Stewart's Running Commentary On Cheney CNN Interview

Eat The Press Rachel Sklar January 26, 2007 12:23 PM

Jon Stewart devoted over a third of the broadcast last night -- a full 10 minutes, and remember there are commercials -- to unpacking Wolf Blitzer's interview with Dick Cheney on CNN, and if anyone ever sputters that "The Daily Show" isn't news and is pushing a biased agenda, direct them to this clip. Not only did Stewart go through numerous highlights from the interview, but the "Daily Show" staff went and gathered supporting video clips from elsewhere to provide context for the interview, using previous statements of position and policy to hold the veep accountable for the stuff he was saying now. Media junkies may take for granted statements like "We'll be greeted as liberators" and "The insurgency's in its last throes" but for many people, these soundbytes put into context help to clarify the narrative immensely.

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