Katie Eastman, a 22-year-old TV reporter from Des Moines, Iowa, didn't expect to become a national sensation only two months into fledgling career.But a couple weeks ago, the WIO-TV employee caught the attention of The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert.
Her station had refused to air an ad from Colbert's recently formed super political action committee, the Colbert SuperPAC.
In the ad, Iowa voters are urged to vote for "Rick Parry" -- the misspelling of Texas Gov. Rick Perry's name is intentional -- and then Colbert is shown mocking the TV station and Eastman, its "intrepid cub reporter" whose stories have included pieces on garage sales.
After the station's refusal to air the ad, Colbert fired back on his Comedy Central show.
"Clearly someone needs to get to the bottom of this corruption!" Colbert said. "Someone on the inside, like intrepid WOI reporter Katie Eastman."
He added: "Katie blew the lid off Garage-Sale-Gate! Clearly, Katie, you're the only one I can trust. Call me."
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