my name is jon stewart. got a great show. lisa p jackson head of the environmental protection agency will be joining us. secretary jackson if are you nasty. so-- no, that's-- now that we've come off the thor locovian high that was our balls out seal team 6 o in-- osama bin laden assault and evilect omee, some troubling questions linger about our relationship with the country that we were so close we couldn't tell them we were about to invade them. >> how could bin laden hideout for so long right under their noses. >> jon: duplicity-- duplicity or incompetence, which is more embarrassing that osama bin laden was hiding if plain sight in pakistan or that the americans entered without telling the pakistani government? >> jon: wow, that's a rough two options. (laughter) >> jon: pakistan what dow hate moring having a tinny penis or being too fat to see it. boom, boom. how you doing. boom. what's happening, boom, no disrespect. you know what, pakistan was in a tricky spot as well. perhaps now upon reflection, time to let bygones be

you're the, i'm sure jon stewart loves that. >> right. >> exactly. it's like the office with ee helms. >> yeah. >> it's not, not a great thing. so, so, you're not just an on air correspondent in quotes but you also are a writer for the show. >> yes. >> how much of your time is divided between writing on -he one hand and being on air or producing pieces for air on the other hand? >> well, my day is pretty much writer first. >> yeah. >> so i come in around 9:00-9:30. >> yeah. meeting. the morning and then during that meeting it's all the writers, all of our segment producers and john. and over thh ourse of that meeting, which lasted about an hour maybe we figure out sooething where it's like oh you know, it might be funny to have wyatt in this particular thing. and then i sort of shift gears and i become a correspondent for the day. >> right. >> but if not then i'm working on an assignment writing something that may be for another correspondent, may be the headline, which is sort of the first part of the show. you know, so, so it varies. or i might get

and it struck me as a little bit strange that jon stewart and bill o'reilly in some ways the ideological figureheads of the mainstream left and right we're talking about peltier and mahler's of there are cases where i don't know as i won't go in as leaders drug problems or charlie sheen for that matter the fact of the matter is that mainstream news jon stewart o'reilly all of them included too often devolves into a meaningless echo chamber fanning the flames of whatever pointless controversy that's dominating that day now this network has been accused of many things critics say that by questioning the status quo by discussing uncomfortable problems facing this country like i don't know soaring incarceration rates flaws in the justice system the erosion of civil liberties the economy by doing all this this network is somehow the enemy of america now you may not agree with some of the viewpoints expressed by guests that appear on this channel i certainly disagree with many but at the end of the day at least we're willing to have those discussions to ask those questions to question assumpti

stewart and bill o'reilly some would say the ideological figure has of the mainstream left and right we're chatting about leonard peltier and i'm all that these cases were as well known as say lindsay logan's latest drug problems the fact of the matter is that the mainstream news jon stewart o'reilly all of them included too often devolves into a meaningless echo chamber in the flames of pointless controversy whatever it may be in that day now this network has been accused of many things critics say the bias questioning the status quo discussing uncomfortable problems facing this country like sore incarceration rates and the economy etc etc etc somehow make this country this network the enemy of america now you may not agree with some of the viewpoints expressed by analysts on this channel.

from comedy central's world news headquarters in new york, this is the daily show with jon stewart. ( cheers and applause ) captioning sponsored by comedy central >> jon: welcome to the daily show. my name is jon stewart. good guests tonight. tonight john ronson author of the psychopath test. i hope i pass. i'm going to tell you the deal. this is the deal. i'm going to break it down for you. last friday the bin laden story breaks from pakistan. that has everything. all the elements of a blow-out monday daily show. >> nbc news can now confirm that a stash of pornography was found inside the terror leaders lair. ( cheers and applause ) >> jon: first of all nbc news can now confirm? nbc news can now confirm what we originally thought to be pictures of naked people wrestling. in fact, there was some talk in our morning editorial meeting as to whether or not it should be classified as erotica and then we saw a picture of a woman (beep) a horse. so we believe that at 1:12 p.m. eastern standard time this be straight-up porn. what a story! even before navy seals shot out his eyes, osama bin l

my name is jon stewart. what a night! [cheers and applause] what a night. my guest tonight is -- my guest tonight his story constitutional scholar richard beeman, half bee, half man all historian. [laughter] i don't know what that means. let me talk to you a little bit tonight within the realm of presidential politics. you may remember a week ago form er speaker of the house and leagueo figurine model newt gingrich declared his candidacy. you might think the party of family values may have problems. the twice divorced sanctioned on ethics charges former speak of the house. would you be wrong. >> newt gingrich has always been an ideas money and will provide a lot of positive input in the debate. >> from a political standpoint. >> remember newt gingrich is a towering conservative intellectual. >> he is a scholar. he understands where we're coming from. >> he is one of smartest people in america. he comes up with two ideas every minute. [laughter] >> jon: here is my impression of newt gingrich in a minute. [laughter] nonalcoholic tequila. [laughter] bomb sniff

