/ By Bruce Ackerman

Daily Show's Scooty Libby Primer [VIDEO]

All you ever wanted to know about the Bush admin's apparent crime but were too tired to ask...

February 2, 2007 |

Jon Stewart gives the Scooter Libby trial the Daily Show treatment with "Senior White House Correspondent" John Oliver reporting on the sophistication of the mass protests surrounding the case.

I.e.: This thing is complex and the fact that it's as damning as it is and has gone as far as it has is remarkable.

The best part is the numbingly obvious but seldom broached question over how chummy the press oughtta be with the figures they cover.

Evan Derkacz is an AlterNet editor. He writes and edits PEEK, the blog of blogs.

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