Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart Promises To Expose The Real Sean Hannity

David Taintor | March 9, 2012, 9:37AM

So, Sean Hannity promised an "explosive" and "exclusive" video of President Obama speaking out for Harvard Law Professor Derrick Bell. It was supposed to finally be the "vetting" Obama never got in the campaign. It also turned out to be pretty lame -- and a made-for-The-Daily-Show moment.

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Jon Stewart: VA Ultrasound Bill Like A Vaginal TSA Pat-Down

David Taintor | February 22, 2012, 9:29AM

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Jon Stewart on Tuesday returned to discussing the "punanny state," this time looking at a Virginia bill that would force women to have a transvaginal ultrasound before getting an abortion.

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Jon Stewart: TLC's All-American Muslim Isn't Controversial, It's Boring

David Taintor | December 14, 2011, 9:41AM

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The Learning Channel's programming isn't all innocent shows about young boys and girls dolled-up in pageants. Sometimes the network slips up, Jon Stewart said Tuesday.

Like TLC's new show, All-American Muslim. "What are they thinking?" Stewart said. "Who gives a jihadi terrorist cell a show? I say ... assuming that that must be it, because there's a controversy."

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Jon Stewart Lobs A 'War On Christmas' Bomb Back At Bill O'Reilly

David Taintor | December 9, 2011, 10:14AM

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Jon Stewart has long tracked the nation's war on Christmas. And this year he declared war himself. "If there has been a war, Christmas is the aggressor nation," Stewart said earlier this week. But Stewart has lost his humbug spirit.

"Look how war ages a man," Stewart said Thursday. On Wednesday, "one of Santa's unusually large elves fired back" at Stewart: Fox News host Bill O'Reilly responded to Stewart's segment saying, "There is no question Mr Stewart is going to hell."

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Rick Scott

Pee Deal: Florida Attorney General Punks Daily Show Correspondent

David Taintor | December 8, 2011, 5:22PM

Urine luck, Jon Stewart!

The Daily Show crew on Thursday got a taste of its own medicine. The crank news team is in Florida, putting pressure on Gov. Rick Scott to put his urine where his mouth is and submit to the same drug test welfare applicants were until recently required to take.

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Glenn Beck

Glenn Beck's Network Attempts Conservative Daily Show Knock-Off

Jillian Rayfield | November 23, 2011, 10:24AM

Glenn Beck, comedy entrepreneur, is trying to tap into the market for a "nonpartisan" alternative to The Daily Show with a fake news show on his GBTV network, called The B.S. of A..

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Jon Stewart Unloads On Jerry Sandusky

David Taintor | November 16, 2011, 9:54AM

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Jon Stewart on Tuesday unloaded on former Penn State football defensive coordinator Jerry Sandusky, who is accused of sexually abusing young boys. NBC's Bob Costas on Monday interviewed Sandusky by phone -- a moment almost tailor-made for The Daily Show.

"I'm no lawyer, but it seems to me when you're accused of one of the most heinous crimes imaginable, you might not want to literally phone in your defense on national television," Jon Stewart said.

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Jon Stewart Skewers The Fall Of Jon Corzine

David Taintor | November 9, 2011, 9:41AM

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While Occupy Wall Street protesters dig in and the public decries income inequality, Jon Stewart on Tuesday tried to unravel the government's complex relationship with the financial sector.

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Daily Show: Wikileaks' Julian Assange Is A Steve Jobs-Lex Luthor Hybrid (VIDEO)

David Taintor | December 9, 2010, 9:54AM

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Jon Stewart last night debated whether Wikileaks found Julian Assange is a villain or super hero, saying "he seems to combine the technical expertise of a Steve Jobs, with the cunning of a Lex Luthor, the aggressive free-speech passions of a Larry Flint and the hair of a Martina Navratilova."

But since Assange recently turned himself in to the police, Stewart said he can't really be a villain. And Assange's legions of supporters around the world make him out to be a hero. Ultimately, Stewart was stumped on how to frame his coverage.

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Don't Ask Don't Tell

Jon Stewart Rips John McCain Over Don't Ask, Don't Tell (VIDEO)

David Taintor | December 3, 2010, 10:10AM

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Jon Stewart last night lampooned Sen. John McCain's (R-AZ) continued stalwart opposition to repealing Don't Ask, Don't Tell, even after the Pentagon released its review indicating that a repeal of the ban on openly gay men and women would have little to no effect on military readiness.

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Wikileaks

Daily Show: WikiLeaks Founder A Cross Between Osama Bin Laden And Magneto (VIDEO)

David Taintor | December 1, 2010, 10:13AM

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Jon Stewart last night opened his program by focusing on the ongoing coverage of WikiLeaks' release of secret State Department cables, and addressed Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) call for WikiLeaks to be declared a terrorist organization.

Clearly, Jon Stewart said, WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is "Osama bin Laden, crossed with Magneto, and the albino from the matrix with more than a scootch of the Dyson vacuum guy."

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Charles Rangel

The Daily Show: You're A Bad Man, Charlie Rangel (VIDEO)

David Taintor | November 17, 2010, 9:41AM

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Jon Stewart last night had some fun at Rep. Charles Rangel's (D-NY) expense, offering his analysis of some of the finer moments of the congressman's ethics hearing.

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Proposition B

Daily Show On Anti-Puppy Mill Legislation: This Is Socialism!

David Taintor | November 12, 2010, 10:48AM

Daily Show correspondent Olivia Munn

Daily Show Correspondent Olivia Munn last night had a satirical special investigative report on Missouri's Proposition B -- which narrowly passed on election day, and aims to ensure humane dog breeding conditions. And what did she find? That the law is actually pushing a radical socialist agenda on America.

According to Anita Andrews, the director of the Alliance for Truth, Prop B is actually much worse than health care reform, in that it expects breeders to pay for "exorbitant amounts of care that are not needed, such as adequate food, adequate water, adequate space."

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