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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."
get with the program, Crossfire was a shitty show.
If you like the show, read his book. America: Democracy Inaction is only $15, for god's sake, and anything that includes footnotes like:
"For purposes of this chapter, "people" still refers to white land owners."
"Until 1920, the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November was known to women as 'Stay Home and Bake Day'"
The actual study can be found here. There was also a slashdot discussion here.
Yes, CNN has the information. You can also take the quiz if you want to.
Did you see his John Kerry interview? He was practically in love with Kerry and his bold plan of "not being George W. Bush."
The Daily Show claims to have extended an invitation to George W. Bush. I can't imagine that Bush would have received the same treatment, though Bill O'Reilly got a grudging round of applause when he appeared on the Daily Show to eat some crow about his "stoned slackers" remark.
Then again, I saw Al Gore's and George W. Bush's appearances on Letterman in 2000. Gore got along very well with Letterman, having been on the show before in his capacity as vice president. Bush appeared via satellite, cracked some awful surgery-related jokes (Letterman had underwent bypass surgery) and got loudly booed.
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For regular Daily Show torrents that can be downloaded straight without going through a login, use btefnet. Shows can usually be found the same night itself and are of a good video quality.
"When the only tool you own is a hammer, every problem begins to resemble a nail." - Abraham Maslow (1908-1970)
vis-a-vis Jon Stewart not being a serious journalist. The Daily Show has an International Edition that actually plays on CNN on weekends (if you live in asia). Which at last look was accepted as a serious news channel.
Political satire has always been just as, or indeed more effective in changing opinion on policies and governments than the regular news media.
Dismiss this man at your peril.