Stewart And Colbert Return! Take On Media For Sotomayor Coverage (VIDEO)

Huffington Post by Jon Stewart | Jun. 2, 2009 (Comedy News)

Stewart took on cable news networks (and Republicans in general) for focusing solely on her race and misrepresenting her background as foreign when the judge was born in the United States.

Stewart then looked into her history, growing up in the projects with a single mother trying to avoid drug dealers, and begged the question: "Is that her life story did Oprah create her in a focus group?" Full Story »

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Stewart opens the spotlight on the ridiculous responses of republicans and corporate media to the nomination of Sotomayor.

(If you really want to know how to pronounce Sotomayor, listen to Juan Gonzalez in the DemocracyNow story on the nomination.)

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