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Sunday Funday: Daily Show on SCOTUS and Campaign Finance

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Sunday Funday: Daily Show on SCOTUS and Campaign Finance 

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down McCutcheon v. FEC, striking down campaign finance law which limited aggregate federal campaign contributions. The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart lampooned the decisions and the majority Justices’ alleged political naivete.

Here is a description of the opening clip:

A historic Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance offers a resounding victory for the rich that pales only in comparison to the gains Citizens United made for corporations.

Here is a description of a clip with “Senior Legal Analyst” Aasif Mandvi:

Senior Legal Analyst Aasif Mandvi explains how political representation in America is relative to net worth.

This post was originally published on the SLACE Archive.  For more public policy related video/audio, be sure to check out the SLACE Archive for daily podcast recommendations.

Sunday Funday: Daily Show on SCOTUS and Campaign Finance

/ Matthew Clemente / Leave a comment

Sunday Funday: Daily Show on SCOTUS and Campaign Finance

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of the United States handed down McCutcheon v. FEC, striking down campaign finance law which limited aggregate federal campaign contributions. The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart lampooned the decisions and the majority Justices’ alleged political naivete.

Here is a description of the opening clip:

A historic Supreme Court ruling on campaign finance offers a resounding victory for the rich that pales only in comparison to the gains Citizens United made for corporations.

Here is a description of a clip with “Senior Legal Analyst” Aasif Mandvi:

Senior Legal Analyst Aasif Mandvi explains how political representation in America is relative to net worth.

Sunday Funday: Halloween Costumes and the Objectification of Women

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Sunday Funday: Halloween Costumes and the Objectification of Women

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KM3XNhEmdE

Admittedly, this edition of Sunday Funday’s link to public policy may be a bit tenuous; however, the video above from The Daily Show discusses the objectification of women in the context of “sexy” Halloween costumes. Jon Stewart spoke with The Daily Show’s Senior Women’s Issues Correspondent, Kristen Schaal, about this seasonal issue.

For more public policy related video/audio, be sure to check out the SLACE Archive.

 

 

 

 

Boston Bombings Coverage: The Ugly

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Boston Bombings Coverage: The Ugly

Yesterday’s post featured Part II of our three-part series “Boston Bombings Coverage: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly.”  Part II, “The Bad,” was Jon Stewart’s satire of CNN’s embarrassing Boston bombings blunder.   Part I, “The Good,” featured  Fareed Zakaria’s shrewd take on the Boston bombings.  Today’s post discusses another Jon Stewart clip and “The Ugly”–Fox News contributors falling over themselves to shred the Constitution in wake of the Boston Bombings.