Activist Daily Show Airs Anti-Redskins Segment: 'Change the F***ing Name'

Scott Whitlock | September 29, 2014
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[For more, see NewsBusters.] Under threat of a lawsuit, the liberal  Daily Show altered a highly controversial ambush segment revolving around the Washington Redskins team name. A severely edited version of the story aired Thursday night, but still contained more overt editorializing and less comedy. Daily Show correspondent Jason Jones berated team owner Dan Snyder: "He who stands on the wrong side of history, change the f***ing name!"