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Stephen Colbert Ridicules O'Reilly's Mercenary “Fantasy Warfare League” Plan

Written by Media Matters Staff

Published 09/26/14 8:16 AM EDT

From the September 25 edition of Comedy Central's The Colbert Report:

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