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journalists in peril
Newsweek Reporter Arrested in Iran
Newsweek's Maziar Bahari, who has covered Iran for the magazine for a decade, was taken into custody by Iranian officials during an early morning raid of his home. His captors also seized his computer and several videotapes. More »
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Comment by tijuanatornado: Amazing.. the Iranian regime is following the same path all authoritarian, dictatorial regimes do, crack down on the people, media,... 2 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
New York Times vs. Jason Jones
So before airing his hot-knife-in-the-buttocks takedown of the New York Times as old and slow on the Daily Show last night, Jason Jones was forced to give an interview to the NYT. It was not a fair fight.
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Comment by Nice Beaver: It's as if Jason picked a fight with his muscle-bound neighbor who has terminal brain cancer. Sure, Jason might... 5 Responses | Other threads
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print is dead
The Daily Show Visits the New York Times, Purveyors of 'Aged News'
In what might be the most painfully funny Daily Show skit ever produced, Jason Jones visited the New York Times building in Midtown and interviewed some of the paper's staff, quite uncomfortably. More »
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Comment by elinorwhyme: Ouch. You know these guys watch The Daily Show--how could they not have been prepared with a couple of zingers... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Lashings
Daily Show Lampoons Fox News' Reaction to Obama's Egypt Speech
Yesterday Barack Obama gave his speech in Cairo and the "extremists" at Fox News had plenty of dumb things to say about it, so the Daily Show collected a bunch of clips and proceeded to mercilessly lampoon them last night.
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Comment by Almostbanned: The problem is that there currently isn't a middle eastern Gorbachev to partner with. Gorbachev ultimately knew that the Soviet Union... 28 Responses | Other threads
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jon stewart
Jon Stewart to Larry King: 'You're a Degenerate!'
Larry King was the guest on the Daily Show last night promoting his book, My Remarkable Journey. The entire segment consisted mainly of King and Jon Stewart jostling back and forth over whether or not King is truly a degenerate or not. It was great.
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Comment by QADude: Is it just me, or does his hair style sort of look like a mohawk? That hair color makes it... 1 Responses | Other threads
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republicans
Newt Gingrich Attacks Nancy Pelosi on Daily Show
Newt Gingrich was on the Daily Show last night promoting a book he wrote with his daughter, 5 Principles for a Successful Life, where he essentially called on Nancy Pelosi to resign as House Speaker. More »
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Comment by momof3wildkids: As someone who stepped down because he lost control of his own party, it is interesting that Newt is calling... 14 Responses | Other threads
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mistakes
Politician Named 'Weiner' Foolishly Starts Feud With Jon Stewart
Skinny New York mayoral wannabe Anthony Weiner is talking trash about Jon Stewart, maybe because he secretly thinks Jon had a rendezvous with his girlfriend, back in the day, hmmm???
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Comment by GZAthegenius: It's true though, the only reason Larry Craig was made the fool on the Daily Show was because Mark Foley... 6 Responses | Other threads
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Promises Broken
Jon Stewart Rips Obama on Daily Show
Tonight Jon Stewart took a less than familiar Daily Show target, the Obama administration, to the proverbial woodshed for breaking promises that were made during the campaign on governmental transparency and gays in the military. More »
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Comment by ChillbearLatrigue: Let's see. I have the score going something like this: Failing to release detainee photos - same as Bush. Keeping military tribunals... 28 Responses | Other threads
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shut up, college
The Daily Show Visits Arizona State, 'The Harvard of Date Rape'
Arizona State University sparked a bit of controversy recently for refusing to bestow President Obama with an honorary degree at commencement ceremonies later today, so Jason Jones went down to investigate. Hilarity then ensued.
