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Title: This is terrific: journalist and head of civil discourse program
Post by: Monkeyleg on January 13, 2012, 11:47:25 PM

I watch The Daily Show on Comedy Central every night. Last night there was a segment with Froma Harrop, a columnist who called the Tea Party folks terrorists, and compared them to Taliban bombers, and who also heads up the Civility Project with the National Conference of Editorial Writers, a group for which she is president. The Civility Project is "committed to civility in public discussion", according to the NCEW's website.

As I watched this video (http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/thu-january-12-2012/civil-disservice), I was certain that she was in on the joke, and was playing along. After watching it, I searched the internet for some statement by her that it was a joke. So far, I haven't found anything other than her saying that some of her best arguments were left on the cutting room floor.

Unless she's said something more to the effect that she was just joking, this is incredible. Funny, but scary, too. She doesn't see her double standards when she's being slapped in the face with them.

Title: Re: This is terrific: journalist and head of civil discourse program
Post by: Waitone on January 14, 2012, 01:51:51 PM

Brilliant work by Daly et al. 

Here is more work the show did on San Francisco's ban of Happy Meals
http://hotair.com/archives/2011/01/05/daily-show-meet-the-moron-who-got-san-francisco-to-ban-happy-meals/