my name is jon stewart. we've got a nice show for you tonight. thanks for joining us. tonight on the program we have a young comedic actor, willis ferrell. (laughter) young gentleman's going to be joining us, i hear great things. really excited to meet him. let's begin tonight in the south. our hearts go out to those along the mississippi who are suffering not just from a catastrophic flood of water but also from a monsoon of media one upmanship. (laughter) the debilitating coverage began as the waters rose up to swallow one reporter's feet, creeping up to the knee, moving slowly up to the thigh, consuming the hips and finally, thank god, cresting at the nipple! (laughter and applause) the water crested at the nipple. (laughter) all these reporters bravely waded into the surging mississippi to give us absolutely no idea how high the floodwaters were or the extent of damage. you know, guys, i'm glad you're down thing there bringing attention to the story but you could have done the exact same stories on dry l

my name is jon stewart. we have put together a program for you tonight that will defy all other programs. tonight's guest, the great, the great albert brooks. [cheers and applause] hey, remember like a week ago, the president released his birth certificate and celebrated his newfound citizenship by having someone shoot osama bin laden in the face? [laughter] it felt like the events were connected, like maybe we'd finally put all these ginned up and ridiculously overblown non-controversies, like the birther thing, to rest. we were going to focus on things that matter, winning the war on terror, the budget, fiscal things, getting things done. well, i hope you enjoyed that period of time. >> first lady michelle obama is hosting a poetry reading, and one of her guests is raising a lot of eyebrows tonight. he's a chicago poet and a rapper who goes by the stage name "common." >> he's a reverend wright defender. it sounds like he's a promotor of cop-killing. i've looked at some of his lyrics. they are raunchy. they

my name is jon stewart. what a show for you tonight. actress karen knightly will be joining us tonight. but first let's move on to what the latest developments are in the death of osama bin biden. what? is there any one of our leaders names that can not be confused with osama bin laden? anyway, i've shooting bin laden in the head and throwing him in the ocean... do you want me to soft sell this to you? no. there's really only one last bit unfinished business to go through all of this (beep). as it turns out bin laden was a rare combination. not only was he evil, he was lame. >> a new picture of osama bin laden is emerging tonight. >> a haggard osama bin laden watching himself on tv. >> sitting on the floor covering by a blanket, remote control in hand. >> jon: just sitting there all alone, gray, rocking back and forth. watching tv. wrapped in a blanket. cause he's cold but too damned cheap to turn the heat on. this guy, this guy, this guy... wait a minute. can i see that shot of me watching this footage over the weekend? son of a bitch.

welcome to the "daily show" my name is jon stewart. thank you for joining us tonight. we have a terrific program for you. the lovely kristen wiig will be joining us from "s.n.l.," and also-- you know, she actually is in a movie that's coming out this weekend. in fact, it seems almost every time these incredibly talented people stop by to say hello to me for five minutes, they coincidentally have a movie coming out that same-- i don't know how it works out that way, but it... it... ( laughter ) real quick. as you know, last night, there was a poetry reading at the white house. i believe it was the first poetry reading at the white house since bill clinton's infamous 1996 celebration "a night with the man from nantucket. " but american poets, young and old, spoke out about a wide variety of subjects from the importance of public libraries to memories of a favorite teacher to how hard it is to find a nice blazer on short notice. ( laughter ) eh( bleep ). it's tonight? does that's wallpaper come off? laugh and of course, the progressive rapper common, who was the subject o

or it must have been raped let's move on bill o'reilly and jon stewart had an epic debate last night over the entire common controversy of course every watched and jon stewart has just been destroying fox news for being fed up over common but then they actually use some really interesting examples that i think you don't necessarily well actually not a so you never ever end up seeing in the mainstream media so let's take a look at a clip of that. are you familiar with leonard coulter yes. leonard peltier was convicted of killing you are you know we're going to need similar or no it's not. because you should it's the exact same thing it's a guy convicted of killing a law enforcement official no you really think he's ignorant in believing that a sort of course of mission you may think he's ignorant and believing that money is . first of all i think it makes a really good point if you can just draw a line in the sand because you know now bato can never come to the white house because at one point he defended leonard peltier but they also talk about leonard peltier people like would be a