Weekly Standard: In Search of Gag, 'Daily Show' Tortures Camel in Wintry Wisconsin

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That’s not very pretty. Any word from the ASPCA?

Maybe next week, Jon Stewart can melt a penguin in the Sahara for big chuckles.

Weekly Standard:

Who knew that an animal indigenous to the Middle East couldn’t walk on snow and ice in the Midwest? Local firefighters eventually rescued the camel. The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports that the Daily Show didn’t use any footage of the camel in its Tuesday night broadcast.

Update: If I’m not mistaken, it appears that Daily Show correspondent John Oliver walks in front of the camera at one point and urges the man shooting the video to turn it off. Censorship!

Full story here.

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