--- title: Colbert Made a Billboard for Trump's Dishonest Media Awards description: “I’m hoping to be nominated in all categories,” Stephen Colbert said about Donald Trump' “Dishonest &; Corrupt Media Awards” canonical: https://time.com/5087667/colbert-trump-dishonest-media-billboard/ author: Melissa Locker article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2018-01-04T16:10:08.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:49:31.548Z og:title: Colbert Made a Billboard for Trump's Dishonest Media Awards og:description: “I’m hoping to be nominated in all categories,” Stephen Colbert said og:url: https://time.com/5087667/colbert-trump-dishonest-media-billboard/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Colbert Made a Billboard for Trump's Dishonest Media Awards twitter:description: “I’m hoping to be nominated in all categories,” Stephen Colbert said twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Stephen Colbert Actually Has a Billboard for Trump's Dishonest Media Awards by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 4, 2018 4:10 PM UTC by [Melissa Locker](https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/) ## Melissa Locker Jan 4, 2018 4:10 PM UTC It’s award season and in the spirit of it all, [Stephen Colbert](http://time.com/5085710/stephen-colbert-trump-tweets-kim-jung-un-nuclear-button/?xid=homepage) has a little something for [President Trump’s](http://time.com/5087256/donald-trump-steve-bannon-cease-desist-wolff-book/?xid=homepage) consideration. “Sunday is the Golden Globes — I’m not nominated, don’t watch — but on Monday there’s an awards show everyone’s going to be glued to,” Colbert said on Wednesday night’s episode of [_The_ ](http://time.com/5085689/colbert-trump-disney-robot-spoof/?xid=homepage)[_Late Show_](http://time.com/5085689/colbert-trump-disney-robot-spoof/?xid=homepage)_._ He was referring to the “Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards,” which the President [announced](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/948359545767841792) via his personal Twitter account on Tuesday. > [](https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/948359545767841792) “Personally, I’m excited for your Dishonest & Corrupt Media Awards,” Colbert said, speaking to the President directly. “Or, as we call them in the business, the Fakies.” Because Colbert likes an award as much as anyone in Hollywood, he launched a campaign to ensure that he doesn’t get snubbed at Trump’s media award show. Colbert purchased a billboard in Times Square in New York City that he hopes will catch the president’s eye. “I’m hoping to be nominated in all categories,” Colbert said, noting his skills at “fakest dishonesty”, “least Breitbarty,” and, of course, “[smallest button](http://time.com/5085723/nuke-button-donald-trump-nuclear-weapons-north-korea/?xid=homepage).” Watch the full clip below. > [](https://twitter.com/frankpallotta/status/948781149589069824) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/5087667/colbert-trump-dishonest-media-billboard/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/5087667/colbert-trump-dishonest-media-billboard/"},"headline":"Stephen Colbert Actually Has a Billboard for Trump's Dishonest Media Awards","datePublished":"2018-01-04T16:10:08.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:49:31.548Z","description":"“I’m hoping to be nominated in all categories,” Colbert said.","url":"https://time.com/5087667/colbert-trump-dishonest-media-billboard/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Television","stephen colbert","Donald Trump","the late show","Late Night Television"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Melissa Locker","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/melissa-locker/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/5087667/colbert-trump-dishonest-media-billboard/","name":"Stephen Colbert Actually Has a Billboard for Trump's Dishonest Media Awards"}}]}] ```