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Daily Show Production Team Nets Creative Freedom
gremlins writes "Jon Stewart, who recently celebrated his sixth anniversary with "The Daily Show" and was a rumored possible replacement to Dan Rathers, has signed a deal which allows his production team, Busboy Productions, to develop televison projects on their own. The deal also allows Busboy Productions to flirt with other networks when looking for a home for the projects. Comedy Central still gets the right of first refusal for any projects created."
Because after his assertive Crossfire appearance they--and I--wonder what Jon "You're as big a dick on your show as you are on any show" Stewart will say and do next.
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
No, thanks. The Daily Show is fake news, much like the blogs you cite: it's satire with talking heads occasionally brought in to bring the place legitimacy.
You, and Jon on Crossfire, never explained why Jon lobs softball questions at folks like John Kerry and Michael Moore while firing off ad hominem attacks on Robert Novak and Tucker Carlson.
But I really love how Jon deflects any criticism of his show by saying "hey, we're on Comedy Central -- we're all idiots here!" Kind of reminds me about how some bloggers want to be treated like journalists, but they're not journalists because all journalists are biased and evil.
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