Tag Archives: Daily Show

Flopper

Posted on 1/25/2013 by John Casey

I thought this segment of the Daily Show underscored just what distinguishes it from much of the rest of Cable TV media.  Despite being a comedy show, they somehow managed, by the art of just stopping and thinking for a … Continue reading →

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Wrenching from context

Posted on 7/26/2012 by John Casey

Last night's Daily Show had a nice discussion of the "you didn't build that line" that Obama didn't utter (i.e., in the way suggested).  For those unfamiliar with this, the President gave a speech, talked about infrastructure (such as roads) … Continue reading →

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Belief structures

Posted on 12/14/2011 by John Casey

Still busy with finals, etc.  Please watch the following piece by the Daily Show on idiocy arising from TLC's All American Muslim.  Here is the link.  Beginning to wonder, however, whether someone at TLC has paid the Florida Family Association … Continue reading →

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Daily Show on Nutpicking

Posted on 1/28/2011 by John Casey

Watch at this link for a fun back-and-forth between Jon Stewart and Bill O'Reilly on the argumentum ad Hitlerum.  TL;DR for O'Reilly, his Nazi invocation (about "the left") is just fine because his assistants found an anonymous commenter at a … Continue reading →

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Shill the messenger

Posted on 3/17/2009 by John Casey

Last week, Jon Stewart, television comedian somehow in charge of all responsible TV media criticism, interviewed a TV financial journalist, Jim Cramer, who defended his well documented wrongness by claiming merely to be an entertainer who was "lied to" (rather … Continue reading →

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