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Comment by Mikey-B: I have never been more ashamed to go to that school. I mean...really? 12 Responses | Other threads
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jobs
Dan Rather, Daily Show Correspondent
Right-wing ideologues were apparently allowed inside CBS to help drive Dan Rather from his job. So maybe it's no surprise he helped the Daily Show mock Fox News conservatives tonight. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ChillbearLatrigue: I'm glad to see that Rather has finally landed on a gig that suits him. This made me think that... 17 Responses | Other threads
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politics
Daily Show's Most Outrageous Torture Clips
Supporters of George W. Bush's torture policies flacked so hard in recent days, it was impressive to see the Daily Show sifting through the avalanche of spin and plucking the most demented examples. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ChillbearLatrigue: I don't want to restart the controversy on this thread but when I heard about walling, it made me think... 13 Responses | Other threads
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trends
Eldersex Going from Gross to Funny
Comedy often depends on certain archetypes guaranteed to get a laugh — foul-mouthed children, fat men without shirts, drunk party girls — and now old people knocking boots. Larry Charles may be on to something. More »
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twitterati
Diamond-Encrusted Somali Pirates Overcharge the Twitterati
Why gripe in your cubicle when you can "cc:" the entire Internet? That's what a Daily Show producer, a Chicago Tribune columnist, and a Time critic did on Twitter: More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by The Tipping Pint: I prefer to think of hedge funders as our country's pirates. more » | Other threads
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feuds
Leak: Daily Show Showdown Is Brutal
It sounds like Jon Stewart will be giving Daily Show guest Jim Cramer the Tucker Carlson treatment: The Daily Show's Thursday taping ran way over schedule as Stewart "repeatedly chastised" Cramer, AP reports. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ADismalScience: Yeah, that was brutal. Nothing like a bunch of misguided, sanctimonious shit about journalism. How, exactly, does a... 26 Responses | Other threads
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gawker stalker
Jim Cramer Gets Ego Boost Before Daily Show Appearance
CNBC's Jim Cramer was spotted at a Brooklyn bistro the night before his much-anticipated chat with nemesis Jon Stewart on the Daily Show. The stalker sighting, complete with an "adoring fan:" More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ChillbearLatrigue: I always thought that he said he was an Eagle's fan. In any event, I look forward to the showdown.... 1 Responses | Other threads
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trendwatch
Daily Show Discovers Twitter
What do you do when you're late to a trend? Mock yourself! Watch Jon Stewart's Daily Show writers, one of whom only started using the banal messaging service on Oscars night, try to catch up. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Mick: I hate twitter. I'm 24 years old and obviously the key demographic. However, I have zero interest in... 8 Responses | Other threads
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jeff bezos
The Revenge of Amazon.com's 'Chuckling Maniac'
Jeff Bezos turned up on the Daily Show couch to promote Amazon.com's newest Kindle e-book reader. And as this clip shows, he laughed, and laughed, and laughed. Why wouldn't he? More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by Schmalerie: I had heard about Kindle before, but never really made an effort to learn about it. After watching this... 5 Responses | Other threads
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irobot
'Daily Show' for One Welcomes Our Robot Overlords
iRobot is best known for its Roomba vacuum cleaner, an automated dustbuster for the domestically lazy. But as a Daily Show investigation reveals, it also makes millions on killing machines for the U.S. government. More »
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By Owen ThomasComment by MontgomeryJessebelle: I love the daily show but this segment disappointed me a little. Last year as part of a university... more » | Other threads
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daily show
Bill O'Reilly's Vengeful Paparazzi
Here's a great clip from tonight's Daily Show, showing Bill O'Reilly condemning paparazzi as the "scum of the Earth" for privacy invasion, then dispatching his Fox News camera goons to people's homes. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Chileno: That unedited transition almost seems intentional. How could Jon resist...giving Bill more publicity. 3 Responses | Other threads
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journalismism
Sad Matt Lauer Needs This Obama Interview To Go Well
Matt Lauer is supposed to interview Barack Obama for the Superbowl pre-game show any minute now. He could use a good chat following his terrible week of endless dissing. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Tremonius: I worked with a guy who had the name game cold. He called himself "Dad." He called everyone else "Dad."... 8 Responses | Other threads
