During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of media politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges.
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Jon Stewart and Health Care
Fairly old (August 2009) Daily Show interview, but pretty relevant to the discussion in Chapter 6 of Entertaining Politics. In the video Jon Stewart holds Betsy McCaughey, Chairman, Committee to Reduce Infection Deaths, accountable for her interpretation of the Health Care Bill and he isn't afraid to challenge the merits of her argument at its base.
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