Jon Stewart Wants You To Help Kick In $10 Billion To Buy CNN (VIDEO)

Jon Stewart launches the "Let's Buy CNN" Kickstarter campaign.
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If that “date-rapist of media barons” Rupert Murdoch has his way with Time Warner, as Jon Stewart put it, the communications company would have to sell off Fox News’ competitor CNN. And Stewart wants to be ready to pounce when the network comes up for sale at a cool $10 billion.

The comedian announced his “Let’s Buy CNN” Kickstarter campaign on Tuesday’s “The Daily Show,” asking viewers to pledge however much they want to help him raise the funds.

“This $10 billion, all-cash bid for CNN would secure control of a massive television network reaching over 100 million homes in the US alone, which we could then use to rebuild a news organization befitting this proud land,” the faux-Kickstarter’s website reads. “Or more likely we’d use it to make a lot more poop jokes. Either way, you get to watch!”

The rewards are pretty enticing, too: a $15,000 pledge buys “You in a Carol Costello 2 box with 5 minutes of freestyling,” while a $5 million pledge earns a “24 hour 2 week hunt for your lost car keys.”

Watch below, courtesy of Comedy Central:

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