‘Daily Show’: Fear of a Black C-SPANet
After a "casually racist" caller made the helpful suggestion that C-SPAN change its name to "Black-SPAN" the other day, that network's host missed a valuable opportunity to respond properly, according to Jon Stewart, who provides a dramatic re-enactment of the scene in this "Daily Show" clip.After a “casually racist” caller made the helpful suggestion that C-SPAN change its name to “Black-SPAN” the other day, that network’s host missed a valuable opportunity to respond properly, according to Jon Stewart, who provides a dramatic re-enactment of the scene in this “Daily Show” clip. –KA
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