Stewart and Colbert Needle Brian Williams in Indecision 2012 Spot

Lighten up with Comedy Central's election coverage

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The Daily Show With Jon Stewart and The Colbert Report have proven to be reliable sources of political analysis and news nuggets, so they don't need to sling mud at competitors, right? Sure, but it's funnier when they do. For its own style of attack ad, Comedy Central has been running two spots that take aim at the ubiquitous and charming NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and the Internet as vastly inferior ways to gird for the upcoming presidential election.

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