Jon Stewart: Palin and 'Lamestream' Media Need Each Other

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Dino Grandoni 3,152 Views Apr 4, 2012

As Jon Stewart pointed out on The Daily Show last night, Sarah Palin needs the media to bash just as much as the media needs Palin to report on. After the former Republican vice presidential candidate's puffed-up talk of "infiltrating the lamestream media" (i.e., being invited to guest-host a morning news show), Palin happily participated in the campy segments any Today host is required to. 

 

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