The winners of the 12th Annual Webby Awards were announced Tuesday. Taking home top honors was comedian Stephen Colbert as the Internet’s “Person of the Year.” Other big name honorees include Will.i.am for “Artist of the Year” and Michael Gondry, who won “Film & Video Person of the Year.” Colbert received the award for his innovative use of the Internet to interact with fans of “The Colbert Report.” That includes Google bombing to make him the top search result for “greatest living American” to challenging the “truthiness” of Wikipedia, the organization said.
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Truthiness Challenge, Google Bombing Earn Colbert Top Webby Accolade
Posted by: Walaika Haskins May 6, 2008 03:55 PMThe winners of the 12th Annual Webby Awards were announced Tuesday. Taking home top honors was comedian Stephen Colbert as the Internet’s “Person of the Year.” Other big name honorees include Will.i.am for “Artist of the Year” and Michael Gondry, who won “Film & Video Person of the Year.” Colbert received the award for his innovative use of the Internet to interact with fans of “The Colbert Report.” That includes Google bombing to make him the top search result for “greatest living American” to challenging the “truthiness” of Wikipedia, the organization said.