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television
Making Fun Of The Inauguration
The inauguration was a dilemma for late-night shows, which had to joke about an event Americans tended to consider moving and joyous. Surprisingly, the Bush-bashing Daily Show had the most biting commentary. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Barack: Jon Stewart is really not that funny. Unless of course you find childish whining funny. 15 Responses | Other threads
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moguls
Jon Stewart Reduces Rupert Murdoch To '14-Year-Old Girl'
Jon Stewart humiliated pundit Tucker Carlson with a public deconstruction years ago. But his disassembling of media villain Rupert Murdoch last night was, in a way, more damning. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by ge90036: No offense, but if Jon Stewart is "the coolest guy on television" then excuse me while I go take a... 18 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Time Warner Cable To Lose Comedy Central, MTV In Viacom Spat
From New York to Los Angeles, Viacom channels like Comedy Central are set to flicker off cable systems in the first minute of 2009. Sumner Redstone's desperation finally impacted your life! More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SpacePope: Okay, Comedy Central is a loss. But MTV lost the last shred of music on that channel in, what,... 4 Responses | Other threads
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daily show
Historic Footage Of Blago Missing The Joke
Did you know that newsworthy corrupt politician ROD BLAGOJEVICH once appeared on the humorous Daily Show, in 2006, and was not sure if they were joking, or what? Clip below, because it's Saturday: More »
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Comment by Iceland Spar: At the risk of being in the next round of exectuions... This order is actually being challenged by a number of... 29 Responses | Other threads
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arianna huffington
Arianna Calls on Jobless To Enrich Her
Arianna Huffington had some good advice for aspiring bloggers on the Daily Show tonight — blog your passion, go with your first impression — but her most important technique was communicated only implicitly, by way of example: Promote the hell out of yourself. From a brief guest stint on the Comedy Central show, Huffington gleaned exclusive backstage video for her own site, negotiations to have host Jon Stewart blog for her exclusively, a big plug for her "Complete Guide To Blogging" book and a televised recruiting call for free writers for her "blogging the meltdown" project. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by belltolls: Where in Holy Hell will they find free writers? 6 Responses | Other threads
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daily show
Daily Show History In Four Thanksgiving Segments
Comedy Central curated a list of the Daily Show's top eight Thanksgiving moments, and watching the clips is a bit like pulling out a family photo album to find your boisterous uncle was thinner and less confident than you remembered. Events have allowed the show to feel less desperate and angry these days than in the multiple holiday clips that swipe at the Bush Administration. Katie Couric has put the shame of an M&M-float-disaster coverup behind her. But Rob Corddry's exposé on the farce of pardoned turkeys looks as relevant as ever! It's the first of the four best-of-the-best clips after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Pope John Peeps II: Wow. It's good to reminisce to a time when Stewart knew how to play the straight man, and wasn't a... 19 Responses | Other threads
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denis leary
Denis Leary Slams 'Ridiculous' Autism Fakers
Surprisingly, everyone appears to have missed the subtle nuance in a chapter of comedian Denis Leary's book entitled "Autism, Schmautism." Go figure. Controversy arose after the Post excerpted a paragraph from Leary's Why We All Suck reading, in part, "I don't give a [bleep] what these crackerjack whack jobs tell you - yer kid is NOT autistic." Last night Leary appeared on the Daily Show to explain that he was quoted out of context, and in reality was taking a sophisticated stand on the scientific mystery of surging autism cases: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SaraRueful: I'm at work so I can't watch right now, but I'm with Dennis. I've seen too many people -- some... 7 Responses | Other threads
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bill o'reilly
O'Reilly To Stewart: My Viewers Will Kill You, Literally
Even moreso than the Times, Fox News can't seem to let go of trite and clichéd red state-blue state dichotomies, even in the face of Barack Obama's bountiful harvest of "red" electoral votes. Exhibit A: Bill O'Reilly warning Daily Show host Jon Stewart not to visit the "center-right" South on pain of death, and criticizing his "Greenwich Village... crew." We wouldn't be speaking in some kind of code here, would we Bill? And your viewers are used to you referring to them as a bunch of bloodthirsty animals? Ah right, they get the "joke." (Click the thumbnail to watch.)
