The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Moment of Zen - Fake Medicare News

Season 8 • 03/17/2004

A fake news segment promotes the government's new Medicare plan.

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02:43

The Unnatural
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A baseball player must test positive for illicit substances five times before that player is suspended, which is consistent with baseball's longstanding 5-strike policy.
03/16/2004
00:16

Moment of Zen - Steroids
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Donald Fehr speaks about drug testing in baseball as footage of Barry Bonds is shown.
03/16/2004
06:26

Headlines - International Male
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John Kerry shows he's just like all Americans by pretending to be interested in books, using the bathroom and then leaving without buying anything.
03/16/2004
00:26

Indecision 2004 - Stops On The Campaign Trail
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John Kerry is in Boston, George W. Bush is in Texas and Ralph Nader is in his apartment.
03/16/2004
05:19

Mekhi Phifer
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Mekhi Phifer has to see how much money his new film makes before he signs on to do a trilogy.
03/17/2004
01:04

Preview - 3/18/04
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Jon is betting on Cornell to win the NCAA tournament, even though he lost everything he owned betting on them last year.
03/17/2004
02:09

10th Rock From The Sun
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NASA does its best to hype the new planet discovery as the second reddest object in the solar system.
03/17/2004
03:54

Fake News Controversy
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Rob Corddry believes that compared to the White House, "The Daily Show" is a pathetic fake news show
03/17/2004
05:20

Headlines - Medicine Brawl
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The new Medicare bill is so good, the guy in charge of it can't say anything nice about it without a teleprompter.
03/17/2004
01:17

Colbert Report - Preview
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On the next "Colbert Report," Stephen Colbert gives it good to some guy, plus he'll read portions of his new book, "Don't Buy This Book if You Don't Have Any Balls."
03/17/2004
00:11

Moment of Zen - Fake Medicare News
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A piece of government-issued fake news footage touts the new Medicare plan as a way to make health care more affordable.
03/17/2004
00:49

Intro - Krispy Kreme
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Even though Jon's lived in New York for twenty years, he only knows where some of the Krispy Kreme donut shops are.
03/18/2004
02:14

The Chub Group
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Eating too much food will soon surpass smoking as the number one preventable cause of death.
03/18/2004
00:14

Moment of Zen - Hotel Bomb
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Dick Cheney says the world is safe, while footage from Iraq shows the aftermath of a hotel bomb attack.
03/18/2004
04:28

Ethan Hawke
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Jon has money on whether or not Ethan Hawke dies in his latest film.
03/18/2004
04:05

American Grandstand
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There's only one false connection in the Iraq resolution that would make the Congress debate offensive.
03/18/2004
03:01

Headlines - Ironic Violence
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Ironic violence isn't about to stop Dick Cheney from explaining how we'd all be speaking German if John Kerry were in charge.
03/18/2004
03:58

America The Bountiful
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Samantha Bee looks at the businesses that will suffer if America slims down, like the oversized coffin industry and American Elastics Amalgamated.
03/18/2004
04:02

Headlines - Error Alert
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Richard Clarke, former chief of the U.S.'s counterterrorism group, alleges that the Bush administration grossly mismanaged the war on terror.
03/22/2004
00:54

Intro - The Passion of the Christ
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"The Passion of the Christ" is knocked out of the box office number one spot by "Dawn of the Dead."
03/22/2004
00:13

Moment of Zen - Activists on Big Ben
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Anti-war activists climb Big Ben to protest the war in Iraq.
03/22/2004
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