Last night on "The Daily Show," Scott McClellan went two rounds with Jon Stewart to discuss his new book, What Happened, and, as always, was asked so
June 2, 2008

Last night on "The Daily Show," Scott McClellan went two rounds with Jon Stewart to discuss his new book, What Happened, and, as always, was asked some of the toughest, most pointed questions of his entire media tour. In the second segment, Jon hammered the former press secretary on the book's theme of media complicity.

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"The entire Presidency was a facade of public manipulation. Doesn't he say 'I know what's best for the country,' and your job is to help me sell that to the American people without them realizing what we're really doing? Isn't that the gist of how Washington works now?"

You can catch the entire first part here.

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