Nothing fake about 'Daily Show' in Iraq

August 18, 2007 Fake-news program "The Daily Show With Jon Stewart" is taking a page from serious news organizations next week with on-the-scene reports from the war zone in Iraq. Correspondent Rob Riggle, who has combat experience as a U.S. Marine Corps major, spent five days in Iraq last week with "Daily Show" writer Kevin Bleyer and field producer Glenn Clements. While it's true that the war in Iraq isn't funny, Clements and Riggle said they also heard from troops who watched the show while in Iraq; Riggle said several soldiers repeated lines from the Comedy Central show back to him.

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