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Jon Stewart Slams Fox News for Their Ridiculous War on Christmas

Tue, 04 Dec 2012 00:00:00 -0800

AlterNet - By Jon Stewart - Dec. 04 (Comedy News) - Fox's freak-outs are especially nuts given how over-the-top and big Christmas has become. Christmas, Stewart points out, actually ate Thanksgiving this year -- Black Friday, the start of the Christmas shopping season, started on Thursday.

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Stewart Ridicules Huge CNN, Fox News Flub

Fri, 29 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - Jun. 29 (Comedy News) - On Thursday, the US Supreme Court finally ruled on President Obama's Affordable Healthcare Act, saying that its central provision can be upheld and that the...

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Stewart Analyzes The Evolution Of Fox News' Gay Rights Coverage

Fri, 11 May 2012 00:00:00 -0700

Huffington Post - By Jon Stewart - May. 11 (Comedy News) - This issue is just racism 2.0 and it aligns perfectly with the GOP agenda of rich white males. Justtheobvious: This issue is just racism 2.0 and it aligns perfectly Bingo ! They already have the middle class and poor on their 'fiscal' oppression list. So

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Providing financial assistance to those in need

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

The Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Jun. 03 (Comedy News) - Jon Stewart talks about natural disasters, and how the Republicans want to deal with it.

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Jon Stewart Calls Out Fox News' Hypocrisy

Fri, 04 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800

Huffington Post - Mar. 04 (Editorial) - Thursday night's "Daily Show" featured Jon Stewart doing what he does best: calling out hypocrisy in the media. ...Stewart took a look at how Fox News was reporting on the story, specifically compared to how they covered similar threats to the Bush tax cuts and bailed-out bank CEOs' salaries.

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Californigaytion

Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Aug. 06 (Comedy News) - CNN's best political team goes to a gay bar at three in the afternoon to cover reactions on a federal judge's decision to overturn Proposition 8.

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Arturo Rodriguez Interview

Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700

colbertnation.com - By Stephen Colbert - Jul. 08 (Interview) - Arturo Rodriguez invites Americans who think immigrant farm workers are taking away jobs to work in the fields.

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'I Gut Check My Show'

Thu, 15 Apr 2010 00:00:00 -0700

Colbert Report - By Stephen Colbert - Apr. 15 (Interview) - Well, I am the first line of defense and I am supposed to check the facts when people say things that are false.

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Action Center - Health Care Bill

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 00:00:00 -0800

Comedy Central - By Stephen Colbert - Mar. 09 (Interview) - Ezra Klein explains the reconciliation process that Democrats need to pass health care reform and what Republicans can do to drag it out. (06:05)

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Jon Stewart Calls Out Gretchen Carlson For "Dumbing Herself Down"

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart, Dan Abramson - Dec. 09 (Comedy News) - Jon Stewart went after "Fox & Friends" host Gretchen Carlson last night. Saying she plays the "troubled mom, just trying to make sense of this modern country," Stewart explained Carlson seems to be dumbing herself down in order to connect with an audience that sees intellect as an elitist flaw.

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Colbert Destroys R.I. Governor For Denying Gay Couples Death Rights (VIDEO)

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Colbert Report - By Stephen Colbert - Nov. 17 (Comedy News) - Rhode Island Governor Don Carcieri vetoed legislation last week that would give same-sex couples the rights to claim the bodies of and make funeral arrangements for their deceased partners. He said such legislation was a "disturbing trend" signifying the erosion of traditional marriage.

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Send your medical bills to Max Baucus

Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Comedy Central - By Stephen Colbert - Oct. 09 (Comedy News) - Senator Max Baucus will pay for your medical bills from the $3.2 million he's received from the health care industry.

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Democratic Super Majority

Wed, 30 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Sep. 30 (Comedy News) - The Democratic supermajority fails to pass health care reform, but succeeds in funding abstinence-only education.

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Jeffrey Toobin

Mon, 21 Sep 2009 00:00:00 -0700

The Colbert Report - By Jeffrey Toobin - Sep. 21 (Interview) - Jeffrey Toobin, author of "The Nine," takes Stephen inside the world of the Supreme Court and reveals whether they have secret handshakes.

