At one point, Klepper proved that denial isn’t just a river in Egypt when he claimed the show is “not partisan,” that it just calls “balls and strikes,” and to “put pressure on the bullshit.” 'Cause I always feel The Daily Show was always something that called balls and strikes, more or less, you know. And so, I think balls and strikes is a great way of calling it.” Like when I think of it, now I think of like the Trump era that we are in. When The Daily Show goes after Democrats, it is usually because it views them as insufficiently left-wing.