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Jon Stewart Takes on Media for Overreacting to New Yorker Cover: "It's Just a F**...
Once again Stewart is the media's voice of reason.
"It's a trifle, it's nothing," Stewart said. "There's so many other things to talk about: Iraq, the collapse of some of our most prestigious financial institutions...right?" he continued, before showing a montage of the media firestorm over the cover.
Stewart also took the Obama camp to task for calling the cartoon "tasteless and offensive":
"Really? You know what your response should've been? It's very easy here, let me put the statement out for you: Barack Obama is in no way upset about the cartoon that depicts him as a Muslim extremist. Because you know who gets upset about cartoons? Muslim extremists! Of which Barack Obama is not. It's just a fucking cartoon!"
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The Bush Administration doesn't flip-flop, they say two different things at the sa...
Watch this video, it's an 'Assault on Reason' if there ever was one. Jon Stewart does it like no other!
Headlines - It's the Stupid Economy
President Bush is an optimist on the economy, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is an expert.
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Terrorist Attack Lesson: Terror Attack + Election = Republicans
In light of Charlie Black’s ridiculous and revealing comments to Fortune magazine Monday, Jon Stewart shows how Republicans are calculating their winning November strategy. In light of Charlie Black’s ridiculous and revealing comments to Fortune magazine Monday, Jon Stewart shows how Republicans are calcul... more
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CBS news reporter trashes the news
CBS News chief foreign correspondent Lara Logan has some very harsh words for what passes as news in the U.S.
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Headlines - Baracknophobia | The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Comedy Central
"Behind the mild-mannered facade, Barack Obama is intent on enslaving the white race. "
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Baracknophobia
Behind the mild-mannered facade, Barack Obama is intent on enslaving the white race.
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Scott McClellan Pt.1 | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
"Scott McClellan explains the Bush administration was not intentionally deceptive in making their case for going to war in Iraq."
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Funny, but Jon Stewart is a real journalist
Among Americans under age 30, Jon Stewart is tied with Bill O’Reilly as the nation’s most admired journalist. Overall, he’s No. 4.
In a March 2007 survey by the Pew Research Center, Stewart was tied with Brian Williams, Tom Brokaw, Dan Rather and Anderson Cooper. He was behind No. 1 Katie Couric, O’Reilly and Charles Gibson and ahead of Jim Lehrer, Walter Cronkite, Ted Koppel, Wolf Blitzer and a slew of others.
Of course Stewart is a comedian. His “Daily Show” airs weeknights on Comedy Central.
But in an era when “real” TV newspeople often toss softball questions at political candidates (or in the case of George Stephanopoulos to Hillary Clinton in one of the televised debates, didn’t ask one he said he knew she wouldn’t want to answer!) and press sensational issues rather than policy questions, Stewart gets down to brass tacks, which is not news to anyone who watches him regularly.
On his show last night, he asked John McCain whether he’d rather run against Clinton or Barack Obama. McCain didn’t want to answer, and Stewart pressed him. It was a compelling question. No answer came, but Stewart was more dogged than any “real” anchor of late. He also pressed McCain, quite humorously, on the serious issue of how he can shake the shadow of President Bush and why that’s any different from Obama having to shake Pastor Jeremiah Wright. The point was clear: You politicians all have baggage, but you like to gloss over yours while pointing out the other guy’s. McCain was frank in distancing himself from Bush’s policies. It was a darn good news interview, and yet funny as hell at times.
Stewart also drew out the softer and more jovial side of John McCain that you rarely see on the network or cable news programs. Maybe we got a glimpse of the real John McCain last night, and since he’s running for president, that’s no laughing matter.
Anyway, the Pew Research Center’s Project for Excellence in Journalism actually studied the content of “The Daily Show” for all of 2007 in an effort to figure out why Stewart is so admired as a journalist, even though Stewart himself says he is not one.
The upshot: Stewart uses a lot of news footage from the day’s events to show contrast and contradiction (just like the other news programs) and he picks selectively among major events (just like the other news programs) and ignores a lot of what happened during the day (just like …).
The Pew analysis, out yesterday, concludes: In its choice of topics, its use of news footage to deconstruct the manipulations by public figures and its tendency toward pointed satire over playing just for laughs, “The Daily Show” performs a function that is close to journalistic in nature — getting people to think critically about the public square.
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Jon Stewart: You Probably Don't Understand the Iraq War
"Former Bush Administration Under Secretary of Defense Douglas Feith was on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tonight to set the record straight on the Iraq war. Apparently we were not misled into war. I believe him. Unless he's misleading me now..."
Great interview. I'd like to read the book just to see how rediculous it is, but I don't feel like giving this crook my money.
