Jon Stewart's first episode back on The Daily Show : moviesandtv

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 40 points 9 months ago

Goddamn that was good. I had forgotten what an actually good political late night show was like.

[-] brlemworld@lemmy.world 5 points 9 months ago

Why do you hate the pūteketeke?

[-] UndercoverUlrikHD@programming.dev 18 points 9 months ago

Nice to see him back, never thought he would return.

[-] badcommandorfilename@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

Previous record... By 4 years!!!

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 11 points 9 months ago

Absolutely watching this, the man is a legend.

[-] blindsight@beehaw.org 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I forgot how short they were. Watched at 2× speed, granted, but it was over in a flash.

Still, it was good. As a Canadian, it will be nice to have a succinct, entertaining summary of America's descent into fascism. (I'm not feeling very hopeful, can you tell?)

[-] realcaseyrollins@narwhal.city 3 points 9 months ago

Wow! Had no idea he was already on the air.

[-] Blahnominous@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 9 months ago

This isn't the full episode. It's just his opening monologue. The full episode has more interaction with the news team and an interview.

[+] delirious_owl@discuss.online -11 points 9 months ago

does he touch in the genocide?

[-] ramble81@lemm.ee 23 points 9 months ago

Which one?

Chinese of Uyghur’s
Israeli’s of Palestinian’s
Russian of Ukrainian’s

I’m sure I’ve missed some others too.

[-] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 13 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Myanmar Rohingya genocide

it's brutal

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 1 points 9 months ago

I mean the one thats currently being tried in the ICJ (Palestine)

[-] Amaltheamannen@lemmy.ml -3 points 9 months ago

What China is doing constitutes severe human rights abuses, including arbitrary arrests and reported destruction of shrines and mosques. It includes reported torture and violence, but it's not a genocide. It's done under the guise of anti terrorism and anti extremism.

Read the UN investigation https://www.ohchr.org/sites/default/files/documents/countries/2022-08-31/22-08-31-final-assesment.pdf

[-] sxan@midwest.social 2 points 9 months ago

Yes. You're right. It's pretty close, though, and "genocide" is handier than a drawn-out, nuanced description for which there isn't a convenient term. Abusing the word "genocide" is little worse than using the extremely broad and easily downplayed "human rights abuses." The latter is as equally appropriate to US police treatment of minorities as to China's treatment of the Uyghurs, but you'd agree they're vastly different in scale and scope, right?

[-] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 10 points 9 months ago

Very briefly, but he says he may cover it in a future episode

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