Salon.com > daily show http://www.salon.com Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Must-see morning clip: Where is the outrage over Benghazi? http://www.salon.com/2013/05/09/must_see_morning_clip_where_is_the_outrage_over_benghazi/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/09/must_see_morning_clip_where_is_the_outrage_over_benghazi/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 13:19:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13293707 On Fox News's outrage over a possible Benghazi cover-up, "Daily Show" host Jon Stewart says: "You can't understand why anyone else isn't as outraged as you, when it's because the rest of us aren't sure if what you're saying is true. And to be quite frank, you do have somewhat of a history of hysteria."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/09/must_see_morning_clip_where_is_the_outrage_over_benghazi/feed/ 1 Must-see morning clip: Fear-mongering at the NRA convention http://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/must_see_morning_clip_fear_mongering_at_the_nra_convention/ http://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/must_see_morning_clip_fear_mongering_at_the_nra_convention/#comments Tue, 07 May 2013 13:18:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13291588 Jon Stewart shares the "Good the Bad and the Crazy" -- with no shortage of crazy -- from the NRA convention in Houston:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/05/07/must_see_morning_clip_fear_mongering_at_the_nra_convention/feed/ 2 Jon Stewart blasts Sean Hannity for defending abuse as “old-fashioned discipline” http://www.salon.com/2013/04/05/jon_stewart_blasts_sean_hannity_for_defending_abuse_as_old_fashioned_discipline/ http://www.salon.com/2013/04/05/jon_stewart_blasts_sean_hannity_for_defending_abuse_as_old_fashioned_discipline/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:27:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13262660 Fox News host Sean Hannity leapt to the defense of former Rutgers basketball coach Mike Rice on Thursday, defending Rice's abuse of players as just “trying to get the best out of them.”

"I’m watching this and I’m thinking, ‘I don’t like it’ -- he kicked one player there -- but on the other hand, I kind of like old-fashioned discipline," he said. I mean, have we become that politically incorrect? These are adults, they don’t want to play for that team, they can leave."

Hannity concluded: “My father hit me with a belt, I turned out OK.”

Jon Stewart's assessment? The Fox News host sounds like "a guy who was hit by a belt as a child."

Watch it here:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/04/05/jon_stewart_blasts_sean_hannity_for_defending_abuse_as_old_fashioned_discipline/feed/ 27 Must-see morning clip: Jon Stewart mocks Trump, Palin, Bachmann at CPAC http://www.salon.com/2013/03/27/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_mocks_trump_palin_bachmann_at_cpac/ http://www.salon.com/2013/03/27/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_mocks_trump_palin_bachmann_at_cpac/#comments Wed, 27 Mar 2013 13:13:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13253354 Making up for its brief hiatus last week, "The Daily Show" has been catching up on CPAC coverage, last night focusing on GOP all-stars like Michele Bachmann, Donald Trump and Sarah Palin, and the (not) new direction they're leading the Republican party in.

Of Palin, Stewart opined: "I know where Sarah Palin came from. Someone cast a spell on a YouTube comment and it came to life":

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/03/27/must_see_morning_clip_jon_stewart_mocks_trump_palin_bachmann_at_cpac/feed/ 2 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/must_see_morning_clip_91/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/must_see_morning_clip_91/#comments Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:12:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13175474 "You have accomplished so much, in such a short time," Jon Stewart said to "Girls" creator Lena Dunham on "The Daily Show" last night. "How do you deal with everybody's anger about that?"

Dunham joked, "You definitely get the sense that there are some 58 year-olds who wish you dead." She said that she tries not to read anything about herself on the Internet, but admits to Stewart that she reads about a quarter that's out there.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/01/18/must_see_morning_clip_91/feed/ 6 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2013/01/16/must_see_morning_clip_90/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/16/must_see_morning_clip_90/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 14:14:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13172838 "What entity is more powerful than lady justice?" asks Jon Stewart, about the omnipotent force that got cyclist Lance Armstrong to confess about taking performance enhancement drugs. "Oprah," he reveals. Stewart then expressed mock outrage over the confession, saying, "Armstong was doping, it seems so obvious in hindsight," likening the realization to finding out the tooth fairy isn't real for the first time:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/01/16/must_see_morning_clip_90/feed/ 2 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2013/01/15/must_see_morning_clip_89/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/15/must_see_morning_clip_89/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2013 15:47:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13171565 Comedian Jon Stewart lunged upon economist and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman, who this weekend blasted the comedian for making fun of his one trillion-dollar platinum coin idea, which Krugman theorizes could pay for the U.S. deficit.  Krugman told ABC News this weekend that Stewart "is ruining his own brand" by turning the topic into a farce. But on last night's "Daily Show," Stewart defended himself, saying, "If somebody is ruining their brand with a trillion dollar coin idea, I don't think it's the non-economist."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2013/01/15/must_see_morning_clip_89/feed/ 33 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2012/11/27/must_see_morning_clip_70/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/27/must_see_morning_clip_70/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:44:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13108143 While reporting on the bloody conflict in the Gaza Strip last week, some TV correspondents named clear "winners" (including Egypt, President Obama and Hillary Clinton) and "two losers" (Iran and Mahmood Abbas). Trying to understand the insensitive framing of the conflict, Stewart quipped, "So, the only two losers between the war in Israel and Gaza are the people who don't live in either of those places. So the lesson here is the next time your region descends into war, you gotta be in it to win it."

