By Dylan on December 21, 2006 4:46 PM

Stephen Colbert seemed to be on everyone’s year-end list, and for good reason: He filleted the president in public, coined a word (“truthiness”) that seemed to capture America 2006 and gave Comedy Central the perfect nightcap to Jon Stewart’s Daily Show — making him mediabistro.com’s first-ever Media MVP.
Media Bust Of The Year: O.J. Book
Media Scandal Of The Year: O.J. Book/News Corp. Debacle
Media Sixth Man: Ben Karlin
Media Story Of The Year: YouTube
Media MVP: Stephen Colbert

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