Thursday, November 14: Irony, Satire and Parody.
Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
Robot Chicken Star Wars
Robert Thicke, “Blurred Lines,” unrated versiondirected by Diane Martel
Law Revue Girls' Defined Lines
Thursday, November 7: Flaming and Trolling - The "Uncivilized" Arguments
Aziz Ansari on trolling
Internet Bridge Troll from "College Humor"
Thursday, October 31: Visual Arguments
Ad for gun control - visual arguments.
Pitch Interactive, a Berkeley-based data visualization unit, has created a graphic tracking every drone strike the United States has carried out in Pakistan since 2004.
Thursday, October 17th:
Jeremy Irons Discusses Gay Marriage [ORIGINAL] | HPL
(Read as an addition "Jeremy Irons backtracks on gay marriage comments"
The Weakest Link - A Few Glitches
Thursday, October 17th
Herding Cats
Jon challenges his staff to find someone on Megyn Kelly's show making a Nazi comparison before he finishes a home perm kit. (08:29)
The Daily Show's take on the Obama - Hitler Comparison
"You'd have to be a madman not to see that Barack Obama is incredibly similar to Hitler."
Unforgettable Moments in Political Debates
Monty Python's famous sketch "Argument Clinic."
Thursday, October 3rd
What happens when the unintended audience hears your arguments.
Stan gets his own show and tries to prove to the audience that it is not real. However, his attempts just make them believe in it more. South Park
Jimmy Kimmel Live - Six of One - Obamacare vs. The Affordable Care Act
Thursday, September 26
Published on Jun 27, 2012): Jesse Jackson, KRS-One, Q-Tip, Estelle, Questlove, P. J. O'Rourke, Jaron Lanier, and 14 other rappers, poets, academics and pundits came together in London on 26 June to debate the motion, 'Hip-Hop on Trial: Hip-Hop Doesn't Enhance Society, It Degrades it', chaired by the BBC's Emily Maitlis, and moderated online by Jemima Khan. Presented by Intelligence Squared and Google+, it was the third in their new joint debate series, Versus. The first ever global debate on hip-hop saw fierce arguments put forward by speakers who were live on stage, and also beamed into the event via Google+ Hangouts, a live multi-person platform.
Supreme Court Weighs First Amendment Limits in Military Funeral Protest Case
(competing systems of values clash in supreme court case)
Beck vs. O'Reilly on Westboro Baptist Church Freedom of Speech Case
Thursday, September 19th
Stephen Colbert at the 2006 White House Correspondents' Association Dinner
Allegations surface that the NSA spied on the Vatican, and Representative Mike Rogers defends the agency via circular logic. (06:10)
Colbert Super PAC - Trevor Potter & Stephen's Shell Corporation
Trevor Potter helps Stephen create his own shell corporation so that he can obtain secret donations for his Super PAC. (04:43)
Trevor Potter and Jon Stewart give new life to the Colbert Super PAC, and Stephen makes a major announcement. (07:36)
Stephen learns how to give Colbert Super PAC money to himself and thereby hide it forever from all eyes and use it in a way that he wishes. (04:54)
Robot Chicken Star Wars
Robert Thicke, “Blurred Lines,” unrated versiondirected by Diane Martel
Law Revue Girls' Defined Lines
Thursday, November 7: Flaming and Trolling - The "Uncivilized" Arguments
Aziz Ansari on trolling
Thursday, October 31: Visual Arguments
Thursday, October 17th:
Jeremy Irons Discusses Gay Marriage [ORIGINAL] | HPL
(Read as an addition "Jeremy Irons backtracks on gay marriage comments"
John Oliver logs into HealthCare.gov and gets sucked into a Tron-like cyber-bureaucratic nightmare. (02:28)
Neil deGrasse Tyson and former GM exec Lutz on climate change
Thursday, October 17th
Herding Cats
House Republicans take a stand against Obamacare and personal responsibility. (03:20)
24-Hour Nazi Party People
Jon challenges his staff to find someone on Megyn Kelly's show making a Nazi comparison before he finishes a home perm kit. (08:29)
Bill O'Reilly Defends His Nazi Analogies
Bill O'Reilly explains that he had a good reason for comparing Arianna Huffington to Nazis. (06:47)
Bill O'Reilly explains that he had a good reason for comparing Arianna Huffington to Nazis. (06:47)
The Daily Show's take on the Obama - Hitler Comparison
"You'd have to be a madman not to see that Barack Obama is incredibly similar to Hitler."
Unforgettable Moments in Political Debates
Thursday, October 10th
Monty Python's famous sketch "Argument Clinic."
Thursday, October 3rd
What happens when the unintended audience hears your arguments.
Stan gets his own show and tries to prove to the audience that it is not real. However, his attempts just make them believe in it more. South Park
Jimmy Kimmel Live - Six of One - Obamacare vs. The Affordable Care Act
Thursday, September 26
Published on Jun 27, 2012): Jesse Jackson, KRS-One, Q-Tip, Estelle, Questlove, P. J. O'Rourke, Jaron Lanier, and 14 other rappers, poets, academics and pundits came together in London on 26 June to debate the motion, 'Hip-Hop on Trial: Hip-Hop Doesn't Enhance Society, It Degrades it', chaired by the BBC's Emily Maitlis, and moderated online by Jemima Khan. Presented by Intelligence Squared and Google+, it was the third in their new joint debate series, Versus. The first ever global debate on hip-hop saw fierce arguments put forward by speakers who were live on stage, and also beamed into the event via Google+ Hangouts, a live multi-person platform.
'Zealot' author Reza Aslan responds to critics: Reza Aslan, author of 'Zealot: The Life and Times of Jesus of Nazareth,' says he wrote the book as a historian, not as a Muslim
(fact claims, value claims, and arguing about value systems)
Supreme Court Weighs First Amendment Limits in Military Funeral Protest Case
(competing systems of values clash in supreme court case)
Beck vs. O'Reilly on Westboro Baptist Church Freedom of Speech Case
Thursday, September 19th
O'Reilly vs Stewart Debate 2012 (part 1)
Thursday, September 12th
Evaluating Sources: Large Hadron Collider
John Oliver visits the doomsday machine threatening to destroy our planet. (05:58)
The Wonderful World of Statistics: The Daily Show - Poll Bearers
Poll Bearers: Cable news polls might not reflect public opinion so much as the ability of viewers to repeat the ideas they just heard. (05:30)
Check your sources: Kim Jong-Un The Onion's Sexiest Man Alive For 2012
The official Chinese People's Daily English language website took The Onion's "Sexiest Man Alive" report adding a 55-photo slideshow of Kim.
Oxford Union: Occupy Wall Street Debate
Thursday, September 5th
To start us off, let's watch this short clip from the infamous cartoon series South Park about Cartman's strategy for winning every school debate (follow the link posted below the picture.)
WSJ Journalist Steve Moore debates the return on scientific investment on Bill Mahr.
"A new study finds that even how you solve a difficult math problem can depend on your politics."
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