Jon Stewart Ridicules Cable News Coverage Of Mystery Missile

The week that follows the midterm elections is notoriously a slow week for news. Coming off a big week of late nights and hustle, its as though everyone catches their collective breath, leaving junior staffers to fill cable news airtime with whatever story they can find. Case in point: earlier this week news broke of a mysterious missile launched off the coast of California that had the cable newsers all hot and bothered, in particular because no government agencies were able to either confirm nor deny its existence. If this sounds silly, then you have something in common with Jon Stewart.

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