In pregame show, Jon Stewart tackles 'deflategate,' Marshawn Lynch flap, John Hodgman

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Sunday is the Super Bowl, and Jon Stewart took Thursday night's Daily Show to tackle the twin controversies surrounding this year's match-up between the Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots. Stewart wasn't overly nonplussed about "Deflategate," or "Ballghazi," but he did mockingly wonder if those were "appropriate nicknames for something this serious." His alternative: "I'm gonna go with the Ballocaust."

Also, Stewart had one good question about who's to blame for New England's under-inflated footballs: "If it's not Belichick or Brady — and it's both — then how did only the Patriots' balls become deflated?" After a too-brief interlude with John Hodgman, Stewart turned to the NFL's forced media appearances of Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch.

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Peter has worked as a news and culture writer and editor at The Week since the site's launch in 2008. He covers politics, world affairs, religion and cultural currents. His journalism career began as a copy editor at a financial newswire and has included editorial positions at The New York Times Magazine, Facts on File, and Oregon State University.