Occasionally — almost as frequently, if not more so, than actual corporate mainstream news outlets — The Daily Show produces real journalism.
One such example (among many) was Aasif Mandvi’s stinging 2010 report on Nevada’s United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) union paying temporary non-union workers minimum wage and no benefits to protest Walmart’s low wages, lack of benefits and blocking of unions.
Last night on The Daily Show, Mandvi did it again, this time offering a scathing, must-see report on “third-world” health care conditions in…Knoxville, Tennessee…and some stunning Rightwing hypocrisy about it…
Another interview for the ages by Aasif, i hurt my ribs laughing, it’s such a thing of beauty to watch him work his craft….for the life of me i just can’t believe the shit he gets away with and still keeps a straight face the whole time, absolute genius!….he recently interviewed a conservative political strategist in a southern state who spontaneously blurted out his secretive plans for disenfranchising black voters…..with a blank expression, Aasif leaned into the microphone and calmly said to him, “You DO know that we can hear you.”…..needless to say, this strategist lost his job within days…..Cheers to the finest news organization on TV, The Daily Show!!
Last time I was in Knoxville, I bought some wood for a campfire from a woman who was limping. I asked why, she pulled her dress up and showed me the calf of her leg, which had a cavity in it about the size of my fist, all grey and nasty looking. Asked what happened, she said “fiddler spider bite”, and said she couldn’t afford doctors or hospitals so she’d just waited to see if it killed her or not.
No doubt about it, Aasif Mandvi has given the “Daily Show” cred!
I’ve never laughed so hard.
I wish I could remember the segment that almost made me split-a-rib, but I can’t. I’m almost 62.
Just google “aasif yelton” and put on your party shoes….politics don’t always gotta be serious work….the Three Stooges took down as many one-percenters as Roosevelt, and still do….journey in joy and blessings, Harold Ramis….
#1 this is the vid you’re talking about I’d guess…
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-23-2013/suppressing-the-vote
Floridiot:
That wasn’t it, but even though I haven’t had cable since they sent me a letter saying they were going to cancel C-Span 2 unless I got a box, I am laughing wildly!
Thanks!
Chicago mel:
You’re forgetting Ma n’ Pa Kettle.
There was a time when you could make fun of the wealthy on the big and little screen.
Floridiot wasn’t addressing me. I get confused when I blog.