 The adult fandom has gained media attention through outlets such as Wired , Fox News Channel and The Wall Street Journal . Stephen Colbert gave a shout @-@ out to the brony fandom at least twice on his comedy news show , The Colbert Report , although since then his positive connection with the fan base has become questionable . Erin Burnett of CNN 's <unk> reported on the 2012 Summer BronyCon , and ended the segment with a recolored character from the show representing the pony version of herself . The fans gave her some artwork of her character as a way of " welcoming [ her ] to the herd " . NPR 's comedy radio show Wait Wait ... Don 't Tell Me ! highlighted the brony fandom in an episode in June 2011 , and the following week quizzed former US President Bill Clinton about elements from the show during a telephone interview segment called " Not My Job " ; Clinton correctly answered the three multiple choice questions , leading at least one journalist to jokingly refer to him as a brony . An episode of Hot In Cleveland dealing with fan conventions included references to the brony fandom . 
