“The Daily Show,” heralded for its award-winning election coverage, naturally covered Saturday’s Democratic debate on Twitter. But the Democratic National Committee has been criticized for loading its debate schedule with Saturday showdowns, which don’t attract many viewers. So “The Daily Show,” which aired its final show of 2015 on Thursday, had some fun with its prescheduled debate coverage:
Great move by Martin O’Malley to break out the guitar and start playing “Wonderwall” #DemDebate #NotReallyWatching
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 20, 2015
Holy crap, Lincoln Chafee just streaked across the stage! You saw that, right? #DemDebate #NotReallyWatching pic.twitter.com/WcgDhK0x2R
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 20, 2015
Hillary brought her squad on stage. Now she’s just showing off. #DemDebate #NotReallyWatching #SquadGoals pic.twitter.com/tVDpXKHuMe
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 20, 2015
Because we all missed Jim Webb.
Jim Webb just wandered in with his head stuck in a pickle jar #DemDebate #NotReallyWatching pic.twitter.com/tpToAprgp2
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 20, 2015
Our pre-written tweets are bored. How about GIFs from #TheWiz instead? #DemDebate #NotReallyWatching pic.twitter.com/clmyaToKwR
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 20, 2015
That’s it. The debate’s over, and right on time! Way to go, Dems. Thanks for respecting our Saturday#DemDebate #NotReallyWatching
— The Daily Show (@TheDailyShow) December 20, 2015
That’s nice.
Is it really too much to ask that TPM make it clear in the headline that DS was doing parody?
This but no Star Wars review?