Topic: Media Research Center
The Media Research Center's Alex Christy complained in a March 17 post:
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show claims to be a comedy show, but temp host Kal Penn and husband of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, Chasten Buttigieg, turned it into the joke police on Thursday while condemning a recent joke told by former Vice President Mike Pence at Pete’s expense.
Penn set the table by reporting, “At the Gridiron Dinner in Washington, D.C., that’s a dinner where politicians are known to make humorous speeches—”
After Buttigieg interrupted to add “they try,” Penn continued “They try, yes. Vice President Mike Pence made a joke about your husband taking paternity leave and he referred to it as ‘maternity leave’ and when I saw that, my biggest reaction was, really? You're just going to recycle a 1998 joke that’s, like, been around forever, but what was your reaction?”
If Penn found the joke boring, that would be one thing, but Buttigieg insisted it was much worse, “I mean, I think ‘joke’ is being generous.”
The real joke here is that Christy's main job at the MRC is to be a joke policeman, heaping disdain on late-night comedy shows that make too much fun of right-wingers like him. Here's a sample of what he has written since the beginning of this year, with a particular focus on Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers (with a little Jimmy Kimmel for good measure):
- Colbert Uses Speaker Battle To Suggest Reagan Is In Hell
- Colbert Says Speaker Fight Is Proof God Exists, Wallace Praises Pelosi
- 'It's Their Damn Hormones,' Colbert Alleges Sexism Amid Speaker Fight (we've already called out Christy's failure to understand this joke)
- Meyers Targets Tucker as Late Night Reacts to Biden Document Scandal
- On Policing, Colbert Asks When GOP Will 'Start Being Evil'
- 'Stay in Your Lane!' Late Night Hosts Downplay DOE's Lab Leak Conclusion
- Comedy Shows Accuse 'Fascist' DeSantis Of Banning History
- Colbert Labels Alito A 'Turd,' Compares Roe's Demise To Iran, The Taliban
- Colbert Labels GOP Bad Christians For Budget Priorities
- Confused by Doors, Colbert Cries 'Bullcrap' on School Security Ideas
- Colbert Suggests Thomas Friend is a Nazi, Calls Tennessee GOP Racist
- Meyers Targets Tucker as Late Night Reacts to Biden Document Scandal
- Meyers: GOP Criticizing Biden In 'The Dumbest Way Possible' On Scandal
- Kimmel Praises Garland, Tells Gay Sex Joke About Barr Amid Doc Scandal
- Late Night, Daily Show Decry 'Orwellian' GOP Education Laws
- Meyers Rants Against 'F***** Up' GOP 'Cancel Culture' on Education, Omar
- Meyers Claims Nobody 'Gives A ****' About Twitter-Hunter Hearing
- Meyers Dismisses Wokeism As 'A Collection Of Petty Grievances'
- Meyers, Penn Condemn 'Incredibly Stupid' GOP Opposition to Wokeness
Christy has determined that any joke that doesn't align with his right-wing ideology is not funny and, must therefore be condemned. Seems like he needs to step away and spend some time taking classes at joke police academy if he wants to keep his certification.
