Fake news anchor Jon Stewart began a four-part series on the depressingly controversial topic of evolution, on his Comedy Central fake news show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. As fans of Stewart know, his primary target (after the Bush administration) is the press, so my guess is the science news establishment can expect some smacks about the cheeks and forehead.
Monday, Stewart's fake correspondent Ed Helms visited Dayton Tennessee, where William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow held the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. There, he interviewed a fossil, although I'm hoping against hope that she, too, was a fake. Stewart's main interview was with Chris Mooney, who was been making the talk show rounds with his book The Republican War on Science. Stewart and Mooney briefly discussed the science news conundrum as an unfair fight, where creationists are mostly true believers and some of the scientists can be bought. When pressed for a reliable source for good science, Mooney chose the National Academy of Sciences. Good choice.
Tuesday night brings in Kurt Vonnegut as an interviewer. Should be interesting. Monday through Thursdays, 11 pm EDT, rerun the next day at 8 pm EDT. Evol-ishus!
Monday, Stewart's fake correspondent Ed Helms visited Dayton Tennessee, where William Jennings Bryan and Clarence Darrow held the Scopes Monkey Trial in 1925. There, he interviewed a fossil, although I'm hoping against hope that she, too, was a fake. Stewart's main interview was with Chris Mooney, who was been making the talk show rounds with his book The Republican War on Science. Stewart and Mooney briefly discussed the science news conundrum as an unfair fight, where creationists are mostly true believers and some of the scientists can be bought. When pressed for a reliable source for good science, Mooney chose the National Academy of Sciences. Good choice.
Tuesday night brings in Kurt Vonnegut as an interviewer. Should be interesting. Monday through Thursdays, 11 pm EDT, rerun the next day at 8 pm EDT. Evol-ishus!
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