Professional Liar Called Out On Her Crap
by dday
Jon Stewart went easy on Betsy McCaughey. He eventually got around to the meat of the issue after letting her hang for a while (I particularly liked the part where he got her to admit that patients could request to be kept alive by any means necessary, too), but you can see how she gets away with this. She walks in with a big binder to try and connote authority, but it’s a prop… by the end she’s just flipping through it when asked for evidence, as if she’s never read it before. Stewart says “you should put Yellow Post-Its in there to mark your place,” which would never occur to McCaughey because people are just supposed to expect her to have possession of the facts. She cashes checks off nobody ever challenging her. And when Stewart finally does, it’s delicious to watch.
| The Daily Show With Jon Stewart | Mon – Thurs 11p / 10c | |||
| Betsy McCaughey Pt. 1 | ||||
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The tsunami of lies is too big, and a substantial part of the country on McCaughey’s side of the tribe would believe her over Stewart even after this embarrassing performance. But the antidote to most of this comes in two words – “Prove it.” And they never can.
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