The closest thing we’ve got to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart has dived headlong into #kangkung-gate, and we’re all thankful for it.
That Effing Show’s 99th episode features an, uh, in-depth debate on the meme that’s still raging on in Malaysian cyberspace, fuelled further by allegations that the BBC news article on the little hashtag that could has been blocked on TMNet broadband services.
Hosted as always by Ezra Zaid, “#99: Let Them Eat Kangkung” plays fair with coverage on the kangkung affair, with talking heads from PerKaSa (Persatuan Kangkung SatuMalaysia), the MCA (Malaysian Choi-sam Association) and the “perennially side-dished” MIC (Machas Institute of Cucumber) all having their say. Good times.
