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‘Daily Show’ in Iraq: Just Like HomePosted on Aug 22, 2007
“The Daily Show,” on the scene in Iraq, goes to town on the ridiculous yet timelessly entertaining assertion of Rep. Mike Pence that a particularly deadly Baghdad market he visited was “like a normal outdoor market in Indiana in the summertime.”
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By TheEnd, August 24, 2007 at 10:21 am # For a television show that ardently claims it is not a news program they sure like to push it. Sending a correspondent to Iraq? OK, he wasn’t doing any serious journalism, but this is probably about as helpful to Stewart’s argument that they don’t do journalism as the time Al Gore came on the show and said it was one of the best sources for news on TV. Doesn’t matter, really. The fourth estate’s having a block party to celebrate selling out years ago. - TheEnd Add Your Comment |
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