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Jon Stewart Defends Marshawn Lynch, Clowns #DeflateGate Controversy on "The Daily Show"

Let Beast Mode live.

As he often does, Jon Stewart spoke truth to power last night, taking down the NFL in a quick-witted defense of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch.

Here's a few quotes, just to give you an idea of where Stewart's allegiances were aligned yesterday.

On the NFL's threat to fine Lynch $500,000 if he failed to show up for media day:

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As he often does, Jon Stewart spoke truth to power last night, taking down the NFL in a quick-witted defense of Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch.

Here's a few quotes, just to give you an idea of where Stewart's allegiances were aligned yesterday.

On the NFL's threat to fine Lynch $500,000 if he failed to show up for media day:

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"Are you fucking kidding me? That's 'my company poured dioxin into the river' money."

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On the NFL's threat to fine Lynch for promoting his personal brand by wearing his Beast Mode hat:

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"Classic NFL for being more worried about what's on top of a player's head than what's going on inside of it."

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Prior to his critique of the NFL's babysitting techniques, Stewart also weighed in on #DeflateGate, a controversy so ridiculously inflated by the media that Stewart had to bring in actor and author Jon Hodgman to dress up like a modern-day Paul Revere.

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[via SB Nation]

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