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Epic Showdown Feud of the Week
Feuds and How We Love Them
Have you been following Jon Stewart? Well, I have because what else am I supposed to be doing behind the Markley community center? It seems now that Stewart has escalated his feud with CNBC to a whole new level of awesome. But first, a review…
1) CNBC correspondent Rick Santelli explodes in an on-air tirade against President Obama… Ron Paul crazies across believe that CNBC is the second coming of Patrick Henry and promptly begin organizing “tea parties.”
2) Jon Stewart decides all of this is malarkey. He cleverly puts together clips of CNBC analysts consistently getting it wrong on the economy… such as “Mad Money” host Jim Cramer SCREAMING that everyone should buy Bear Sterns days before it tanked.
3) Jim Cramer complains about Jon Stewart.
4) Jon Stewart responds with more video evidence of Jim Cramer consistently being wrong. Funny how TV anchors don’t seem to get that the words they say on national TV are recorded and can be replayed.
5) Jim Cramer explains on The Today Show that Jon Stewart is merely a comedian who makes points by playing out-of-context clips followed by a funny face.
6) Jon Stewart once again destroys Cramer in a masterpiece of actual journalism. Additionally, we hear Dora the Explorer’s opinion on the feud.
7) Cramer will appear on The Daily Show this Thursday – EPIC SHOWDOWN!!!!!!!!
The blogosphere has been ablaze with support of Stewart as he continues his campaign to reveal the irresponsible “journalism” CNBS practices on a daily basis. Stewart is not an economics expert, but his argument relies purely on the juxtaposition of CNBC’s own words. It is sheer brilliance. Stewart has a penchant for putting on a serious face and grilling self-important media figures and this Thursday ought to be no different. This is all quite ironic since he really is just a comedian…
Posted in Blog, The Media
Tagged CNBC, feud, fight, Jim Cramer, Jon Stewart, mad money, rick santelli, The Daily Show, The Media
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Your Daily* Dose of Viral: What He REALLY Meant Was…
Nightline March 3rd- Martin Bashir questions Jason Allo about recordings in which he says, “I hate Jews.” His lawyer cleverly points out that it was merely “[his] interpretation of the tape recordings.” At this point Allo would most likely be better off without representation, as his lawyer is a flipping idiot. Maybe though, if you put emphasis on different syllables, you’ll find some hidden meaning. I don’t know. Opinions?
Posted in Blog, Daily* Dose of Viral
Tagged flapjacks, idiots, Jason Allo, Jon Stewart, Martin Bashir, The Daily Show
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Your Daily Dose of Viral: Gitmo's World!
Who knew that in addition to being a kickass political satirist, Jon Stewart could  also be an esteemed puppeteer? Joining the ranks of such favorites as Elmo and Ernie, Gitmo is everyone’s favorite fuzzy Guantanamo inmate!
Posted in Blog, Daily* Dose of Viral
Tagged gitmo, Jon Stewart, The Daily Show, viral videos
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Larry Wilmore on Campus
Yesterday, for Martin Luther King Day, Larry Wilmore came to campus. He is most famous now as The Daily Show’s senior black correspondent. The man is absolutely hilarious. He spent most of the time talking about his life story. He grew up poor and ended up basically getting lucky as a TV writer, working on In Living Color, The Bernie Mac Show, and The Office. This event was in honor of the holiday, but he didn’t really address racial issues in some overarching way. He really just made jokes.
There was a Q&A period at the end and a black guy asked him a question about Larry being a “Happy negro” and a “black apologist”. The guy was incredibly angry about it. Wilmore basically laughed at him. He then went into a little explanation saying that his job was to make people laugh and to make people think. Rather than being some sort of grand explainer of racial issues, he was just a comedian. And that made him awesome.
In honor of Wilmore, this is my favorite clip of his from The Daily Show. It’s absolutely hilarious:
Posted in Blog, Humor
Tagged larry wilmore, larry wilmore at the university of michigan, michigan union, The Daily Show
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