Can 'The Daily Show' survive Barack Obama? - Jon Stewart, White House '08

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politico.com - 11/5/2008

Can 'The Daily Show' survive Barack Obama?

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On election night, comedy becomes Kumbaya. What happens when your punchline disappears?

eandppub.com - 10/31/2008

Kristol: Don't Trust the 'NYT' ...err, Whoops

— eandppub.com — Appearing once again on The Daily Show, Bill Kristol, Jon Stewart's favorite whipping boy ("Bill Kristol, aren't... you ever right?"), tonight defended the McCain-Palin ticket, at one point informing the show's host that he was getting his news from ... (more) Kristol: Don't Trust the 'NYT' ...err, Whoops

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comedycentral.com - 10/31/2008

Bill Kristol | The Daily Show (video)

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comedycentral.com - 10/30/2008

Barack Obama | The Daily Show (video)

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Can 'The Daily Show' Survive Barack Obama?
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed — ... bar called The Park without grasping pretty immediately where the host's loyalties really lay. You want to talk about a network news division (or "news division") in the tank for Obama: Here was one completely, unabashedly, happily tanked. Tuesday's night's Central production of Indecision 2008, co-hosted by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, was a far cry from "The Daily Show's" live election night coverage four years ago, which ended in something of a dirge. Keep Reading -or- "Daily Show" Investigates ACORN, Community Organizing ...

Can 'The Daily Show' Survive President Obama?
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... bar called The Park without grasping pretty immediately where the host's loyalties really lay. You want to talk about a network news division (or "news division") in the tank for Obama: Here was one completely, unabashedly, happily tanked. Tuesday's night's Central production of Indecision 2008, co-hosted by Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert, was a far cry from "The Daily Show's" live election night coverage four years ago, which ended in something of a dirge. Keep Reading -or- "Daily Show" Investigates ACORN, Community Organizing ...

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The Anchoress — ... The Daily Show makes a similar discovery: “There’s lots to make fun of other than the White House”. You don’t say! A President Obama will be treated very differently, then, I guess, than Bush? ...

Tina Dupuy: The Obama Administration vs. Political Comedy
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com — ... fears that Saturday Night Live will go the way of Circuit City. Ignore all the yammers about how Barack Obama is bad for the professionally funny. Forget them all. These are the same prognosticators who said irony was dead after 9/11. Yes, they said that. The terrorists killed irony. Try even saying that without utilizing sarcasm. "Where's the funny in Barack Obama?", asked the Canadian Press on November 9th. Politico asked the day after the election, "Can 'The Daily Show' survive Barack Obama?" Gawker called the Obama presidency a "Crisis of ...