Komen backlash is disgusting

Planned Parenthood has thrown its weight around and taken a shot across the bow to everyone 'don't mess with us', even if you happen to be a charity that has a sole purpose of raising money to fight breast cancer.

Dancing with the Stars Controversy

Some conservative christian groups are making hay over the fact that a transgender individual will appear on this season's dancing with the stars. Lewis Black wonders why a transgendered person is so controversial and not all of the convicted felons that have been on the show.

Tales of Manufactured Conflict

From Jon Stewart Tales of Manufactured Consent.
President Obama scheduled a speech to talk about jobs. Republicans asked him to move it because there is a Republican debate on that same day. The president made a reasonable accommodation and everyone should be happy our politicians acted like adults. Somehow the 24 hour news media managed to try and turn it into "schedule gate" or "speech gate". Reporters spent more time on the scheduling non-issue than on the substance of president Obama's jobs plan.

Elizabeth Warren "I really don't get why I'm controversial"

Elizabeth Warren doesn't understand why trying to make mortgages and credit card agreements easy to understand has made her such a controversial figure.

Strauss-Kahn Case in Serious Jeopardy

The sexual assault case against the former IMF chief Dominique Strauss- Kahn is in serious jeopardy due to serious questions the police are raising about the credibility of the alleged victim.

Jon Stewart versus the Fox News controversy machine

Jon Stewart did an impression of Republican Presidential candidate Herman Cain that has sent Fox News into full scandal mode attacking Stewart for the impression. Stewart points out that he does absurdist impressions of nearly everyone including: John Kerry, Barack Obama, Former Presidents Bush and Clinton, Dick Cheney, stereotypical italian, stereotypical jewish person... so why not Herman Cain?

"Ground Zero Mosque" controversy

The "Ground Zero Mosque" controversy grabbed national headlines for several weeks. 60 minutes did an excellent job covering the story in this 13 minute piece. They point out a number of facts that weren't front and center at the debate. One was that the ground zero area at the pentagon has a non-denominational prayer center, and the Muslim call to prayer happens there daily. Two, was that the old burlington coat factory (the site of the controversial ground zero mosque, which happens to be 2 blocks away from where the twin towers stood), has actually already been functioning as a mosque for several months now. The only question is whether or not they'll be able to turn it into a community center with a pool and an auditorium.

Texas Attempts to Stand up to TSA pat down policy

Texas attempts to stand up to the pat down policy of the TSA. But is warned, that it could lead to the cancellation of flights in Texas.

"Common Controversy", Fake Controversies from Fox News

The Daily Show's Jon Stewart points out Fox News overwhelming ridiculousness when it comes to drumming up 'fake controversies'
Unfortunately, Fox News likes to report on ludicrous social problems like "a war on christmas".
Their latest problem was that they took a number of Common's lyrics out of context, and tried to make it into a big thing. Even though the violent lyrics that they all took issue with, as Stewart pointed out, was in fact about how youth need to give up violence to make their community a better place. But sometimes accuracy is not a key goal of Fox News.

Jon Stewart on The O'Reilly Factor

Stewart visits O'Reilly to talk about the ludicrous nature that is the "common controversy", about rapper Common visiting the white house. Fox News has made a fuss that common believes a cop killer is innocent and has "celebrated" them. Stewart points out, if by Fox's standards that would prohibit Common from going to the white house Then Bob Dylan can't go to the white house, neither can Bruce Springsteen nor Bono. Bono wrote a song about a man convicted of killing two federal agents, but Fox made no fuss when he visited the White House.