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TV Goes to War With Trump: 16 Shows Blast President This Fall

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September 28th, 2017 3:54 PM

This is war. Hollywood is arming themselves with the written word and preparing to do battle in politics. With the fall television season, Hollywood writers and actors bring a barrage of material aimed at portraying President Trump and his policies in the worst light possible. As of September, there are 16 scripted television shows either already airing or scheduled to air that focus on…

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…

Comedy Central to Mock Conservative Media in Their Colbert Slot

July 30th, 2017 8:15 AM

As if late night television needed another liberal comedian, along comes comedian Jordan Klepper, set to host his own Comedy Central talk show that will to take aim at the average American and the “alternative” media. Debuting on September 25 in the Colbert Report slot at 11:30pm, “The Opposition with Jordan Klepper” the new host will apparently try a new version of the Colbert shtick, as an…

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New Comedy Central Host Hates the NRA

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June 12th, 2017 10:03 AM

For an hour, Mr. Mackey sat on my screen chanting “Guns are bad, Mkay.” Just minutes into the June 11th comedy special, all was clear: gun owners are “dumb people” with small—what drives liberals’ constant fascination with human sexual anatomy—who are being led like mindless sheep by the big, bad NRA. Although he never mentions the Brady Campaign or any of Michael Bloomberg’s bevy of anti-gun…

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Comedy Central: NRA Convention Is ‘Comic Con for Death’

May 20th, 2017 12:15 PM

A new special promises to bridge the partisan divide on the national gun debate ... but so far it sounds like more of the same. Comedy Central routinely takes a pro-gun control position through its comedic programming. Consider The Daily Show with Trevor Noah and Inside Amy Schumer as Exhibits A & B. You may want to add Jordan Klepper’s upcoming special to that list.

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Fact Checker: Hillary's a Chess-Playing Pro, Trump Plays Checkers

September 29th, 2016 1:35 PM

The notion that the press offers “independent fact checkers” took another blow when Washington Post “Fact Checker” Glenn Kessler appeared on The Daily Show on Comedy Central shortly after the debate Monday night to make fun of Donald Trump as a checker-playing bozo, while fact-checking Hillary Clinton is “like playing chess with a real pro.”

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Daily Show: Atheist Group 'A**holes' Who Need to ‘Lighten the F**k Up'

December 12th, 2014 10:20 AM

Instead of the Daily Show’s usual targets – conservatives and Christians – atheists were the surprising villains on the Dec.9 episode of the left-leaning comedy show.  Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper pulled no punches, calling the atheist group Freedom from Religion Foundation “petty a**holes,” and “trolls” who needed to “lighten the f*ck up” for making a fuss over a diner offering…