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Funniest College Commencement Speeches
We searched the web to amass the funniest college graduation speeches. From Conan to Jon Stewart, the list is packed with critically successful comedians, delivering hilarious speeches. We searched the web to amass the funniest college graduation speeches. From Conan to Jon Stewart, the list is packed with critically s... more
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Douglas Feith Uncut Pt. 1 | The Daily Show | Comedy Central
Watch the video. It takes a comedian to address real issues! Mainstream media is now the real comedy. They spend all of their time spinng and making Americans dizzy. Who needs amuzement parks, when we have such good spinners on tv?
You can watch Part 2 at www.comedycentral.com Watch the video. It takes a comedian to address real issues! Mainstream media is now the real comedy. They spend all of their time ... more -
My Daily Show Song
Do you know who wrote the theme song to the Daily Show and the story behind it? We do. BobMould.com
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Jon Stewart takes on Scalia - Nobody does it better - "Get over it"? "I don't thi...
After watching Jon Stewart’s slant on ** Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, who discards his usual disdain for the press to hawk his new book, “Making Your Case: The Art of Persuading Judges.” When reporter Leslie Stahl asks about the infamous Bush v. Gore decision, Scalia lashes out, “Get over it. It’s so old by now.”** I wanted to share it with other Americans who can't 'Get Over It'. Are you over it?
It also covers Scalia’s interpretation of ‘Torture’ and ‘Punishment’. When watching the segment it became totally obvious how they can interpret the law so badly. He is smug, he has made them all above the law! “Get Over It”?
We have a Vice President, when asked about the majority of Americans not agreeing with the War, answers “SO”, complements of a Supreme Court Justice who tells Americans “Get Over It”! Something is wrong here. They do it in plain sight, live in front of people. Where is their ‘shame’? What will it take for accountability? What will Americans do? What can we do? Is it too late already?
After watching Jon Stewart it was so obvious, they think it’s all a game and we are avatars in their game of virtual ‘Rule the World’. ‘The Few’ get to control ‘The Many’! They make the rules! It was both funny and sad! It's an 'Assault on Reason'.
I must admit, it was mostly sad. I can't 'get over it' I'm living it! I don't classify anything they have done as 'over'. When America brings back accountability, it will be over for me.
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Ouch! The Daily Show's eviscerating "documentary" about Fox News
The Daily Show's John Oliver put togther a stunning smackdown of Fox News on last night's show, punctuated by some damning clips showing egregious comments from some anchors (John Gibson, natch) and some — gasp! — flip-flopping on certain positions (like, say, executive privilege). Watch as Oliver tries to sneak into Fox HQ dressed as the Statue of Liberty, hosts a pundit shoutfest, and waves many flags. The Daily Show's John Oliver put togther a stunning smackdown of Fox News on last night's show, punctuated by some damning clips showi... more
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Jon Stewart Gets All Earnest On Us!
Obama Race Speech "Spoke To Americans As Though They Were Adults"
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Jon Stewart Ponders Bush's Ignorance About $4 Gas
Solar-powered Pants!
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Conan, Stewart and Colbert's 'feud' erupts
Did you notice how well Mike Huckabee did last nite? Well, turns out a few different people are all claiming credit for his success. And apparently it's gotten ugly.
Conan O'Brien, Stephen Colbert, and Jon Stewart went at it in a three-round bout on Monday nite, jumping from The Daily Show to The Colbert Report to Late Night in a mock feud over who was responsible for Huckabee's success.
This and other great things to come from the lack of writers! Did you notice how well Mike Huckabee did last nite? Well, turns out a few different people are all claiming credit for his success. ... more -
Colbert vs. Stewart vs. Conan: It's On!
After all the buildup, finally, the battle of the tv hosts!
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Jonah Goldberg vs. Jon Stewart
Goldberg, in an interview tries to argue the rise of liberal fascism in America. Now when I saw Naomi Wolf's take on it, she was very intelligent about and actually opened my ears to what's happening in the US. However, Goldberg is using labels to assume that practically everything is fascism, right down to organic food.
Watch this humorous yet horrifying interview. Goldberg, in an interview tries to argue the rise of liberal fascism in America. Now when I saw Naomi Wolf's take on it, she was very ... more -
FDA Approves Cloned Aminals for Food and Milk
"...Believe me, its safe!" Today the FDA and last week the EU approved cloned animals. Now I'm wondering if fluffy is real or cloned...anyway, I don't see any problem with this, Do you? "...Believe me, its safe!" Today the FDA and last week the EU approved cloned animals. Now I'm wondering if fluffy is real or cloned... more
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