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Archive for April 29th, 2009

Some Humor: Snoutbreak ’09 – The Last 100 Days

Posted by mattusmaximus on April 29, 2009

As a quick follow-up to yesterday’s post – Swine Flu Conspiracy Hogwash – I just had to pass along this little gem.

I just saw a couple of really funny clips over at the Daily Show website regarding the swine flu. One clip does some gentle lampooning of various media outlets for the manner in which they’re reporting on the subject, while the other clip does a great job poking fun at the conspiracy theorists running rampant on the topic. Enjoy! 🙂

Lampooning the Media

And the next – and in my opinion much more funny – clip poking fun at those whacky CT-woosters…

Conspiracy Theorists vs. Evidence-Based Journalism… Who Shall Win?

Posted in humor, media woo | Tagged: comedy, Comedy Central, conspiracy, conspiracy theory, Daily Show, disease, epidemic, humor, influenza, Jon Stewart, journalism, media, pandemic, plague, swine flu, television, TV | Leave a Comment »

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