"Stem Sell." The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. Comedy Central. March 16, 2009. Viewed April 1, 2009.
http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videold=220549&title=Stem-Sell
In this episode of the Daily Show, Jon Stewart and his assistant reporter/ comedian John Oliver comment on President Obama's executive order to reverse President Bush's that stopped funding for stem cell research. Jon Stewart is a television host, comedian, media critic, and political satirist, that has hosted the Daily Show since it started in late 1999. John Oliver joined the Daily Show in July 2006 as the senior British Correspondent. The Daily Show is a political satire show whose purpose is to analyze both politics and the media from a comedic standpoint. In this clip John Oliver makes a Bush impersonation to degrade Obama's action regarding stem cell research, stating that science is not the answer. That religion is more reliable than science, and that this country was founded to be a religious country not a scientific country. John Oliver is commenting on Bush's backward policies about science, by impersonating him as a sort of religious idiot. This piece is a satirical piece, with the second level being a message about how necessary stem cell research is to finding cures for some of the worst diseases out there. The audience of this piece is usually left leaning, meaning they are generally liberal. The audience of this episode would most likely agree with John and Jon in that Obama is doing the right thing to enable government funding of stem cell research. The audience would also agree that Bush's policy of anti-stem cell research was wrong and backward.
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