Daily Show 'reporter' pulls City Hall spoof

[tuvor]

Caught this on AMERICAblog:

The reporter was fake, using a fake name, spoofing alleged fake White House reporter "Jeff Gannon." But the news conference was real serious.

A "correspondent" from the fake news show, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, was outside City Hall yesterday to get some answers from City Council Speaker Gifford Miller.

Wearing a badly groomed hair piece, a fake mustache and an ugly 1970s tie, Rob Corddry waited patiently until after the real reporters had posed their questions to ask one about about Social Security.

Standing awkwardly with his legs far apart as though he were getting ready to sprint, nodding in agreement to every word spoken by Miller about the West Side Stadium, Corddry finally raised his hand.

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/politics/nyc-camp03011,0,6857441.story?coll=nyc-manheadlines-politics

[Jacobin]

1. Funny

Is the Daily Show on tonight?

[Swamp Rat]

2. ME WANTS TO KNOW TOO!

:bounce:

[blogslut]

3. it's a rerun tonight

at the moment, they're doing the new ones tues-thurs

[SidDithers]

4. From the article, will air Thursday nite. nt

Sid

[thecorster]

5. I'm really looking forward to seeing that. n/t