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'Daily Show' Begs for ‘President’ Clinton to ‘Stay,’ In Cozy Interview
November 2nd, 2017 11:05 AM
Failed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton is still making television appearances, trying to explain to the dumbfounded media nearly a year later “what happened” when she lost the election last November. She sat down for a cozy interview on Comedy Central’s The Daily Show Wednesday night, that didn’t offer any hard questions or surprises. Host Trevor Noah phrased every question from…
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Tur: Trump ‘Buried’ Media’s Policy Coverage With His Own Scandals
September 26th, 2017 3:14 PM
Deflecting blame has become an art form by not just failed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, but also the left-wing media. MSNBC host, and former campaign reporter, Katy Tur spent time on Monday’s The Daily Show doing exactly that, laying cover for the media’s lack of attention on serious policy differences between the candidates during 2016. Instead, Tur said it was Trump’s fault that the…
NYT: Comedy Central Says Conservatives Don’t Believe in ‘Reality’
Culture
September 15th, 2017 1:59 PM
Comedy Central has always tried to capitalize on mocking conservative audiences. Stephen Colbert’s old show, based on Bill O’Reilly, and Broad City, worshipping Hillary and bleeping out Trump’s name, are just prime examples. But in an interview with The New York Times, it seems like the outlet is going a step further. Its new show, The Opposition, a spinoff of The Daily Show, is a satire based…
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Daily Show's Noah Mocks: Antifa Looking More Like 'Vegan ISIS'
September 1st, 2017 5:00 PM
Liberal Daily Show host Trevor Noah did what few on the left have done so far, on his August 31 show: He actually condemned the radical leftist antifa group for resorting to violence. While many on the left turn a blind eye at the group’s insistence and justification for their violent tactics, Noah called them out on it: “You don't realize when you think you are punching Nazis, you don't realize…
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Reid: 'Disturbing' that Trump Has No Compassion for 'Human Misery'
August 30th, 2017 10:44 AM
MSNBC AM Joy Host Joy Reid appeared on Tuesday’s The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, where she bashed President Trump’s response to Hurricane Harvey. Playing the armchair psychologist, Reid said Trump lacked the ability to empathize or “understand” the depth of the “misery” the citizens of Houston, Texas are experiencing right now.
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Wealthy Winstead Thinks Ivanka Trump Too Privileged To Be a Feminist
Culture
August 11th, 2017 12:49 PM
Feminists are taking things a little too far these days. Of course, pro-abortion was always extreme, but having Donald Trump as a president was apparently the perfect way to trigger even more activism. At least, that’s what Daily Show creator Lizz Winstead told CNN.
In an interview with Deena Zaru, Winstead shared her thoughts on Trump, sexism, and her favorite topic: reproductive rights (read:…
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The Oceans Rise at CBS as Hosts Melt Over Gore
August 2nd, 2017 12:47 PM
You know it’s a bad sign when the comedy host is a tougher “journalist” than the actual reporters. But that’s what played out as The Daily Show and CBS This Morning both featured interviews with Al Gore. The ex-Vice President is promoting his new climate change sequel and endured this softball from CBS’s Charlie Rose: “So, tell me, in ten years, what has changed that alarms you?”
Liberal Late Night Yearns for Obama: ‘Could Go a Week’ Without Mockery
July 31st, 2017 4:42 PM
The writers from liberal late night shows pine for the days of Barack Obama when they could go a whole week without making fun of the president. According to an article in Variety, “the general consensus” among writers who appeared at a panel in Beverly Hills is “I don’t want this job.” Writer for The Daily Show Hallie Haglund complained, “To try to find a new way to go after that can be really…
'Daily Show' Stars Claim Show Is the Most Accurate News Source
July 24th, 2017 1:53 PM
Last week, Bustle.com published an interview giving insight into the detached reality of two members of Comedy Central's The Daily Show. Desi Lydic is a field correspondent and Michele Wolf is a writer and on-screen contributor for the not-so-funny comedy show. Lydic lamented the horrible world of Trump.
Daily Show Writers Claim to be ‘Factually Accurate’
Culture
July 20th, 2017 2:12 PM
Liberals love being depicted as modern saints. The members of the Daily Show cast are just another example of the snowflake daydreams surrounding feminist rights and Hillary Clinton. Bustle writer Martha Sorren did an interview with Desi Lydic and Michelle Wolf of the Daily Show on July 19, 2017.
Daily Show Co-Creator Wants to ‘Shatter Abortion Stigma’
Culture
July 6th, 2017 10:23 AM
Would you pay money to see The Vagical Mystery Tour, a comedy show that wants to “grow activist bases” around reproductive rights, namely abortion? Lizz Winstead, co-creator of the Jon Stewart Daily Show and writer for Trevor Noah’s version, organized this tour, hosted by the Lady Parts Justice League, in order to cross over from “anger fluffing” into activism. As bizarre as that sounds, it is in…
'Daily Show' Host Trevor Noah Says He ‘Exists Beyond Trump’
Culture
June 9th, 2017 12:04 PM
Trevor Noah, host of late-night talk show The Daily Show, would like to inform his audience that he actually “exists beyond” Trump. If his statements of facts “happen to be a thorn in his side, then that’s a byproduct.”
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NBC Promotes Anti-Gun Special From New Comedy Central Host
June 6th, 2017 4:14 PM
At the end of Tuesday’s NBC Today, co-hosts Savannah Guthrie and Matt Lauer brought on comedian and newly-named Comedy Central late-night host Jordan Klepper to promote his upcoming one-hour special on the cable channel. Based on Klepper’s work routinely mocking gun-owners as a Daily Show correspondent and the trailer for the satirical documentary, viewers can probably expect another typical…
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Jon Stewart Mocks Colbert Audience for Awkwardly Cheering Comey Firing
May 10th, 2017 1:18 PM
Awww, that Daily Show reunion was going so well until breaking news had to intervene. More accurately, it wasn't the breaking news that President Trump fired FBI Director James Comey was so deliciously awkward -- it was the wildly enthusiastic reaction to that news from Late Show host Stephen Colbert's audience.
