Two Terrific Interviews on Comedy Central's Mainstays: The Daily Show and The Colbert Report
Monday, December 8th, saw two outstanding interviews on Jon Stewart's Daily Show and Stephen Colbert's The Colbert Report, respectively.
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First, Jon Stewart interviewed former United States military terrorist interrogator "Matthew Alexander" about his new book, "How To Break A Terrorist." "Alexander", who is not writing or doing appearances using his real name.
The book concerns "Alexander's" interrogations of five suspected terrorists in Iraq. No form of torture was apparently used, and the interrogations were quite successful.
The author wrote his book as a plea for the end of torture by the US military, which fought the release of its material. Quite interesting stuff.
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Second, Stephen Colbert interviewed Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children's Zone, an organization which is attempting to improve the educational opportunities for over 10,000 children in Harlem. Canada seemed to be a dynamic and informed educator and leader who is trying to do some good in the world. Very interesting and even a bit exciting, as President Elect Obama has made suggestions about trying similar progrmas in at least 20 other U.S. cities. Canada, interestingly enough, graduated from Bowdoin College, a school located right here in Maine.
Great stuff.
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First, Jon Stewart interviewed former United States military terrorist interrogator "Matthew Alexander" about his new book, "How To Break A Terrorist." "Alexander", who is not writing or doing appearances using his real name.
The book concerns "Alexander's" interrogations of five suspected terrorists in Iraq. No form of torture was apparently used, and the interrogations were quite successful.
The author wrote his book as a plea for the end of torture by the US military, which fought the release of its material. Quite interesting stuff.
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Second, Stephen Colbert interviewed Geoffrey Canada of the Harlem Children's Zone, an organization which is attempting to improve the educational opportunities for over 10,000 children in Harlem. Canada seemed to be a dynamic and informed educator and leader who is trying to do some good in the world. Very interesting and even a bit exciting, as President Elect Obama has made suggestions about trying similar progrmas in at least 20 other U.S. cities. Canada, interestingly enough, graduated from Bowdoin College, a school located right here in Maine.
Great stuff.
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