Daily Show: "How to fake a town hall meeting" - (VIDEO)

[dzika]

April 19, 2005

Video - The Daily Show: "How to fake a town hall meeting"

Jon Stewart and Samantha Bee report on how Bush fakes Social Security "town hall" meetings.

"Real town halls can be dangerous..."



Video in Real Media format (6 minutes)

[tuvor]

1. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.

[FreedomAngel82]

12. I saw it and loved it

They're so great. I love the Daily show. Samantha Bee is great.

[LittleApple81]

2. thanks. I enjoyed the video.nt

[FreedomAngel82]

14. The really sad thing

is you can't make this shit up.

[Neoma]

3. lol

I can tell i haven't seen the Daily Show in awhile! :rofl:

[Patchuli]

4. Hahahahahahaaa!!

I may just have to invest in cable (not a big tv fan) but what cable channel is the Jon Stewart Show?

That was great!

[Neoma]

5. Comedy Central

[Spiffarino]

6. Must-see TV

Nominated for greatest page in the hope that more DUers will see this. The truth isn't always hard...sometimes it's effing hilarious.

[EFerrari]

7. "Luntz has made a brilliant career, spraying perfume on

dog t#rds."

[FreedomAngel82]

15. Samantha Bee is brilliant

I love how she can make the shit people do really show them for who they are (morons). This was one of the bests. Next to the "undecided voters" skit.

[EFerrari]

18. She's great! I'm going to watch it again tommorrow : )

[SangamonTaylor]

8. never ceases to amaze me how funny the daily show can be

[zann725]

13. I couldn't've gotten through this Papal obsession without Jon Stewart.

He honestly says in just a few moments, what takes hours for MSM to do heavy-handedly.

[Carolab]

9. Catch Robert Reich from the other night.

http://www.comedycentral.com/mp/play.jhtml?reposid=/multimedia/tds/celeb/celeb_10051.html

[rniel]

26. He's great

I love him. So smart well spoken and communicates so clearly.

[wryter2000]

32. He was fantastic

He was also totally awesome on Morning Sedition the other morning.

BTW, if you haven't heard that show, give it a try. I'm totally hooked now.

[Bigmack]

10. Again I ask.....

... why is it that the only place you see anything like serious commentary is on a fake news show?

We at DU knew about this "town meeting" bullshit, but the MSM has largely ignored it.

That was a rhetorical question... I know the answer.

[Carolab]

11. It's not a fake news show.

It's the only thing real on teevee these days.

And the only show I'll REALLY miss now that I cancelled my Comcast cable.

Thank God for the Daily Show. It lets us all know we're NOT nuts.

[FreedomAngel82]

16. We're in backwards world

What's up is down and down is up.

[confludemocrat]

21. Agree

I guess it must call itself that to survive.

[nickgutierrez]

34. Because it's a more effective means of distributing information.

I'll probably post further on this later, but I think that satirical "fake news" has the same effect as the sensationalist or slanted news that we see on Fox in terms of its ability to get people to watch and retain the information given.

[qanda]

43. Saw it last night

It was excellent.

[tavalon]

44. I know you know

but I just have to say it. We live in Orwellian times, where up is down, freedom is slavery and we're at endless war with Eurasia...................

[me b zola]

17. The most brilliant & best comedy

...is taken from the SICK truths that surround us.

Kudos, Jon Stewert et.al

[Califooyah Operative]

19. I saw it - Amazing, Suprised Luntz did it. nt

[spooky3]

20. It was great--and Jon had me laughing out loud

when interviewing the author of the book on Presidents. It will lose something with the lack of visual here, but he said "I always imagined that when they were in the third grade, John Kerry and Al Gore probably had a My Little President kit. But I see * as waking up when he was around 40 (rubbing his eyes and then opening them wide) and saying, "Huh? What's going on...I guess I want to be President."

[confludemocrat]

22. The part where she say "Orwellian" and he can't reply

when she plays wordgames with him is a truly beautiful TV moment. The look on his face is one of being caught like a lying child.

[HamiltonHabs32]

23. She's Canadian to boot

Just in case you didnt know

[Atman]

24. Don't you mean "to 'bout?"

Just in case you didn't noo!

[gasperc]

25. that one should get an emmy

and the word play with Lutz

"manipulation" and his response was something like dissemmenation and education!!!

[otohara]

27. Thank God For Comedians

especially Jon Stewart and his co-workers at TDS. The whole show was wonderful.

[tallahasseedem]

28. The Daily Show is real news...

You certainly cant trust anyone else. Jon always does a great job and will call anyone out, Democrat or Republican. Something that is sorely missed with msm.

[TexasLawyer]

29. Samantha Bee

is da bomb!!!

[StuckinBFE]

30. Awesome, thank you.

It is probably sad the only TV news I get is from a "fake" news channel.

[Spazito]

31. I watched it this morning, it was brilliant!

Luntz was shown for exactly what he is, a slimebag manipulator! I am astounded he participated in this but, given his arrogance, I guess I should know better.

[maxsolomon]

33. what was Luntz' motive for participating?

it boggles the mind that he would put his slimy spinmeister ass in front of the camera anywhere but fox.

he probably thought he could outsmart the daily show. he was wrong. he looked like dirt. and he made his president look like dirt.

[Spazito]

35. His belief in his 'abilities' and his arrogance

that, "he probably thought he could outsmart the daily show" as you stated had to be the reason. He acted like other shills and mistakenly believed he was 'omnipotent' in his skills. I suspect he is badly disillusioned on that score if he watched the show afterward, lol.

[Generator]

37. I was wondering the same thing

Frank Lutz-the anti-Christ. NEVER has anyone made me so mad on TV than this guy did last year on NOW on PBS.

He doesn't get that yes many of us are smarter than he is and can see that it's all a giantic CON JOB also know as propaganda.

What he thought it was "hip" to be on the Daily Show?

Not when you are the epitome of everything they mock, you assclown!

[brindis_desala]

41. Democrats keep making this mistake: Intelligent Americans

are NOT Luntz's target audience...or Cheney's... the Chimp-in-chief's, or Faux News. Wise Up, we need to learn to speak in simple sophistic sound-bites.

[cestpaspossible]

40. Perhaps it was part of a negotiation.

Have you noticed how many RW guests they've had lately? Maybe they promised that in exchange for Luntz's participation.

[Lisa]

36. I loved the "auditioning" process ...

And having an actual casting person there, looking through headshots, was brilliant.

BTW, I had forgotten how funny Robert Reich can be -- being somewhat similar in the height department, I've stolen a number of his "cheap visual gags" in the past.

[woosh]

38. That was one of their best.

[cestpaspossible]

39. One of their best segments ever.

I'm going to miss the Daily Show, I just today cancelled my basic service with my satellite provider. Now, all I have is TV5(french) and Free Speech TV.

I decided after the coverage of the Democratic Convention that I am not willing to pay AOL Time Warner, and any package that includes CNN is unacceptable to me if I have to pay for it, and my contract has finally expired.

[Jokinomx]

42. Great Stuff.....

Thanks for the link... do they nail it or what? Not having access to Comedy Central... it almost makes me want to pay for cable again....
:-)