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By Ryan TateComment by steveholtsmother: Bill O'Reilly is as worthless as a truckload of dead rats in a tampon factory. 13 Responses | Other threads
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disasters
Obsessive Daily Show Fan Enraged By Line Fiasco
Election night might have been a hopeful triumph for most Americans, but it was an evening of screaming and insults for Canadian Sharilyn Johnson, according to the epic rant she just uploaded to Huffington Post. Johnson had to be in the live Daily Show audience on election night, because she's been watching everything Jon Stewart has ever done since 1994, is also super-into Stephen Colbert, has friends on staff, knows line-runners by name, etc. etc. Johnson (on left in photo) lined up a ticket seven months in advance, confirmed and reconfirmed, traveled to New York from Toronto, waited in line and then watched as her world ENDED. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by get the buttah: I have to admit, I'd have been pissed too. I mean, you have a ticket, you should get in. End... 7 Responses | Other threads
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oprah winfrey
Oprah Cry-Guy Identified!
As Barack Obama delivered his presidential acceptance speech, Oprah Winfrey prominently led the nation in a good cry. But when the cameras caught her, she was leaning heavily up against some white guy. Who was that?? Oprah basically owns Chicago, so the Sun-Times promptly deployed an investigative team to find out. The man is Sam Perry of California's Silicon Valley, he is an Obama volunteer and contributor, a former wire-service reporter, and basically one of the nicest guys ever, according to his wife, who should know. Her quote and a clip of the Daily Show making fun of Perry, after the jump. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by DevilsAvocado: And, here's hoping he didn't dry-clean that blazer. Oprah tears cure cancer, can be used to non-surgically remove warts, and... 6 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
Daily Show: Well, We Can Always Make Fun Of Fox News
The Daily Show weighed in on whether it will face a CRISIS OF COMEDY in a new, much more competent Obama Administration. As host Jon Stewart made clear Wednesday night, the show thinks it'll be fine, and as we predicted, the show will hedge its bets with other targets — namely, Fox News and Democrats not named Barack Obama. Here's what Daily Show writer J. R. Havlan said at the New York Comedy Festival, via the Times: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Weegee's bored: I give it until Valentine's Day for teh comedic hands-off-Obama thing to run. 4 Responses | Other threads
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fox news channel
Daily Show's First Jokes About First Black President
After calling Fox News Channel to task for its Barack Obama coverage, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart asked Fox host Chris Wallace if the network might need to change its stripes under the incoming Democratic administration. Actually no, Wallace said, because Obama, like all presidents, will inevitably screw up, and skeptical coverage will be rewarded. "Let me just say," Wallace added, "I worry about you. That William Ayers joke bombed. This crowd is not ready." He had a point. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by if_i_only_had_a_heart: these people could benefit from some focused attention [www.facebook.com] Focus on the Family Action recently put out a hypothetical letter that outlined... 24 Responses | Other threads
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bill kristol
Bill Kristol Slams Own Paper
Neocon Times columnist Bill Kristol was of course acting smug and cute last night on the Daily Show, since that's basically his gig: Smarmy right-wing fish in left wing ponds. But he just didn't seem to have it in him to truly bait the other side. He declared John McCain would triumph on Tuesday but, wait, ha ha, it's just a joke of the make-a-Daily Show-audience-heckle-me variety, and Kristol admitted as much (and did succeed in getting booed). More »
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By Ryan TateComment by SwissMister: To Everyone Who Is Worried Obama is Still Going to Lose Because the MSM is Making A Big Deal out... 10 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
Bloggy Obama Tells Absurdist Jokes
So not only did Barack Obama avoid making a terrible GAFFE on the Daily Show, he was actually much more engaged and funny than a written summary of his comments by elitist pool reporters would lead you to believe. The Democratic presidential nominee's 6-pointish lead didn't leave Obama cocky, but did relax him enough to joke about being a Kindergarten socialist, libtard propagandist and half-redneck Frankenbitter who won't be able to cast an Obama-Biden vote without imploding. His guest-editing stint on Wonkette starts Thanksgiving Eve, drunkenly. (Click the video icon for excerpts.)
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By Ryan TateComment by rajmahall: Whoever wrote that kindgergarten line deserves a cookie. 6 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
Obama To Not Blow Everything On Daily Show, Probably
A media pool report on Barack Obama's Daily Show taping indicated he handled the appearance with his usual calm rationality and didn't blow everything with an ill-advised gaffe, as nervous nellies (or anyone who has tracked Democratic presidential nominees for the past, oh, two decades) might worry he would. According to the Daily News' Mike McAuliff, the candidate (wisely!) wouldn't even indulge a joke about old people in Florida: More »
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By Ryan TateComment by steveholtsmother: That's surprising, I figured he would burst into song and try to french kiss Sam Bee. I have money on... 3 Responses | Other threads
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barack obama
Barack Obama On Daily Show Tomorrow. Eep.
