When the New York Times columnist told the Daily Show host about out-of-control regulations ruining a Biden administration rural broadband program, the clip went viral, with Elon Musk’s help. But the story wasn’t true—and the telecom monopolies who were the real saboteurs are still laughing.
Jon Stewart
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The Washington Monthly Newsletter: February 13, 2024
“What bothered me about Jon Stewart’s return” and the latest from the Washington Monthly website.
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Paris is Burning: CNN Deserves Flak for Hiring Pro-Trump Hack
Forrest Gump was right: Stupid is as stupid does. CNN said Wednesday evening that Paris Dennard has been suspended from his commentary role, pending an examination of the allegations against him in a Wednesday Washington Post story. The Post reported that Dennard was fired from a job at Arizona State University “for making sexually explicit […]
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Jon Stewart: ‘This We Cannot Do’
I know cruelty, fear and divisiveness when I see them and will never give that kind of thing a pass.
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A Golden Age for Progressive Media?
30 years after the contamination of our public airwaves via the national syndication of Rush Limbaugh’s radio program–and five years after the unfortunate demise of Al Gore’s Current TV–it’s good to see some progress in the fight to ensure that the non-wingnut perspective has a solid platform in American media. Last year, the New York […]
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Take My President … Please!
Comedy’s challenge in the age of Trump.
