“In Egypt, members of the ruling Muslim Brotherhood saw Stewart’s bit differently. The comedian’s skewering of Mursi was the latest insult from a nation that backed Egypt’s pro-American dictators for decades. Told that cracking down on comedians was playing poorly in Washington, a usually moderate senior Brotherhood member argued that Western notions of free speech were being used, yet again, to denigrate Islam.

“Yes, the same West that supported the burning of the Koran!” the member told American journalist Lauren Bohn this week. “We need to draw red lines.” …

Angered by a wildly inaccurate description of Stewart’s monologue in an Egyptian newspaper, the [Arabic language] teacher saw Stewart as part of a Jewish conspiracy.

“Do you know who this Jon Stewart is?” the teacher asked Hessler. “He’s a Jew, isn’t he?”

Jon Stewart v. Muslim Brotherhood, Reuters

Jon Stewart reveals all to Stephen Colbert live on stage

third-beat:

Stephen Colbert interviewed Jon Stewart at the Wellmont Theatre, Friday night, a fundraiser for the Montclair Film Festival.

Among the highlights of the two-hour talk:

  • Stewart almost quit the Daily Show early on after a disastrous writers’ meeting.
  • Colbert explained his past sleepwalking problem, which once culminated in an awkward this-isn’t-what-it-looks-like moment with his wife.
  • Stewart spoke about the one Daily Show clip he can’t bring himself to re-watch. 
  • How Colbert’s love of Lord of the Rings almost prevented one of his most famous Daily Show segments from happening.

Read the full article here.

High-res Herman Cain: The polls are inaccurate, in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.   Jon Stewart: From what I understand, that’s why they do polls. … Because if it’s only people you know, that’s somewhat unscientific.  Herman Cain: Here’s why, in that particular poll, they may have had zero blacks, that were gonna vote for Gov. Romney. They were working. So, they didn’t answer the phone when they took the poll. Believe it or not, some black people have jobs! And careers, and they run businesses! They didn’t take that into account, Jon. 

Herman Cain: The polls are inaccurate, in my opinion, based upon anecdotal evidence, based upon people that I know.  

Jon Stewart: From what I understand, that’s why they do polls. … Because if it’s only people you know, that’s somewhat unscientific. 

Herman Cain: Here’s why, in that particular poll, they may have had zero blacks, that were gonna vote for Gov. Romney. They were working. So, they didn’t answer the phone when they took the poll. Believe it or not, some black people have jobs! And careers, and they run businesses! They didn’t take that into account, Jon.