May 25, 2013

CNN’s John King Explains ‘Dark Skinned Male’: ‘What I Am Not is Racist’

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*CNN’s John King has taken to Twitter to further explain his erroneous report of an arrest in the Boston Marathon bombing. “Source of that description was a senior government official. And I asked, are you sure? But I’m responsible. What I am not is racist,” the anchor wrote Thursday, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A [...]




Funny: Jon Stewart Goes in on Romney & Rodman (Watch & Laugh)

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*Leave it to funnyman/satirist Jon Stewart to take stuff out of the headlines and find the absurdity in them. And when it comes to Dennis Rodman and Mitt Romney, a skit on them practically writes itself. So, with Romney still crying about losing his presidential bid and Rodman unabashedly stepping up for North Korea leader [...]




Jon Stewart Mocks Fox News Reaction to Election (Video)

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*Karl Rove’s Election Night argument with Fox News’ own poll statisticians after they projected that Ohio would go for President Obama promptly made its way to Jon Stewart and his writers. “The Daily Show” host Wednesday night said the reporting and disappointed commentary that followed Obama’s victory “will, unlike us, live forever.” Watch below. The [...]




President Obama Returns to ‘Daily Show’ Two Days After 2nd Debate

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*He’s going baaaack. President Obama is set to appear on “The Daily Show” next Thursday, two days after his second face-off with Mitt Romney. And if his second debate is as bad as the first one with Romney, we can expect “Daily Show” host Jon Stewart to let him know. Though Stewart has a generally [...]




Michelle Obama to Promote New Book on ‘The Daily Show’

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*First Lady Michelle Obama will appear as a guest for a second time on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” on Tuesday, May 29 at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT to discuss her first-ever book, “American Grown: The Story of the White House Kitchen Garden and Gardens Across America.” The book takes readers inside the White House [...]




Spike’s Tweet Victims Accept Apology and ‘Settlement’; Daily Show Attacks

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*The elderly couple who said they were forced to leave their Florida home after Spike Lee re-tweeted their address as that of the man who shot Trayvon Martin has reached some kind of settlement with the filmmaker – details of which were not disclosed. The couple’s attorney, Matt Morgan, announced the settlement Thursday, as the [...]




Video: George Lucas Talks ‘Red Tails’ with Jon Stewart’

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*Filmmaker George Lucas was on “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” to talk about his new film “Red Tails.” He discussed the struggles he had in getting the film made; it took him 23 years to get it to theaters. And of course he dealt with the 800 pound gorilla in the room: Hollywood’s on-going [...]




Stewart on Trump and ‘Inherent Superiority’ of GOP Minorities

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*Another Donald Trump feud has started. As previously reported, The Donald thinks Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart should be taken off the air “for a while” because of a so-called impression he did of Herman Cain on Tuesday night’s “The Daily Show.” Stewart spoke in Cain’s voice as a continuation of Cain’s response when asked if [...]




Video: Trump Calls Jon Stewart’s Herman Cain Bit ‘Racist’

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*He’s Baaack. Donald Trump has taken to YouTube to complain about Jon Stewart’s “Daily Show” routine about Herman Cain’s sexual harassment accusations, accusing Stewart of a “very, very racist rant” — and critics of a double standard, reports Reuters. “How come Jon Stewart gets away with a very, very racist rant about Herman Cain? Nobody [...]




Kadafi Death Jokes on Fire!

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*People are jumping for joy all over the world after hearing that Kadafi was found dead. He was a decadent, tortuous, California curl wearing, dictator that the Libyan people couldn’t wait to get their hands on. But they aren’t the only ones!  American comedians are having a field day on Twitter and everyplace else. (more…)




Common Talks with Jon Stewart About White House Poetry Dust Up

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*Let’s take a moment to go back in time to remember the ridiculous hoopla that occurred earlier this year when the first lady extended an invitation to the White House to rapper Common to read poetry. Every minute of every day on every news channel was taken up by conversations of outrage and criticism. So [...]




Jon Stewart: Eddie Murphy will ‘F**king Kill It’ as Oscar Host

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*Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart, who hosted the Oscars in 2006, says he doesn’t have any advice for the 2012 emcee Eddie Murphy. “Listen, the last person I would give advice to is Eddie Murphy. He’s gonna f–king kill it,” Stewart tells Rolling Stone. “He’s the type of guy they haven’t had in a while. He’s [...]




Funny Video: Jon Stewart Clowns Obama, Pols Over ‘Turd’ Debt Deal

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*Now that the debt ceiling debate/debacle is finally over, funny man ad host of the “Daily Show,” Jon Stewart has some thoughts on what happened. Among other things, he hilariously recalls How President Barack Obama assuring everyone that no budget would pass without revenue increases, meaning tax cuts. The Daily ShowGet More: Daily Show Full [...]




Video: ‘Daily Show’ Examines Don Lemon’s Disdain for CNN

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*Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show” put together a video of CNN’s Don Lemon expressing bewilderment at various on soft-news segments (stuff like how much it would cost to enroll in the fictional Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry or a guy who dresses as a devil to illustrate just how hot it is outside). Below: [...]




Video: Herman Cain Mocks Jon Stewart’s Stereotypical Imitation of Him

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*Several weeks after “The Daily Show’s” Jon Stewart first mocked him by using a stereotypical African-American voice, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has finally responded. In a YouTube video posted Wednesday from a speech Cain gave a day prior, he said he wasn’t aware that Stewart made fun of him during a segment on his [...]