Submit a Story!
Votes
topics:

vote down flag
'Daily Show' Destroys CNN For Fact-Checking 'SNL' Instead Of Their Guests (VIDEO)
huffingtonpost.com - 10/28/2009
'Daily Show' Destroys CNN For Fact-Checking 'SNL' Instead Of Their Guests (VIDEO)
—
Jon Stewart began his show last night by skewering CNN for fact-checking a "Saturday Night Live" skit in which Fred Armisen (playing Barack Obama) claimed to have done "nothing" since taking office. In this hard-hitting report, CNN found that while many of the president's initiatives have not ...
Jon Stewart Crossfire Transcript
politicalhumor.about.com - 10/28/2009
Jon Stewart Crossfire Transcript
— politicalhumor.about.com — On October 15, Jon Stewart, host of Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" appeared on... CNN's Crossfire. (To watch video, click here ). TUCKER CARLSON: Well, he's been called the most trusted name in fake news. Next, we're joined by Jon ... (more) Jon Stewart Crossfire Transcript

Comments vote down Grist - the Latest from Grist found this 10/28/2009found this
wonkroom.thinkprogress.org - 10/29/2009
Jon Stewart Argues That Concern About Global Warming Is Just A ‘Secular Religion’
— wonkroom.thinkprogress.org — On last night’s Daily Show, host Jon Stewart heaped praise on the contrarian approach to global warming... taken by SuperFreakonomics author Steve Levitt, a University of Chicago economist. Stewart was baffled by the widespread criticism of Levitt ... (more) Jon Stewart Argues That Concern About Global Warming Is ...

Comments vote down Greenfyre's found this 10/29/2009found this
Daily Show pooches Superfreaknomics interview, big time
greenfyre.wordpress.com - 10/29/2009
Daily Show pooches Superfreaknomics interview, big time
— greenfyre.wordpress.com — To make Glenn Beck’s head explode? BPSDB “ I really don’t know what I’m talking about, do... I? ” Jon Stewart Well no shit Sherlock! The question is, why not ? The context (nutshell version) is that the new book Superfreaknomics has a chapter on climate change that is ... (more) Daily Show pooches Superfreaknomics interview, big time

Comments vote down greenfyre greenfyre posted 10/29/2009posted this

Blog Reactions

Grist - the Latest from Grist:  Jon Stewart praises ‘SuperFreak’ author

Climate Progress:  Contrarian Chic: Why can’t the media tell the difference between an attack on false ‘conventional’ wisdom and an attack on genuine scientific wisdom?

Comments
Blog Reactions

Jon Stewart praises ‘SuperFreak’ author
Grist - the Latest from Grist — ... , and just last week skewered CNN for its failure to do even basic fact-checking of its guests. Unfortunately, in this instance, there was nothing funny about Stewart’s inaccuracy. ...

Contrarian Chic: Why can’t the media tell the difference between an attack on false ‘conventional’ wisdom and an attack on genuine scientific wisdom?
Climate Progress — ... , and just last week skewered CNN for its failure to do even basic fact-checking of its guests. Unfortunately, this time Stewart ended up being just like those he usually mocks — neither funny nor accurate. ...