Barack Obama is a stimulating speaker. The Daily Show is of course an entertaining and provocative show. Barack Obama on the Daily Show less than a week before the election? Stomach-knotting, sweat-inducing and nerve-wracking. It will be hard for supporters to laugh during Obama's confirmed appearance on the news-comedy show Wednesday if they spend the whole time cringing at the thought of the Democratic presidential nominee making some sort of gaffe that would blow his commanding lead over rival John McCain. Opponents, meanwhile, will be far more ready to laugh at Obama than with him. (Video from Obama's Aug. 2007 appearance is after the jump) More »
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By Ryan TateComment by get the buttah: I'm getting nervous about how they'll spin Obama's 1/2 hour commercial tomorrow. I mean.. apparently people won't be very happy... 12 Responses | Other threads
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bias
Campbell Brown Won't Call Tucker Bounds Stupid
Former NBC news correspondent and possible "Next Katie" Campbell Brown somehow ended up a serious anchor on CNN, and... she's quite good? Brown (married to GOP strategist Dan Senor, because lol DC media) has become a convert to the popular new "hey, we are allowed to call bullshit" school of television reporting, which is quite heartening and will probably last until the Republicans reorganize and mount another offensive against the media. Anyway! She was on The Daily Show. They talked about Tucker Bounds, the poor McCain surrogate abused by Campbell, starting a national trend. She's had a good election!
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By PareeneComment by Beausoleil: I don't think anyone with a "functioning cerebral cortex" could deny that the media (Fox exempted) were all in the... 6 Responses | Other threads
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talking heads
Jon Stewart Has Been Reading His Peggy Noonan
Jon Stewart had Gawker's favorite public intellectual Peggy Noonan on The Daily Show last night for a chat that was remarkably civil considering the fact that he spent the whole time systematically undermining pretty much everything Peggy Noonan has written over the past few weeks about Sarah Palin and her virtuous small-town "Nation of Wasillas" blame the rape victim values. "New York is just like hundreds of Wasillas, packed into the same building!" he pointed out. Then he made a big show of saying "bullshit." Just like Peggy did that one time! The best part is the end when Peggy gets all solemn and says of America "Don't bet against us." Ha ha ha, we might if the SEC hadn't outlawed it!
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By MoeComment by gawkimo: Can I say it: the problem with our country are the Wasalias, small redneck meth labs filled with with baby... 21 Responses | Other threads
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Rising Poll Numbers
Sudden Ratings Magnet 'SNL' Hoping Election Season Never Ends
When Rome burned people enjoyed watching the fiddler, and now that this country is more effed than ever before, we enjoy watching SNL. According to a new report in Variety, “SNL has experienced a hefty bump in the Nielsen polls this election season, boasting a 50% gain over last season’s first two episodes.” The political climate has to be the reason, because it certainly wasn’t Michael Phelps’s mush-mouthed delivery or the searing star power of James Franco that got people to tune in. No, it’s because the cast of characters who parade across CNN on a daily basis are so ripe for parody. There’s McCain, Palin, Hillary, and Obama, and all of them are just begging to be made fun of. More » -
bill clinton
Clinton Responds To Chris Rock On Obama
After giving short shrift to Barack Obama on two major broadcast TV shows Tuesday, Bill Clinton could hardly mention the Democratic presidential candidate's name enough on the basic cable Daily Show Wednesday. Perhaps comedian Chris Rock's well-aimed barbs in Clinton's wake on Late Show With David Letterman got through to the ex-president. But when host Jon Stewart brought up the Letterman incident, Clinton said Rock and other critics miss the point. More »
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By Ryan TateComment by Queen of the Passive Aggressives: Bill's dried up. He and Hillary will vote for McCain so Hil can run versus Palin in 2012. Hillary didn't... 27 Responses | Other threads
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