Jun 23, 2009 -
I've been finding the segments The Daily Show's Jason Jones taped a couple of weeks ago in Iran exceptionally enlightening. His visit with an Iranian family last week did more to reveal similarities between everyday Americans and Iranians than any high-level diplomatic effort could have. Using humor, Jones shows how ridiculous stereotypes about Iranian people are.
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Jun 17, 2009 -
The Daily Show faux reporter Jason Jones has traded in his green screen for the backdrop of election-time Iran. Footage recorded by the curly-haired hottie recorded for 10 days in late May and early June will air next week. For the segment called "Jason Jones in Iran: Access of Evil," not only did Jones attend a speech by President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, he also interviewed an underground rapper and a feminist blogger.
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May 20, 2009 -
If President Obama seems insanely likable, that's because he's getting his moves straight from another lovable dad: Cliff Huxtable. For example, both Barack and Cliff are married to hot lawyers and both have inexplicably cute daughters.
In fact, this isn't the first time Obama has been linked to the Huxtables.
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May 15, 2009 -
I always thought the Army's don't-ask-don't-tell policy was really a turn-your-head policy. But no! It's more: let's investigate any rumors of gayness infiltrating the ranks.
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Apr 28, 2009 -
Spring was bringing Jon Stewart a renewed sense of hope until swine flu hit . . .
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Apr 21, 2009 -
"Sometimes in life you've gotta just keep walking," croons conservative commentator Peggy Noonan on the release of US torture data. "Some of life has to be mysterious." An odd response indeed to data that revealed not only specific techniques but also shocking details about specific tortures: one detainee was waterboarded 183 times in a month.
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Mar 26, 2009 -
Mainstream news outlets' long, insular nightmare that young people confuse fake news shows like The Daily Show and Colbert Report with real news may be coming true. Nearly one-third of people under 40 say satirical news shows are taking the place of traditional news.
Though Jon Stewart's interview with CNBC's Jim Cramer was called "serious journalism" in the White House press room, he's always rejected the idea of himself as a journalist.
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Mar 14, 2009 -
Thursday's roast on The Daily Show made it into Friday's White House press briefing. Press Secretary Robert Gibbs was asked if the White House believed it was the obligation of journalists to call out lies as Jon Stewart did to the CNBC host. While he wasn't sure if President Obama saw it (though he did talk him about watching it beforehand), he "thoroughly enjoyed" it.
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Mar 13, 2009 -
Note to self: Do not make Jon Stewart mad because he can and will unleash a world of pain on you. I, like many others, tuned in to the epic smackdown between Jon Stewart and Jim Cramer last night after a week of observing the two TV personalities feud, and it was breathtakingly somber — not to mention intense.
It started with funny yet biting commentary from Stewart on The Daily Show earlier in the week about the role of CNBC in our current financial meltdown and ended last night with a brutal "interview" of the host of Mad Money (my friend Citizen has the clips and more background on the feud).
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Mar 13, 2009 -
Lordy! I thought Jim Cramer was going to crack last night on The Daily Show when CNBC's ongoing kerfuffle with Jon Stewart came to a head. His voice wavered as Jon accused him of one-sided journalism — dishing out financial advice while not acknowledging the dirty work that goes on behind the markets.
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