Our Endorsements: Get Your Gloat On

* The dangers of gloating.

* Ron Pauls of the word, UNITE!

* Do your homework before you set off to Australia.

* The world's October Facebook feed, from College Humor.

* Beautiful visual story of the night(s) the lights went out in NYC.

* Kids make everything voters went through this year fun again.

* Jimmy Kimmel takes the slow boat to Florida's election outcome.

* David Letterman and Brian Williams get medieval on Karl Rove.

* Speaking of which, Louis C.K. is doing two benefits for Staten Island.

* Pauly Shore raps about President Obama on Marc Maron's WTF Podcast. So…yeah.

Tags: Barack Obama, Brian Williams, College Humor, Daily Links, David Letterman, Facebook, Florida, Get Your War On, Huffington Post, Hurricane Sandy, Jimmy Kimmel, Louis C.K., Mitt Romney, New York City, The Onion

Donald Trump Rages at the Sky Like a Wounded Animal

Or something like that. However you interpret Donald Trump's recent Twitter outburst against Brian Williams,* one thing's for sure. Rush Limbaugh no longer has a lock on being the most consistently unbearable conservative in media…

.@bwilliams knows that I think his newscast has become totally boring so he took a shot at me last night.

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) November 7, 2012

 

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Tags: Brian Williams, Donald Trump, Twitter

Newt Gingrich Believes in Freedom of Applause for Newt Gingrich

Pundits generally agree that Newt Gingrich's impressive debate performances have pulled him back up to front-runner status in the GOP primary. His uncanny ability to win over the crowd at televised events dwarfs that of stiff Mitt Romney, squawking Ron Paul and timid Rick Santorum.

So what happens when the crowd is banned from whooping at Newt's juicy media zingers?

Newt Gingrich hit out at NBC's Brian Williams on Tuesday morning, criticizing the moderator of Monday night's debate for keeping the forum's audience quiet.

The crowd, which has been one of the stars of the never-ending series of GOP debates for months, was notably muted on Monday, under strict instructions from Williams not to interfere…

While there were some moments of scattered applause on Monday, the candidates were mostly sending their zingers into dead air — and Gingrich, who loves to play to the audience, was robbed of another standing ovation from the crowd.

You see, Newt Gingrich is like Tinkerbell. If you stop believing in him, or stop hooting and hollering at his demagogic utterances, he ceases to exist. He is the Newt, a power-hungry attention monster that feeds on applause, lobbying cash and, most likely, powdered donuts. Once an audience is permitted to applaud, the Newt cannot be stopped.

Mitt Romney's only hope to defeat the Newt this season is to cut the wires of the audience mics at every debate. Or slash the tires of every Entenmann's delivery truck.

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Tags: Brian Williams, Debates, NBC, NBC News, Newt Gingrich, Primaries, Republicans

A Look Back at 2011 with The Daily Show – November

I believe that there were three important things that happened in November. One was the revelation of Herman Cain's multitudinous affairs with congressional vegetables. The second was the NBC Nightly News being interrupted by the incessant ear-splitting shriek of Ann Coulter. And the third was definitely definitely definitely the complete and utter implosion of Rick Perry's presidential campaign.

The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11/10c.

Tags: Ann Coulter, Brian Williams, Debates, Herman Cain, Jon Stewart, Primaries, Rick Perry, TDS Looks Back at 2011, The Daily Show, Video

Watch Jon Stewart on Rock Center with Brian Williams

From The CC Insider…

If you want to watch Jon Stewart and Brian Williams talking about trick-or-treating in New York City, then you won't want to miss this interview from last night's series premiere of NBC's Rock Center. On the other hand, if you'd like to see Jon Stewart and Brian Williams speak frankly about Occupy Wall Street, then look no further than this very same Rock Center video. On the third hand, if you want to see Jon Stewart and Brian Williams playing Chinese checkers while soaking in a tub of warm coleslaw, you'll have to wait until technology becomes available to extract my dreams.

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The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11/10c.

Tags: Brian Williams, Jon Stewart, NBC, Occupy Wall Street