The Daily Show with Jon Stewart

Depressingly Familiar Post-Tragedy Analysis

Season 18 • 09/18/2013

The Washington D.C. shooter passed his gun background check with flying crazy.

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Lindsey Graham decries the peaceful chemical weapons debacle in Syria.
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Wolf Blitzer reports on the status of a mass murderer in Washington.
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"Prisoners" star Jake Gyllenhaal addresses the marks of age and weighs in on Ben Affleck's Batman casting.
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Wrongnado
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When America needs context and clarity, it can depend on cable news to provide speculation and error.
09/17/2013
06:52

Wrongnado - CNN
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Reporting on a mass shooting in Washington, CNN doesn't let a lack of facts get in the way of drawing speculative conclusions.
09/17/2013
06:51

Hugh Jackman
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"Prisoners" star Hugh Jackman talks finding his inner darkness and the reasons behind Australia's successful gun control measures.
09/18/2013
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Moment of Zen - Guns & Spoons
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Following a shooting in Washington D.C., Texas Congressman Louie Gohmert provides a helpful analogy.
09/18/2013
04:14

Depressingly Familiar Post-Tragedy Analysis - A Homicide Pact
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When it comes to guns the Constitution is ironclad, but with terrorism it's more a list of suggestions.
09/18/2013
05:14

Georgia vs. Tennessee
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Al Madrigal investigates a dispute between Georgia and the butt-chuggers of Tennessee.
09/18/2013
03:56

Depressingly Familiar Post-Tragedy Analysis
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Despite numerous warning signs and previous violent incidents, the Washington D.C. shooter legally purchased a gun two days before killing 12 people.
09/18/2013
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Back in Brown with Aasif Mandvi
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An Indian-American wins the Miss America crown, and Aasif Mandvi explains what this means for the rest of the country.
09/19/2013
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Moment of Zen - National Talk Like a Pirate Day
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John Harwood learns about National Talk Like a Pirate Day.
09/19/2013
08:08

Chelsea Clinton
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Chelsea Clinton talks about her work at the Clinton Foundation and what it was like to grow up with a father who knows everything.
09/19/2013
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Care Fears
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There's no way around an airtight Obamacare requirement for employers, except for the two ways around it.
09/19/2013
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Care Fears - HodgeCo
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John Hodgman shares innovative ways to get around paying weekend overtime rates and pesky child labor laws.
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Fifty Shades of No Way
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The Affordable Care Act wreaks havoc on Lindsey Graham's eccentric Southern gentility.
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Food vs. Cash
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To save America's international shipping conglomerates, Jessica Williams thinks outside the box.
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Emmy Award Regrets
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Jon commends The Colbert Report and his own crew following the Emmys.
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Moment of Zen - Bono's Bill Clinton Impression
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U2's frontman impersonates former President Bill Clinton.
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Richard Dawkins
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"An Appetite for Wonder" author Richard Dawkins discusses the relative existential dangers of science and religion.
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