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/27/must_see_morning_clip_70/feed/ 0 Comedy’s sizzling new hotbed http://www.salon.com/2012/11/25/comedys_sizzling_new_hotbed/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/25/comedys_sizzling_new_hotbed/#comments Sun, 25 Nov 2012 21:00:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13106408 Asia Society OK, fine. Silence is golden, and patience is a virtue, but let's be real: everyone knows laughter is the best medicine. A well-timed joke can change anyone's mood and make the most obscure subject matter engaging. How else do you think The Big Bang Theory has gotten away with Schrödinger's Cat, the Higgs Boson Particle, and all that science for six years? Whether on stage or on screen, comedy is not only an integral part of storytelling but also how many of us in the real world tell the stories of our lives.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/25/comedys_sizzling_new_hotbed/feed/ 3 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2012/11/15/must_see_morning_clip_66/ http://www.salon.com/2012/11/15/must_see_morning_clip_66/#comments Thu, 15 Nov 2012 12:44:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13099175 Jon Stewart manages to make audiences laugh while relaying the tragic story of the Jimmy Savile investigation; though the BBC investigated Savile for sexually abusing hundreds of kids, they later scrapped the investigation and instead aired a tribute to the alleged sex offender.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/11/15/must_see_morning_clip_66/feed/ 0 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2012/10/23/must_see_morning_clip_51/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/23/must_see_morning_clip_51/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 13:20:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13049527 Comedian Jon Stewart again relegates conservative pundits to "Bullsh-t Mountain" for their continued fear-mongering, decontextualization of comments and misreporting of facts in last night's episode of "The Daily Show":

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/10/23/must_see_morning_clip_51/feed/ 0 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2012/10/18/must_see_morning_clip_47/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/18/must_see_morning_clip_47/#comments Thu, 18 Oct 2012 13:29:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13044179 Comedian Jon Stewart performs the ultimate fact check on Mitt Romney's statements during the town hall debate, including his "binders full of women" comment.

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/10/18/must_see_morning_clip_47/feed/ 2 Must-see morning clip http://www.salon.com/2012/10/09/must_see_morning_clip_39/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/09/must_see_morning_clip_39/#comments Tue, 09 Oct 2012 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13034488 Former General Electric CEO Jack Welch and Fox News think the government (or hey, Obama himself!) may have cooked the books to reflect promising unemployment numbers. Watch "The Daily Show's" epic takedown of these "conspiracy theorists:"

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/10/09/must_see_morning_clip_39/feed/ 2 “Daily Show” co-creator Lizz Winstead launches Lady Parts Justice http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/daily_show_co_creator_lizz_winstead_launches_lady_parts_justice/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/daily_show_co_creator_lizz_winstead_launches_lady_parts_justice/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 20:46:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13031563 Lizz Winstead is fed up with politicians legislating women's reproductive rights. And if you're Lizz Winstead, "The Daily Show" co-creator and former head writer, this usually means your hatred will fuel excellent political satire, humorous rage or both. Winstead writes:

Look, it’s time to stop being polite and start asking, “What the f*ck do you think you are trying to pull here?”

It is time to ask, “Why the f*ck are men and women who are inexcusably incompetent continually being elected into statehouses, governorships and THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS? And how the f*ck is it that this asshole serves on THE SCIENCE COMMITTEE of The House of Representatives?!

ENOUGH.

This morning, she launched Lady Parts Justice (presumably a reference to the controversial e-card that went viral from the Obama campaign's Tumblr), an advocacy site and PSA that encourages fans of women to vote:

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]]> http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/daily_show_co_creator_lizz_winstead_launches_lady_parts_justice/feed/ 0 Jon Stewart sums up America’s reaction to the presidential debate http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/jon_stewart_sums_up_americas_reaction_to_the_presidential_debate/ http://www.salon.com/2012/10/05/jon_stewart_sums_up_americas_reaction_to_the_presidential_debate/#comments Fri, 05 Oct 2012 14:57:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13031370 Romney's a liar, Obama's too passive, and Lehrer is ineffective. Watch the clip form last night's "Daily Show":

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