The Daily Show featured not one but two segments on SOPA last night, and with Wikipedia "dark," Jon Stewart had a dickens of a time figuring out just what the hell SOPA means. (What was he supposed to do to learn things, "go to the library like a common masturbator?") And so Stew-Beef reluctantly turned to the "notoriously unreliable news" for answers, discovering, to his horror, that this law could send violators to jail for up to five years for merely streaming copyrighted material. more ›

In case you stepped away from Fox News for a few moments over the Thanksgiving holiday, you may have missed the network's outraged condemnation of President Obama for not mentioning God in his YouTube Thanksgiving address. Ever ready to feed conservative America's insatiable hunger for vapid manufactured controversy, Fox derided the president's secular liberal godlessness with their special blend of sanctimony and contempt. And last night, the circle was completed at last when The Daily Show weighed in on this "Much Ado About Stuffing": more ›

The newly-slimmed down (and cable-ready) Rev. Al Sharpton visited the Daily Show last night, and sat down with Jon Stewart to discuss the Occupy Wall Street protesters who have been nestled in Zuccotti Park for the last month. Among other things, they covered the media bias in reporting on OWS, and Sharpton's full embrace of OWS, including the time he broadcast his radio show live from the park. But the most interesting parts of the interview came when the two criticized the "theatrics" around OWS. Watch below. more ›

Last night The Daily Show and The Colbert Report returned from one of their frequent vacations (hey, you try being funny four days a week!) and dove right into the Occupy Wall Street coverage. Neither segment was as hilaaaairious as one might expect, but each had their moments—particularly when Jon Stewart summoned a protester over to the dreaded "Camera 3" to chastise him for defecating on an NYPD car: more ›

After an initial period of indifference, the media—both professional and amateur—have swarmed Zuccotti Park to cover the Occupy Wall Street protests. Most are sincere, while a few show up with the goal of poking fun at the demonstrators. But yesterday two men brandishing a video camera and a microphone approached attendees in the park for interviews, telling them they were with The New York Daily News. A Daily News employee snapped their photo and confronted the impostors. more ›

Yesterday, Chris Christie confirmed that he was not going to be running for the job of President of the United States (at least not in 2012). But with Christie confirming what he's been saying for ages, where does that leave political pundits? Licking their wounds and reviewing the tape. And luckily, yesterday's press conference had lots of good tape to review! more ›

The 9th District's new representative in Congress, Bob Turner, will be sworn in today, and his fellow Republicans are interpreting his special election victory as A SIGN that Obama is a one term president. Former Mayor Ed Koch, whose endorsement of Turner was pivotal, is also reading the tea leaves, and says Obama would have to be "pretty blind" not to get the message that the Jewish vote is up for grabs. "Now the president knows he cannot take the Jewish vote for granted," Koch told the Post yesterday, suggesting that Democrat David Weprin lost because of Obama's Israel policy. Jon Stewart, on the other hand, blamed Anthony Weiner's "self portrait." more ›

While President Obama draws down troop commitments in Iraq and Afghanistan, make no mistake: the War on Terror is still being waged, from heightened airport security measures to the fact that the CIA has turned into a killing machine. But with the death of Osama bin Laden, the (arguably) diminishing influence of Al Qaeda, and the risk of turning the War on Terror into the War on Drugs, should we call it quits? more ›

The phone hacking scandal that shut down media mogul Rupert Murdoch's tabloid The News of the World gave The Daily Show plenty of material last night—and this rotten fruit is hanging so low that Jon Stewart and John Oliver didn't have to do much more than simply go through the revolting facts of the case, as Stewart pretended to throw up in his mouth. Some jokes just write themselves, and if you haven't been following along with this yet, the segment serves as a pretty thorough primer on the whole sordid mess: more ›

Last week, the NY Times published an outrageous article about how GE, with the help of its 975-employee tax department, paid no taxes, in spite of $14.2 billion in profits, over $5 billion made in the U.S. The Times added, "In fact, G.E. claimed a tax benefit of $3.2 billion." It's good to be rich, isn't it? You get to avoid paying taxes AND get VIP service from the NYPD. So, last night on the Daily News, Jon Stewart covered the matter in a segment called, "I Give Up," noting how GE has cut 20% of its American workforce while moving jobs overseas. more ›

Jon Stewart, host of The Daily Show, was named to the board of the National 9/11 Memorial and Museum foundation and said after the board's meeting yesterday, "I’m very humbled. Luckily for me, it appears as if they’ve done 95 percent of the hard labor on this. So I’m hoping to help in any way I can offer... I’m like their intern at this point." more ›

