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"THE DAILY SHOW WITH JON STEWART" ANNOUNCES WEEK-LONG COVERAGE FROM THE
2012 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION
TAPING
AT
DAVID A. STRAZ, JR. CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS IN TAMPA, FL
TUESDAY,
AUGUST
28-FRIDAY, AUGUST 31
Free
Tickets to "The Daily Show" Tapings in Tampa May Be Requested at
www.thedailyshow.com
NEW YORK, May 8, 2012 -- "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" continues
its legacy of on the road convention coverage by broadcasting a week of
shows during the Republican National Convention in Tampa. "The Daily
Show's" coverage of the 2012 RNC will be taped at the David A. Straz,
Jr. Center for the Performing Arts in Ferguson Hall and air nightly at
11:00 p.m. ET/PT from Tuesday, August 28 through Friday, August 31. The
show previously announced its coverage of the 2012 DNC which will be
taped at ImaginOn: The Joe & Joan Martin Center™ in Charlotte and
air nightly at 11:00 p.m. ET/PT from Tuesday, September 4 through
Friday, September 7.
"We are incredibly excited to spend a week in the beautiful city of
Tampa," said Rory Albanese, Executive Producer, 'The Daily Show with
Jon Stewart.' "We look forward to enjoying the beaches and the exciting
nightlife, plus we assume this counts as a visit to our grandparents."
The Straz Center is located at 1010 North W.C. MacInnes Place in Tampa.
Tickets for the tapings are free and will be available only through the
show's Web site, www.thedailyshow.com, not through the venue’s box
office.
The episodes airing during the 2012 RNC will feature news, analysis,
and guest interviews from host Jon Stewart as well as reports from the
convention floor at the Tampa Bay Times Forum from "The Daily Show"
News Team (Samantha Bee, Wyatt Cenac, Jason Jones, Al Madrigal, Aasif
Mandvi, John Oliver and Jessica Williams).
This marks the ninth time the series has taken its critically-acclaimed
and award-winning political coverage on the road, having previously
travelled to Philadelphia (2000 RNC), Los Angeles (2000 DNC), Boston
(2004 DNC), Denver (2008 DNC) and St. Paul (2008 RNC) to cover the
national party conventions, and to Washington, D.C. (2002, 2010) and
Columbus, OH (2006) for special, mid-term election coverage.
"The Daily Show" first earned its political stripes during the
now-infamous 2000 election, receiving an Emmy® Award and a
prestigious George Foster Peabody® Award for its year-long
"Indecision 2000" coverage of the race for the White House,
achievements repeated during the series' "Indecision 2004" election
reporting.
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Jon Stewart and Rory Albanese are the Executive Producers of "The Daily
Show with Jon Stewart" with Steve Bodow, Kahane Cooperman, Jennifer
Flanz and Adam Lowitt serving as Co-Executive Producers. Supervising
Producers are Pam DePace, Tim Greenberg, Hillary Kun and Stuart Miller.
Jill Katz is the Executive in Charge of Production. The series' Head
Writer is Tim Carvell and it is directed by Chuck O'Neil.
Opening in 1987, the Straz Center consists of five theaters, three
restaurants and the Patel Conservatory. The 335,000 square-foot
facility provides an environment for a wide variety of world-class
events. It boasts one of the nation’s leading Broadway series and is
nationally respected for presenting a wide variety of concerts,
performances and events and for its resident company Opera Tampa. For
more information about the David A. Straz, Jr. Center for the
Performing Arts, Opera Tampa, the Patel Conservatory and their upcoming
events, please visit www.strazcenter.org, www.operatampa.org and
www.patelconservatory.org.
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WASHINGTON, June
5,
2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Former Presidential
Candidate Gary Bauer congratulated Governor Scott
Walker for his win in Wisconsin's
recall
election,
calling
it
"another
sign
that
taxpayers
will
award
office
holders ready to do the hard work of reigning in out-of-control
government spending."
Bauer, the chairman of the Campaign for Working Families, made
the following statement:
"I congratulate Governor Scott Walker
for his hard-fought victory tonight, and most especially for having the
courage of his convictions to fight the good fight. But the victory in Wisconsin is not Scott
Walker's alone. It is a victory for the hard-working
taxpayers of Wisconsin,
who foot the bill year after year. It is a victory for common
sense
over powerful special interests. It is a victory that taxpayers
in
every state can celebrate. It is a victory, yes, even for some
union
members.
"Since
Gov. Walker's reforms were enacted, tens of thousands of state
employees have opted to keep more of the money they earn rather than
let the public employees union siphon off their hard-earned
dollars.
In other words, once given the choice, more than half of the public
employees union's members decided that they didn't need the
union.
These reforms will pay real dividends for the taxpayers of
Wisconsin.
They are the real winners tonight.
"The recall election is a sign of good things to come. The
power of the Big Labor bosses has finally been checked, not just in Wisconsin,
but also in scores of other states across the country. More
governors,
legislators and taxpayers will be inspired to stand up against the
liberal labor unions and do what is truly in the best interests of
their communities. Wisconsin's
10
Electoral College votes are now in play, and the anti-tax, small
government movement that swept the country in 2010 is about to sweep Barack Obama out of office in 154 days!"
Source: PR Newswire (http://s.tt/1drYR)