Details? Who cares about details?


The Daily Show looks at the critics’ reactions to the deal arrived at between the P5+1 nations and Iran. It is obvious that they had decided what to say before they even knew what the deal contained because that is the level of politics now, where your attitude is totally unconstrained by facts. When your goal is to frighten everyone by warning of the sky falling, the actual issue doesn’t matter.

(This clip aired on July 22, 2015. To get suggestions on how to view clips of The Daily Show and The Nightly Show outside the US, please see this earlier post. If the videos autoplay, please see here for a diagnosis and possible solutions.)

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  1. jws1 says

    About the ending of this clip: not sure that a series of un-repayable predatory loans from the U.S. to Iran would be the best tactic to take as it has been pointed out that if someone owes you $10,000 you own them but if someone owes you $10 billion they own you.

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