."

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00:00Personally, I'm excited for the most dishonest and corrupt media awards of the year,

00:04or as we call them, the biz, the fakies.

00:07Awards season is about to kick off and Stephen Colbert is hoping for some recognition

00:11from none other than President Donald Trump.

00:13On Wednesday night's Late Show, the CBS host launched his campaign for consideration

00:18in Trump's Dishonest and Corrupt Media Awards, which the president announced via his personal

00:23Twitter account on Tuesday. Trump tweeted,

00:30Cobert told his crowd on Wednesday night,

00:37But on Monday, there's an awards show everyone's going to be glued to, referencing Trump's awards.

00:47The host added that he'll definitely be tuning in because,

00:50Now, to make sure he wouldn't get snubbed at Trump's special awards,

00:55Cobert purchased a billboard in Times Square to display his four-year consideration ad.

01:01The host told his audience,

01:02For the full Late Show clip, head to THR.com, and let me know in the comments if you'll be tuning in

01:09to the Dishonest and Corrupt Media Awards and polling for Cobert.

01:13For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

01:17For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.