Last night, Jon Stewart dedicated his final Daily Show of 2010 to the languishing James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act. It's believed that the bill, which has passed the House (not without shouting) but was filibustered by the GOP in the Senate, has its last shot this year, because next year the House goes to the Republicans. Last week, Republicans Senators complained that tax cuts needed to take precedence; now that the tax cut plan has passed both houses, Republican Senators have objected to the voting on the bill again because the vote might take place between Christmas and New Year's. So Stewart, like he did earlier this week, took lawmakers—and conservative pundits—to task for seemingly abandoning 9/11 first responders. more ›

Last night, the Daily Show took up the Senate's failure to pass the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act, which would have given $7.4 billion to Ground Zero first responders and their survivors. Jon Stewart asked, "Since when do Republicans make 9/11 first responders stand over in the corner with the gays and Mexicans?" more ›

Daily Show host Jon Stewart appeared on Larry King Live last night to clear up some misconceptions about his big Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear. After first congratulating his host on leaving CNN "like the last guy out of a burning building," Stewart declared that his event in Washington on October 30th "is in fact not a political rally." So what is it? more ›

Last night Jon Stewart poked more fun at the "extremely pokeable" Rick Sanchez, who got fired from CNN Friday after he called Jon Stewart a bigot, implied that Jews control the media, and said his bosses discriminated against him because he was Hispanic and were leaving jobs for "the high-profile white guys." In his now-infamous radio interview, Sanchez also derided Stewart for "growing up in a suburban middle class suburban home." Here's Stewart's response, with priceless "vintage photo" of him as a fancy-boy riding a penny farthing to the Cotillion: more ›

Last night, at the Night Of Too Many Stars benefit (it airs on Comedy Central on 10/21), Jon Stewart finally spoke out about the whole Rick Sanchez situation. The event raises money for autism education, and according to the Hollywood Reporter, "Stewart said: 'If you went on radio and said the Jews control the media...you may want to hold on to your money.' But if Sanchez was right about the Jews, Stewart also suggested, 'All he has to do is apologize to us, and we'll hire him back.'" When David Letterman appeared, he said he "was just in the city 'helping Rick Sanchez clean out his office.'" But for your reference, here are clips of Stewart making fun of Sanchez on The Daily Show. more ›

As promised, Bill O'Reilly completed the TV guest prisoner transfer agreement with Jon Stewart and appeared on The Daily Show last night to plug his new book, Pinheads and Patriots. The interview wasn't funny as Stewart's appearance on The O'Reilly Factor last week, in part because Stewart was a much more gracious host, welcoming the Fox host onto his show with music and rose petals. But it's good for a laugh nonetheless, especially then Stewart describes his experience walking out of Fox headquarters, which he calls "The Temple of Doom." Not so funny is O'Reilly cracking wise about killing Stephen Colbert with a Predator drone strike. more ›

As a riposte to Glenn Beck's "Restoring Honor" rally in D.C. last month, Jon Stewart is organizing a "Rally to Restore Sanity" on Oct. 30th on the National Mall. In an announcement on The Daily Show last night, Jon Stewart played a series of clips showing histrionic extremist protesters on both ends of the political spectrum, and lamented that America's moderate mainstream is often ignored by the media. "Why don't we hear from the 70-80 percenters?" asked Stewart. "Because you have shit to do." He described his rally as "a million moderate march... which is real... to send a message to our leaders and our national media that says, We are here! (We are only here though until six because we have a sitter.)" Never one to be upstaged, Stephen Colbert interrupted Stewart's announcement with his own (attempted) announcement: more ›

Filmmaker Woody Allen, who recently told a reporter "there's no real difference between a fortune teller or a fortune cookie and any of the organized religions," is in full support of the Islamic community center and mosque proposed for Lower Manhattan. At the post-premiere party for his new film, Allen told he Daily News, "Of course I think they should build the mosque. The only people that have a right to weigh in on are the people that were personally involved in 9/11... All of the other people weighing in are doing so for political and exploitation reasons. I feel those people should shut up and just let the people who were personally affected make their case." You may recall that last month one Fox News commenter suggested building the mosque in Woody Allen's building, which was deliciously skewered by The Daily Show: more ›

The Daily Show tackled one of the most pressing legal issues that Staten Island is facing (well, besides the horrible number of hate crimes): How the borough is the only one that hasn't produced a Supreme Court Justice. The show's Wyatt Cenac asked Assemblyman Matthew Titone why Staten Island was so great, only for Titone to pause (jokingly?) and then Titone talks about how it's diverse—"Staten Island often is thought of being exclusively Italian-American, having the guidos, but we have the largest Liberian population outside of Liberia." more ›

Last night, Mayor Bloomberg appeared on the Daily Show to discuss the most controversial topic New Yorkers have ever encountered: The sliced bagel tax, which Jon Stewart suggested was "anti-Semitic." The Stewart asked Bloomberg about that little issue—the mosque and community center proposed for two blocks from the World Trade Center site—"You have spoken out very eloquently in favor of people being able to do what they’re able to do on private property. Is that your feeling?" Bloomberg responded: more ›