How Bad Is The News? (With Hasan Minhaj)

Deconstructed

The Intercept

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4.8 • 4.7K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2018

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Comedian Hasan Minhaj is best known for his work as a correspondent on The Daily Show and his acclaimed stand-up special "Homecoming King." This year he’s slated to host his own talk show on Netflix, and on this week’s podcast he and Mehdi Hasan discuss comedy and free speech in the Trump era.

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0:00.0	Nobody loves this country more than immigrants.
0:01.3	I love this country man.
0:02.4	I fell in love in this country.
0:03.8	Six years old, Janice Mallow.
0:05.2	I saw her in the sandbox.
0:07.0	I run up to her.
0:07.8	First grade, I was like, Janice, I love you.
0:10.0	She's like, you're the color of poop.
0:11.2	That's memory number one.
0:16.7	I'm Mary Hassan.
0:17.8	You're listening to Deconstructed a new podcast from the Intercept.
0:21.2	And that was a clip of today's guest
0:22.8	from his Netflix special Homecoming King.
0:25.2	He's a writer, actor, comedian,
0:27.3	soon to be talk show host, and I'm pleased to say,
0:29.8	also a good friend of mine.
0:31.4	The Daily Show is very own Hassan Minaj.
0:36.1	The news is almost like the comment section on Facebook.
0:40.2	Where there is no, hey, we went to the moon.
0:43.2	Everything is a moon landing debate.
0:45.1	Yes.
0:45.6	Objective reality is just this debated thing.
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