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Formidable Opponent - Stephen on health care town halls

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Colbert Report - By Stephen Colbert - Aug. 14 (Comedy News) - Does our present health care system really have a fatal illness or can we save the patient? Here to debate this issue is a man that I'm proud to call me: Stephen Colbert.

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Glenn Beck's Operation

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Comedy Central - By John Stewart, Glenn Beck - Aug. 14 (Comedy News) - If only the ailing Glenn Beck 16 months ago had received the health care he's raving about today.

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How to Judge a Guy in 100 Days

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Apr. 30 (Comedy News) - Principle plays no part in Arlen Specter's decision to switch parties, and the media observes Obama's first 100 days with mindless overkill.

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The Ever Spending Story

Thu, 02 Apr 2009 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Apr. 02 (Comedy News) - Congress expresses the fire of their passion over Barack Obama's budget with jumbo placards.

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Jon Stewart Rips Into CNBC

Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:00:00 -0800

Comedy Central - Mar. 05 (Comedy News) - The Daily Show on Wednesday was supposed to feature guest Rick Santelli, a reporter on CNBC. Santelli is infamous for his rant against Obama’s mortgage plan, calling homeowners who are struggling to pay their loans “losers.” Santelli backed out, or err, “bailed out,” as Stewart put it, from the interview. Instead, Stewart launched into a nearly nine-minute take down of the business news channel. Here are some of the highlights: Mad Money’s Jim Cramer telling his audience that Bear Stearns is in good shape. “Bear Stearns is fine… If there is one take away, it’s that Bear Stearns is not in trouble.” Six days later the investment bank went under.

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Dana Perino Daily Show Interview

Fri, 09 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800

The Daily Show - By Jon Stewart, Dana Perino - Jan. 09 (Interview) - Dana Perino likens leaving the White House to graduating high school.

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Tim Russert - The Daily Show - Comedy Central

Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 -0700

Comedy Central - By Tim Russert, Jon Stewart - Jun. 17 (Interview) - (Video interview)

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What Exactly Is President Bush's Job?

Thu, 05 Oct 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Oct. 05 (Comedy News) - In this Daily Show segment, Jon Stewart touches on the $20 million Iraq/Afghanistan War celebration appropriation and Bush's comma remark: "When the final history is written on Iraq, it may be just a comma." Jon then investigates possible reasons for Bush's low job approval rating: Americans just don't understand what his job is. So, using the Bush's own words, Jon digs into the Presidential vault to answer this pressing question.

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President Pervez Musharraf on The Daily Show

Wed, 27 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Sep. 27 (Comedy News) - (YouTube Video) Jon Stewart interviews Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, appearing on The Daily Show to plug his new 'memoir', "In the Line of Fire". After serving tea to the President, Jon asks matter-of-factedly: "Where's Osama bin Ladin?" - ("I think I've become quite an expert at [diplomacy]"). Here are a few notable quotes: (on Afganisthan) "Our strategy is to wean the people away from the Taliban." (on the situation in Iraq) "It has led to more extremism and terrorism around the world." (...) We're not safer, but I believe in looking at the present to work out strategies for the future." A hilarious Seat of Heat question closes the interview. Jon: "If an election were held today in Pakistan and we put up two candidates - Geroge W. Bush and Osama bin Ladin - who would win the popular vote in Pakistan?" Musharraf answers: "They would both lose miserably."

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Look Who's Not Talking

Wed, 20 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Comedy Central - By Jon Stewart - Sep. 20 (Comedy News) - In this recent episode of the Daily Show, John Stewart gives a hilarious commentary on recent speeches by Bush, Ahmadinejad and Chavez at the U.N. He plays these world leaders as mob bosses threatening each other - and conveys the causes of their conflicts more deeply than many mainstream news reports.

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Papa Don't Preach

Mon, 18 Sep 2006 00:00:00 -0700

Daily Show - By Jon Stewart - Sep. 18 (Comedy News) - Pope Benedict is sorry that people in the Muslim world felt sad. That's what's known as a mea kinda.

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