Flight MH370 probably crashed into the ocean as a result of tragic technical failure (when in doubt, think Occam’s razor), but that hasn’t stopped the media from speculating ad nauseam about terrorism, black holes, and sinister supernatural forces for the past couple of weeks. Leading the vanguard were the cable news networks (lookin’ at you, CNN), and Jon Stewart took them to task last night, sparing no-one from his eviscerating wit.

Will this change cable news’ coverage of future tragedies? Of course not! But at least there’s Jon to remind us all that, yes, Lost really is just a TV show.

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In the season premier of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown on CNN, the culinary connoisseur finally traveled to Jerusalem, but what made the episode even more noteworthy was when Bourdain disclosed his Jewish heritage, JTA reports. While putting on tefillin, Bourdain explained that one of his parents was Catholic and the other was Jewish.

“I’ve never been in a synagogue. I don’t believe in a higher power,” the celebrity chef said. “But that doesn’t make me any less Jewish, I don’t think.”

Not any less Jewish at all. He does love Brooklyn’s corned beef and pastrami— it all makes sense.

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Even though his words placed third in the past weekend’s comedy related news (behind the Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert rally, and Zach Galifianakis smoking a [fake] joint on his show), Bill Maher went on CNN to discuss his comments about the name Mohammed becoming the most popular name in England, and his fears that it could spell the end of Western Civilization.

Maher talked to Wolf Blitzer, and continued to defend his comments. According to Mediate, he told Blitzer:

“And when I say Westerner, I mean someone who believes in the values that Western people believe in that a lot of the Muslim world does not. Like separation of church and state. Like equality of the sexes. Like respect for minorities, free elections, free speech, freedom to gather. These things are not just different from cultures that don’t have them. … It’s better. … I would like to keep those values here.”

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