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I have a hard time imagining how the CEO did't see this coming. He either must not be familiar with the show at all, or must have some serious cognitive dissonance going on.

Also, I think it is good to see Stewart and co. cash in on some of the ridiculousness of SV. I thoroughly enjoy video games on a limited basis, and gladly pay for the experience, but never quite understood how anyone could consider the freemium game model anything but a boderline scam.

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> I have a hard time imagining how the CEO did't see this coming. He either must not be familiar with the show at all, or must have some serious cognitive dissonance going on.

I think this applies to most interviewees on the Daily Show.

It's worth pointing out that The Daily Show has always employed a modest amount of creative editing during their interviews.

To my knowledge it's just to accentuate the comedic effect and not to the point of actually manufacturing any portion of the interview, but it's no coincidence their interviewees routinely come across like complete buffoons.

Stumbled across this. Sounds like the original pitch was that it was going to be a segment on the economy. It makes it slightly more understandable (how one can get duped into this), but unless you are an author or a Nobel prize winner getting interviewed live by JS, it would be wise to stay away from the show.

http://zenentrepreneur.blogspot.com/

Good find, and definitely worth a read! 4 hours is certainly ample time to slip up and make a mistake.

The live interviews seem to be a safe bet. It would reflect poorly on them if they routinely skewered their guests.

> creative editing

Brilliant.

Without a doubt they cut their interviews every way possible - but give it to them that at least they're honest about it and still refer to themselves as "fake news."

Especially because the target demographic is children (let's hope) for this game, I would not hesitate to call this freemium game-model a text-book scam.

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