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The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Between the Scenes - An American Tourist Kidnapped in Uganda

The Daily Show: Ears Edition

Comedy Central

News, Daily News, Comedy

4.214.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2019

⏱️ 3 minutes

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Summary

Trevor comments on how a story about a U.S. woman's kidnapping during a safari in Uganda was reported in a way intended to be newsworthy to an American audience. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

You're listening to Comedy Central.

0:04.5

So for those who don't know, there's a story of an American woman who was on a safari

0:08.7

in Uganda and she was kidnapped, right?

0:11.8

Her and her guide were kidnapped and then there was a ransom for $500,000 I believe.

0:17.5

And I am just, if I understand your question, what you're saying is why does it seem like

0:20.5

the news here is only talking about the American woman who was kidnapped and not so much

0:24.2

about the guide.

0:25.2

And I'll be honest with you, that's just storytelling.

0:27.7

You tell a story from the point that people will most connect with the story.

0:31.8

So if you say to an American audience, a Ugandan man was kidnapped in Uganda and is still

0:37.2

in Uganda, you like, and the story is?

0:40.7

No, I can see how people just, it's hard to get people to care about, but when you go

0:44.8

an American woman was kidnapped, people like, I'm American.

0:51.0

That could be me.

0:52.8

Because that's, I don't know if you've noticed, that's something that people love doing.

0:58.3

Whenever there's a tragedy, people always like to make it seem like that could have

1:01.2

been, people were like, literally, there was like a, like when there was a plane, one

1:06.7

of the planes that crashed and then someone was like, I was thinking of flying to Ethiopia.

1:11.8

I'm like, yeah, but that doesn't mean you were any closer to...

1:17.4

Remember we were planning that trip to Ethiopia?

1:20.3

That could have been me.

1:22.4

And it's like, no, that's not how it works.

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