The Daily Show Takes on Stevens and His Bill
July 13th, 2006 by Tim Karr |
During last night’s “Daily Show,” Jon Stewart questioned Senator Ted Stevens’ grasp of the Internet, calling into doubt the telecommunications legislation that bears the Senator’s signature.
To clarify Net Neutrality, Stewart goes to Stevens’ “dump truck-tubes symposium,” a 10-minute monologue in support of the Senator’s own anti-Net Neutrality bill. Check out the show:
“Why didn’t Senator Stevens get it?” asks Stewart. Well… you’ll have to watch the clip for the “Daily Show” host’s interpretation.
Hey, why should the good Senator have to understand “an Internet” when there’s an army of telco lobbyists on hand to define it for him?
An electronic firestorm followed the Stewart skit. The Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New York Times and other mainstream newspapers subsequently reported on Stevens’ gaffe.
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