The MSM would not have reported the DOJ scandal regardless of Colbert.
And did the appearance of Colbert add anything constructive to the illegal immigration debate? Or did it just promote him and his show and his ascerbic wit?
Fallout from this has to fall on good Democrats, since good Democrats invited him to appear and wanted him to appear “in character”. As a serious concerned citizen who happens to be famous, he might have added somehow to the debate. But not when appearing as his blustering alter ego full of one lines and non sequiters.