The Daily Show is absolutely, positively...

ncteechur

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Wed Apr-27-05 10:59 PM
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The Daily Show is absolutely, positively...

the best show on TV--any channel, any timeslot. Period.

Why in the hell does it take a show on Comedy Central to cut through the GOP bullshit and speak the truth. I know Jon Stewart contends it is a simply a parody--a comedy, but it actually is the closest thing to a real news media this country has left.

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Sherwood

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Wed Apr-27-05 11:04 PM
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1. Agreed

John Stewart is really on lately.

"They're not like the Tailban... they don't wear the little scarf thingies."

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BlackVelvetElvis

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Wed Apr-27-05 11:10 PM
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2. It's not quite comedy

But brilliant satire, something America sees too little of.
You know Jon is in high esteem when he is invited to appear on entertainment/news shows. His appearance on "Crossfire" was scathing and a classic.

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bunkerbuster1

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Thu Apr-28-05 07:39 AM
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6. His appearance on "Crossfire" made me prouder to be an American

than, well, anything I've seen from our corporate media since Bush was selected, that's for damn sure.

When you can say that about a comic with a cheezy half-hour fake-news proram in all seriousness (and I am), you know something's seriously wrong with this nation.

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tallahasseedem

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Wed Apr-27-05 11:11 PM
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3. Because Comedy Central isn't bought and sold...

by the GOP. Yet... Look out for rich Repugs trying to buy the network.

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seabeyond

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Wed Apr-27-05 11:46 PM
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4. my repug hubby acts like it is my show

went downstairs tonight during commercial, and guess what he was watching, lol lol

i like it too

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cbear70

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Thu Apr-28-05 07:30 AM
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5. you are so right!

I love the daily show... I watch it in order to get my daily dose of real news...he has been dead on ..and now I don't have to stomach *'s press joke tonight.. I already know what he is going to say..

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Jacobin

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Thu Apr-28-05 07:55 AM
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7. We have become a medieval country

in the days of yore, if you criticized the king, he would have you hung, drawn and quartered. The only people who could criticize the king were the court jesters.....clowns pretending to be funny, but everyone knew they could get away with criticizing the king because they were 'just being funny'.

Scary thought, but that is exactly where we are today

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vcrtime1

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Thu Apr-28-05 09:41 AM
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8. it would be interesting for a news channel to pick him up

for real news and see what he would do.

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ComerPerro

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Thu Apr-28-05 10:10 AM
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9. I caught one thing that really stood out from Tuesday's episode

when it repeated last night:

They showed this "debate" from CNN about gay adoption, and some woman pulled this insane stat out about how kids in gay households are more likely to be sexually abused. The stats were complete bullshit, as both the opposing debater and Jon Stewart pointed out, but the CNN anchor just kept smiling and ended with "this has been an interesting debate".

John Stewart, after showing the clip, yelled "You're an anchor! Do your job and call her on her bullshit!"

A parody show on Comedy Central did more research than CNN!

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atommom

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Thu Apr-28-05 10:17 AM
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10. That's the scene I immediately thought of when I read this post, too.

"You're an anchor, for f***'s sake!" He makes me happy to avoid "real" TV newscasts. But why isn't anyone else expressing this outrage?

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FULL_METAL_HAT

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Thu Apr-28-05 10:33 AM
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11. Actually he said: "You're a FUCKING anchor! Do your job ..."

>John Stewart, after showing the clip, yelled "You're an anchor! Do your job and call her on her bullshit!"

He was seriously angry!

Go Jon!

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ComerPerro

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Thu Apr-28-05 10:58 AM
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15. Oh yeah, I forgot he said "fucking"

My brother caught that part, I didn't notice it until he pointed it out when we watched it.

It was great to see

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leftofthedial

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Thu Apr-28-05 10:48 AM
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12. I understand exactly the schemes and designs that have

replaced journalism in Murka with propaganda.

What I don't understand is why there isn't more comic treatment of the neotheocon coup. They provide such an inexhaustable wealth of material that is simultaneously absurd, ironic, jaw-droppingly outrageous and blacker comedy than death itself.

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0007

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Thu Apr-28-05 10:53 AM
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13. Air America Radio is absolutely positive also.....

and yes Comedy Central is one of my favorites also....must be a burr of the RW's ass, 'eh?

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ArkDem

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Thu Apr-28-05 10:55 AM
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14. I get all my news from The Daily Show.

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