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Do you think that a brown, Muslim comedian avoids facing the political nature of his very being as a performer in post-9/11 America? Can you transcend this by just playing any role by avoiding it?
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When George W. Bush talks, there's not a trace of that sort of that Nixonian psychodrama -- or of the Nixonian playfulness.
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This sudden embracing of all things bipartisan is curious, especially from a party that has been so consistently partisan for the past decade. Where were the cries for inclusion during the Bush reign?
Hey Media: Lay Off Appalachia
Pundits missed the two best kept secrets about Appalachia: it is far from homogeneous and has been a burning ground of change for the past 250 years.
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Obama identified a goal, came up with a plan to attain that goal, and followed it. Not a bad thing for an administration to do, no? And what of McCain's campaign? The only continuity was the consistent lack of it.
Election Night At The Daily Show: Ticket Holders Sidelined For VIPs
It was assumed that not all ticket holders would get in. The Daily Show always overtickets, and I was turned away once myself a few years ago. It happens. But none of us expected what happened next.
The Best Medicine
As the economy collapses and political scandals keep flaring up like bad rashes, where should America turn for answers? What's going to keep us from falling apart? The answer: laughter.
Meet the Bloggers: Henry Rollins and Paul Waldman Spurn the Media's Love for McCain
Make no mistake, FOX is willing to do whatever it takes to advance their conservative agenda. They will lie, smear, and distort to their hearts' content.
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"The collapse was a tsunami, and all of us and the American dream had been on the beach, eyes closed, chairs angled at the sun, too close to the water to get away."
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Political satire is only funny when it contains an element of truth. Truth is what mainstream US media have been lacking, post 9/11. And truth, couched in humor, was what Jon Stewart had to offer.
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saw dave's jolie punchline coming a million miles away.
not to be nit-picky but dont you mean conscience as in the inner sense of what is right or wrong; impelling one toward the right action NOT conscious (as in awake and not TKO'd)!
Jon Stewart had me on floor especially with the picture of Blago and Burris.