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How is it that fake news shows are more insightful than the actual news?

By Dave Algoso
Posted on Wed Apr 26, 2006 at 08:58:58 AM EST

For those who missed it, The Colbert Report did several segments on money in politics a couple nights ago. You can find the video here:

http://www.comedycentral.com/shows/the_colbert_report/videos/most_recent/index.jhtml

(See the clips titled "Florida Politics" and "Money & Politics: The Machine that Ain't Broke")

And, just because I think it's one of the greatest political/comedic performances of all time, I thought I'd offer up a link to Jon Stewart's October 2004 appearance on CNN's Crossfire. The show was cancelled a few months later, with CNN executives and cohost Tucker Carlson quoted in various news articles as basically agreeing with Stewart's criticism.

http://www.ifilm.com/ifilmdetail/2652831?htv=12


Tags: clean elections, Daily Show (all tags)


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