The Daily Show and The New York Times

The Daily Show's skewering of the newspaper business in general and The New York Times in particular was spectacular. Highlight—though some might not see it exactly that way: Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones asking Timesman Rick Berke to point out one thing in the "aged news" print newspaper that actually happened today. Um, um, um...

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Not pretty. But as we used to say in the newsroom in a slightly different context, truth is a defense. And in this case, savagely funny as hell.

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[young Owen]

I guess this is just too pomo for me. (And maybe pomo is just another word for savage.)