[benihana]

>his show follows one about muppets because he wants to make sure people don't mistake his comedy for general political activism.

That always bothered the shit out of me. He refused to accept responsibility for the influence of his message as he made fun of Fox News and right wing politicians for doing the same thing every night. He used the "I come on after puppets making crank phone calls" as an excuse to not have journalistic integrity. He was often accused of being one sided and basically a funny talking head for progressive politics and his answer was always "this is a comedy show. We should be mad at shows where people actually get their news"

[jgroszko]

Which is great, until people start getting most of their news from him...