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"Stephen Colbert has denied having written a racist tweet, in the midst of a social media campaign calling for his firing from Comedy Central. The furore began on Thursday (March 27) when a Twitter account for his Comedy Central show The Colbert Report tweeted what some followers labelled a racist joke.  &amp;quot;I am willing to show #Asian community I care by introducing the Ching-Chong Ding-Dong Foundation for Sensitivity to Orientals or Whatever,&amp;quot; a now-deleted tweet read. A social media campaign using the hashtag #CancelColbert soon began trending on Twitter, with many users condemning the joke. Colbert responded to the controversy on his Twitter account hours later, and insisted that he had not written the offensive remark. #CancelColbert - I agree! Just saw @ColbertReport tweet. I share your rage. Who is that, though? I&amp;#039;m @StephenAtHome http://t.co/e0Pqz7U7i9 \u2014 Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) March 28, 2014  The Colbert Report Twitter account later posted a series of messages to deny that the comedian himself wrote any content on the page. An apology for any offence caused to Asian-American people was also posted on the account. For the record @ColbertReport is not controlled by Stephen Colbert or his show. He is @StephenAtHome Sorry for the confusion #CancelColbert \u2014 The Colbert Report (@ColbertReport) March 28, 2014  This is a Comedy Central account, with no oversight from Stephen/show. Here is quoted line in context http://t.co/UFnaFfOSpn #cancelcolbert \u2014 The Colbert Report (@ColbertReport) March 28, 2014  Neither Colbert nor Comedy Central has thus far issued any further comment on the matter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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