 In its December 25 , 2005 , issue , The New York Times again discussed " truthiness " , this time as one of nine words that had captured the year 's zeitgeist , in an article titled " 2005 : In a Word ; Truthiness " by Jacques Steinberg . In crediting truthiness , Steinberg said , " the pundit who probably drew the most attention in 2005 was only playing one on TV : Stephen Colbert " . 
