Stephen Colbert could put Fox News in bind

BY ERIQ GARDNER
Chicago Sun-Times
May 19, 2011 10:46AM

Stephen Colbert might be on the verge of creating quite a headache for Fox News and its contributors, including Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and Karl Rove.

On Friday, the Comedy Central host was at the Federal Election Commission to file paperwork on his new “Colbert Super-PAC” and find out whether he can promote his political action committee on “The Colbert Report” or whether it will be considered a campaign contribution from the network’s parent company, Viacom.

Colbert intends to raise quite a bit of money through his “Colbert Super-PAC” to run commercials in the next election cycle.

But the move is dripping with ramifications.

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