Maybe Someone Should Debunk The Daily Show

I was annoyed at yesterday's Daily Show. For example, they had a segment portraying “gun nuts” as ridiculous and obviously unsuitable for high-crime areas without confronting the evidence that making guns more available might reduce crime. Another segment reported on an anti-gay marriage activist who turned out to be gay. They didn't even bother mentioning that hypocrisy can be regarded as the virtue that enables moral standards to go beyond current practice. A “fisking” might be in order.

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