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Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

(2009/07/22) Institutional bias and general stupidity (MP3)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy

Jay Tomlinson

Politics, News Commentary, News

4.53.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 July 2009

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Edition #281 Institutional bias and general stupidity Act 1: Fox & Friends' Lingerie Football romp - Daily Show Act 2: 50/50, the MSM mantra - The Young Turks Act 3: The Stephen Colbert study analyzed further - On the Media Act 4: "I" on news - Daily Show Act 5: The Iranian question Part 1 - The Young Turks Act 6: Bin Laden needs to attack America - Counterspin Act 7: The Iranian question Part 2 - The Young Turks Act 8: The ambush interview - On the Media Act 9: Bin Laden needs to attack America - Daily Show Music: M79 - Vampire Weekend Either way - Wilco Too much information - Duran Duran We like to party - Venga Boys Undone (The Sweater Song) - Weezer Kyoto's House - Philip Glass No questions asked = Fleetwood Mac Dancing in the dark - Bruce Springsteen Produced by: Jay! Thanks for listening! Visit us at www.BestOfTheLeft.com Contact me directly at Jay@BestOfTheLeft.com Vote for us and leave comments at www.PodcastAlley.com or Review the show on iTunes.

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0:00.0

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0:02.5

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0:08.5

Welcome to the best of the left podcast with clips today from the Daily Show,

0:12.5

the Young Turks, on the media and counter spend.

0:31.0

After we were watching the 24 hour news networks, we've had a lot of things.

0:35.0

Remember last weekend before MTV and movie awards?

0:38.0

Sasha Baron Cohen, his Bruno character.

0:41.0

It flew over the audience when he quote unquote accidentally fell right onto M&M's face.

0:46.0

Okay, there you go.

0:48.0

A.K.A, the moment you found out which of your friends was gullible.

0:51.0

All right.

0:52.0

Well, guess who's asked that scene really chapped?

0:56.0

Why did we have to show his butt? I don't get that.

0:58.0

There's a lot of kids watching and, you know, maybe you should have thought that through a little bit more.

1:03.0

But we don't do that anymore.

1:04.0

They feel the absolute need to once again cross over the line.

1:08.0

I just don't get it.

1:09.0

Next thing you know will go be straddling me.

1:17.0

Fairy tears can come true.

1:20.0

It could happen to you.

1:24.0

Foxy friends are so upset about that stunt that Brian killed me.

1:26.0

He's lost all control over the world around him.

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