WASHINGTON (AP) — “The Daily Show with Jon Stewart” has aired a controversial segment pitting Washington Redskins fans against a group of American Indians who want the team to change its mascot.
Before airing the segment Thursday, Stewart told viewers that although the fans, all from Virginia, “didn’t enjoy the experience,” the program doesn’t broadcast pieces if a subject has been intentionally misled or their comments were intentionally misrepresented.
The segment got attention days before airing after one of the Redskins fans told The Washington Post that she left the confrontation in tears and felt so threatened she called police.
The segment shows very little of the confrontation and ended with a message to Redskins owner Dan Snyder that he’s on the wrong side of history and needs to change the name.
