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Jon Stewart and 'The Daily Show': They're Just Not That Into Lame Female Comics

Meritocracies are brutal. You should know, since you yourself practiced a kind of meritocracy. As a child, you were bigger than the bug. Splat! Too bad for you, bug. How dare you exist. In the adult world, however, distinguishing between a true meritocracy and a prejudicial pattern of hiring is not so clear cut. In the last couple of weeks the Internet has been rippling with controversy over "The Daily Show's" lack of women -- "The Daily Show's Woman Problem," by Irin Carmon on jezebel.com, "Outrage World: How Feminist Blogs Like Jezebel Gin Up Page Views by Exploiting Women's Worst ...

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