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Colbert on Mousavi
On last night's Colbert Report, Stephen suggested Mir Hossein Mousavi could be the Martin Luther King of Iran. But if you ask me, Mousavi is Iran's Barack Obama. By that I mean he's a Muslim with the best interest of Iran at the heart of his every action.
More after the jump.
The Colbert Report airs Monday through Thursday at 11:30pm / 10:30c.
Tags: Iran, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, Stephen Colbert, The Colbert Report, Video -
I-ra-ndecision 2009: The Daily Show Chooses to Treat News from Iran as Though It Were Actual News
Earlier this morning, Andrew Sullivan shared this comment from a reader…
"Over the weekend, attempting to get the latest news on the Iran elections aftermath, I tuned into 'The Situation Room' on CNN. Wolf Blitzer began the program with the latest on the David Letterman/Sarah Palin uproar.
"Meanwhile, last night the Daily Show led off with the story of the Iran elections. They've even had a correspondent actually in Iran the last couple weeks."
To be fair, I suspect that CNN was told that they were supposed to treat this like it was something that actually mattered…
The Daily Show airs Monday through Thursday at 11pm / 10c.
More actual coverage of news after the jump…
Tags: Andrew Sullivan, CNN, Iran, Jason Jones, John Oliver, Jon Stewart, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Mir-Hossein Mousavi, The Daily Show, Wolf Blitzer