Related Content
Jon Stewart praises ‘SuperFreak’ author
grist.org 10/29/2009 — by Brad Johnson Cross-posted from Think Progress . On last night’s Daily Show, host Jon Stewart heaped praise on the contrarian approach to global warming taken by SuperFreakonomics author Steve Levitt, a University of Chicago economist. ...
Stewart Brand’s nuclear enthusiasm falls short on facts and logic
grist.org 10/23/2009 — by Amory Lovins Supporting technical details and citations for this post can be found here:  “ Four Nuclear Myths ” (PDF). Whole Earth Discipline , by Stewart Brand (Viking, 2009)I have known Stewart Brand as a friend for many ...
Contrarian Chic: Why can’t the media tell the difference between an attack on false ‘conventional’ wisdom and an attack on genuine scientific wisdom?
climateprogress.org 29 days ago — The Atlantic Monthly named Freeman Dyson a “ Brave Thinker ” for the “ contrarian view” he’s taken on climate change. They tout his quote, “I like to express heretical opinions. They might even happen to be true.”  ...
Ouch … more Superfreakonomic Uber-Pwnage (all sorts)
greenfyre.wordpress.com 11/1/2009 — Jon Stewart, Pwned ! (by Jon Stewart) BPSDB I was rereading Brad Johnson’s article about the Jon Stewart non-interview with Levitt of Superfreakonomics infamy when I realized that one of the links he provides is the Stewart interview on Crossfire … Ouch , nasty, but so ...
After Being Eviscerated By Jon Stewart, Cramer Skips Morning Show Appearance
thinkprogress.org 10/28/2009 — Last night, CNBC’s Jim Cramer had a brutal face-off with The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart. “I understand that you want to make finance entertaining, but it’s not a f*cking game ,” Stewart told Cramer. Cramer also agreed to do one show with more serious, ...
Jon Stewart Talks Cap And Trade, Interviews Energy Secretary Chu
huffingtonpost.com 7/22/2009 — On Tuesday's Daily Show, Jon Stewart dedicated the program to talking about climate change, and The Waxman-Markey Cap and Trade bill. He immediately got so bored that he fell asleep into a cream pie: WATCH: The Daily Show With Jon ...
Cap'n Trade Returns to the Daily Show
watthead.org 10/6/2009 — John Stewart and the Daily Show continue to lampoon the Democrat's climate bill, which centers around a proposal to cap greenhouse gas emissions, create emissions permits, and then give the majority of them away to utilities, energy companies and heavy industry, who can then trade those permits ...
The Daily Show Tackles Environmentalism, Wind Power And Climate Change
ecorazzi.com 9/25/2009 — On Wednesday, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart tackled the very challenging subject of climate change in a new segment called “Our Dead Planet.” In the feature, Aasif Mandvi examines the issues of wind power, environmentalism and, of course, ...
Andrew Winston: Jon Stewart's Oddly Uneducated Views on Climate Change
huffingtonpost.com 24 days ago — It's been a strange week or so for Jon Stewart (who I should admit up front I admire and think of as one of our finest investigative journalists). First, Stewart interviewed Steven Levitt, co-author of SuperFreakonomics , the book that takes ...
Letter from Washington: Money Talks: Reporting & Essays: The New Yorker
newyorker.com 5/4/2009 — A few weeks ago, Peter Orszag, President Obama’s trim, apple-cheeked budget director, stretched out in the green room of what has become, in recent years, the locus of reliably liberal sensibility in this country—the midtown studios where Jon Stewart ...
Obama Smart Grid Push: Putting $3.4 Billion Towards New System — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 10/27/2009
WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is giving a jolt to the futuristic "smart" electric grid, hoping to more quickly bring America's power transmission system into the digital age. President Barack Obama, during a visit to a solar energy ...
Jessy Tolkan: From MIT to Copenhagen: How Obama Can Help Us Win Climate Victory — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 10/27/2009
Whether you were standing in the middle of Times Square with a bullhorn (like me!), or holding signs at a rally in Fargo, North Dakota, or lined up in the formation of the number "350" on the steps of the Sydney Opera House: The local and global buzz ...
Senate Democrats push for climate bill ahead of Copenhagen — The most recent articles from BusinessGreen 10/28/2009
Suzanne Goldenberg, the Guardian - Published under license by, BusinessGreen , Wednesday 28 October 2009 at 09:51:00 Move met with opposition from Baucus and Inhofe The epic confrontation about how America will power the economy of the ...
Countdown to Copenhagen: Despite doubts about treaty, 2009 shaping up as pivotal year for renewable energy — Scientific American - Environment 10/28/2009
Beginning with the Obama administration's $70 billion commitment to ramping up the U.S.'s reliance of wind, water and solar power (not to mention hybrid vehicles) in February through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and ending with  ...
Sarah Newman: Big Barack Bummer — Green on HuffingtonPost.com 10/29/2009
In many ways, Barack Obama is my hero. He's a brilliant leader who is doing amazing things to reform health care, the economy and education. He and his wife Michelle sparked much excitement when they installed an organic garden at the White House. ...