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Klepper Claims Daily Show Is 'Not Partisan', Calls 'Balls and Strikes'

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Klepper Claims Daily Show Is 'Not Partisan', Calls 'Balls and Strikes' Comedy Central’s The Daily Show recently celebrated its 30th anniversary, and on Monday, Jordan Klepper and Ronny Chieng sat down on the show’s podcast to look back at the show’s history. At one point, Klepper proved that denial isn’t just a river in Egypt when he claimed the show is “not partisan,” that it just calls “balls and strikes,” and to “put pressure on the bullshit.” Chieng wondered if Klepper has noticed a shift from the shows early days to its current version, “But, like, when you watch the early versions of The Daily Show with Jon Stewart and, you know, maybe three or four seasons in, do you feel that it was as divisive as it feels now? 'Cause I always feel The Daily Show was always something that called balls and strikes, more or less, you know. And so, do you feel like that, you know, when you watched it as a college kid, did you feel like it was balls and strikes, or do you feel like it was on your t

First report: ‘Daily Show’ Stars Reveal How They Got Trump So Wrong — thedailybeast.com, 8d