(2010/07/24) Torture is Un-American so we don't call it that (Media)
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Jay Tomlinson
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🗓️ 24 July 2010
⏱️ 60 minutes
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Edition #388
Torture is Un-American so we don't call it that
Act 1: Blame - Daily Show
Song 1: Blame it on the Tetons - Modest Mouse
Act 2: Harvard's study on torture - Young Turks
Song 2: Where does the good go - Tegan and Sara
Act 3: Yahweh or no way - Glenn Beck's MLK rally - Colbert Report
Song 3: High - James Blunt
Act 4: New ruling on media profanity - Wait wait don't tell me
Song 4: Escucha Me - Gipsy Kings
Act 5: Father Guido Sarducci on Prophet Glenn Beck - Colbert Report
Song 5: Modern Way - Kaiser Chiefs
Act 6: Torture in the media - On the Media
Song 6: Tell me a lie - Griffin House
Act 7: People don't like facts or failing - Citizen Radio
Song 7: Pony - Erin McCarley
Act 8: Rush Limbaugh kids should dumpsterdive - Young Turks
Bonus iPhone/iPod Touch App Content:
Media Fail On McChrystal Resignation - Young Turks
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| 0:00.0 | This program is made possible by the members of the show, where details are to sign up |
| 0:05.4 | to visit the membership tab at BestOfTheLeft.com. |
| 0:08.4 | Now, welcome to the award-winning BestOfTheLeft podcast with clips today from the Daily Show, |
| 0:12.6 | The Young Turks, The Colbert Report. |
| 0:14.4 | Wait, wait, don't tell me on the media and citizen radio with a bonus video clip for our |
| 0:19.0 | iPhone app users from The Young Turks. |
| 0:30.0 | We had senior adviser David Axelrod. |
| 0:32.0 | The adviser of the president on the program last night. |
| 0:34.0 | I asked him a question, obviously, paraphrasing. |
| 0:36.0 | My question was something like this. |
| 0:38.0 | Why is s**t so s**t up? |
| 0:46.0 | I am the most trusted journalist. |
| 0:49.0 | This is an answer. |
| 0:51.0 | In retrospect, we would have liked to move faster on the MMS situation, but understand that |
| 0:57.0 | that we are also dealing with economic crisis and the wars. |
| 1:03.0 | And not to mention this oil spill that we can't... |
| 1:06.0 | Oh, right. |
| 1:08.0 | That's what he's talking about. |
| 1:10.0 | Now, the folks at Fox and Friends took some exception to his answer. |
| 1:14.0 | Let me interpret. |
| 1:15.0 | Can I interpret that for you? |
| 1:16.0 | Go ahead. |
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