CM Life: Radio Host Removed from the Airwaves

...and the radio host in question was/is me. Yeah. I made the front page of the student newspaper yesterday and, sadly, it was not under the headline "Non-Traditional Student Voted Best Lay by Zeta Tau Alpha Sorority."

But, still, you can read the article here.

Bush's Hometown Newspaper Endorses John Kerry

Today, the newspaper in Bush's adopted hometown of Crawford Texas, the Lone Star Iconoclast, threw its support behind John Kerry.

The gist?

"The publishers of The Iconoclast endorsed Bush four years ago, based on the things he promised, not on this smoke-screened agenda. Today, we are endorsing his opponent, John Kerry, based not only on the things that Bush has delivered, but also on the vision of a return to normality that Kerry says our country needs."

Here is the full endorsement.

Associated Press: Comedy Central Refutes O'Reilly's Claim

Apparently that HUGE asshole Bill O'Reilly has been poking fun at the Daily Show and its audience. And, once again, he has been factchecked (snap!).

The gist: O'Reilly has been referring to viewers of the Daily Show as "stoned slackers," but according to Nielsen Media Research, viewers of Jon Stewart's show are actually more likely to have completed four years of college than people who watch "The O'Reilly Factor." Take that, lying liar number two (after Limbaugh).

Here's what O'Reilly said (to Jon Stewart himself):

"You know what's really frightening? You actually have an influence on this presidential election. That is scary, but it's true. You've got stoned slackers watching your dopey show every night and they can vote."

Actually, that piece of shit O'Reilly IS correct that the Daily Show is having an effect on the election. But he's 100% INcorrect in chracterizing the show as dopey. Hell, it's FAR from dopey. It very astute satire, in fact. But then, O'Reilly probably doesn't get it. You have to keep up with the news and opinion and the media to get most of their stuff, and O'Reilly just makes shit up as he goes along. Why, I bet he couldn't name five supreme court justices, the ugly-ass motherfucker.

But like I said, the Daily Show IS having an effect. I think you're seeing it in the few examples of factchecking on the part of mainstream journalists, something that they had seemingly been loathe to do in the recent past. And this, I think, is because the Daily Show HAS been doing it, and this has made the mainstream media look very bad. People (and journalists) watch the Daily Show and wonder why they don't hear the truth, or at least evaluation of the truth of public statements, in the mainstream media. Why are only Jon Stewart and David Letterman the only ones asking the tough questions, they wonder?

So, yeah, Bill O'Reilly, you gigantic-headed pile of pus, you had better be scared. Because that "dopey show" is inspiring journalists to grow a pair, collectively, and start doing more than simply reporting attacks. And the scariest, for O'Reilly and the other lying liars is that this means that their days are numbered. If the Daily Show succeeds in shaming journalists into doing their jobs again, there'll be no place for liars like O'Reilly to hide from that strongest of disinfectants: the light of day.

It's a scoop, I tell ya!

Once again, Tom Tomorrow, in his comic This Modern World, points out the inherent absurdity in the presidential campaign. And, once again, it'd be funny if it weren't such a depressing situation.

This is what the election is about!

Here is a pretty astute political cartoon about the current state of the presidential campaign.