Jon Stewart Rips Into Rumsfeld’s Lies

Staff / Truthdig May 11, 2006 "The Daily Show" host does to Rumsfeld exactly what CIA veteran Ray McGovern did last week: throw Rumsfeld's lies back in his face. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Stewart Mocks a Repetitive Bush

Staff / Truthdig May 10, 2006 "The Daily Show" host points out that Bush had the Exact to say about the outgoing CIA chief and the current nominee. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Debriefs Madeleine Albright

Staff / Truthdig May 5, 2006 "The Daily Show" host gets the skinny from the former secretary of state on Bush's "consultation" with over a dozen former White House advisors. Scary part: Albright says Bush was exactly the way he sounds on TV. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

McCain Withers Under Questioning of … Jon Stewart

Staff / Truthdig Apr 6, 2006 The "Daily Show's" "fake news" interview exposed Sen. John McCain's far-right hypocrisies better than most interviewers in the traditional media. (video) Even the AP asks whether McCain has gone hard right. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Arianna Tries to Convert Colbert

Staff / Truthdig Mar 3, 2006 In a hilarious exchange, ex-conservative Huffington defends herself against charges of treachery from the arch-conservative Stephen Colbert. After months of also-ran status, "The Colbert Report" has been giving "The Daily Show" a run for its money lately (no small feat, considering that "The Daily Show" is perhaps the best program on television). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart to Dems: ‘Pick Up Your Game’

Staff / Truthdig Mar 1, 2006 "The Daily Show" host tells Larry King in that joking-but-not-really-joking way of his, "I'm leaving the Democrats out because I honestly don't feel that they make an impact. They have 49% of the vote and 3% of the power." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Runs on CNN International

Blair Golson / Truthdig Feb 20, 2006 OK, all you expatriates probably already knew this, but Truthdig didn't: "The Daily Show" runs on CNN International outside the U.S. Think about that: Millions (perhaps billions) of foreigners get Jon Stewart's version of America on a relatively straight-news-oriented channel. Depending on how you feel about Stewart's sensibility, that's either wonderful or troubling. (This snippet of news comes near the end of a hilarious article about Stewart's upcoming gig at the Oscars.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart Roasts Cheney

Staff / Truthdig Feb 15, 2006 "Don't let your kids go hunting with the vice president. I don't care what kind of lucrative contracts they're trying to land or energy regulations they're trying to get lifted. He'll shoot them in the face." | video Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )