Tập
Bản Tin Hằng Ngày: Episode 9
Tóm tắt
Tonight former British Army General Rupert Smith, author of <I>The Utility of Force: The Art of War in the Modern World</I>.Jon begins with a look at the President's State of the Union Address and Bush's strong use of the word strong. Jon discusses with Jason Jones, Senior Political Analyst, the piece of mind we Americans sacrifice when we watch the news about Iraq. Jon briefly looks at all the new nominees who dropped their hat into the presidential race of 2008. Finally, Jon looks at the online newspaper versus the paper kind, and how people are using the vows section of the N.Y. Times to tell their life story as well as living obituaries, where the dead person speaks his own obituary.
Chi tiết
- Phim bộ
- Bản Tin Hằng Ngày
- Mùa
- Mùa 12
- Tập
- Tập 9
- Ngày phát sóng
- 2007-01-22
Thông tin tập
Episode 9 là tập 9 trong Season 12 của Bản Tin Hằng Ngày. Tập này phát sóng ngày 2007-01-22.
Tập trước / tập sau
Tập 8
Tonight actress and star of <I>Hounddog</I>, Robin Wright Penn.Jon first looks at the Doomsday Clock which was set five minutes ahead, now five minutes before midnight and world wide armageddon. Jon then looks at the start of the non-binding resolution extravaganza, where each Senator seemingly has his own resolution. Jon then looks at NBC's Dateline segment where they capture would-be child predators on camera and confront them, and ABC's Primetime Live response to that ratings grabber. Don Bakkedahl takes that story deeper by taking a look at exploitative television by seeing how people react to shocking behavior. Finally, Jon looks at Rick Sanchez, the reporter who volunteered to taser himself on camera, and all the would be reporters who follow in his painful, sometimes arousing footsteps in Taser Wars 2007.
Tập 10
Tonight the chairman of the Democratic National Committee, Terry McAuliffe.Jon starts off with a look at the Oscar nominations and how he wasn't asked to host them this year. He then segues into Indecision 2008, with a brief look at the candidates and the media's thirst for polls over who will win the primaries one year from now. Jon discusses with Senior Polling Expert, Samantha Bee, polling in general and how the numbers rise and fall over the course of a few hours. Finally, Louis Black looks at television show disclaimers and apologies in Back in Black.
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Tập 11
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Tập 6
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Tập 12
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Tập 5
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Tập 13
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Tập 4
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Tập 14
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Tập 3
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Tập 15
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