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The optics were terrible.
And before the ice-cream moment even happened, the entire taping was protested byJewish Voice for Peace.
Actress Hunter Schaferwas arrestedat 30 Rock for participating in the demonstration.
Multiple late-night shows ran segments on the ice-cream moment.
All of a sudden, late night is talking about Palestine.
Its a topic thats barely been mentionedsince October.Last Week Tonightdedicated an episode to the issue in November.
There have been questions while interviewing politicians, like when Bernie Sanders went on Seth Meyerslast month.
But now that Meyers is eating ice cream near the news, things are different.
Meyers also asked Biden about Gazaduring the taping you know, before the ice-cream run.
Biden declared himself a proud Zionist and discussed a potential Ramadan ceasefire.
That would come later than what he promised at ice-cream time.
Meyers discussed that time table in his A Closer Lick segment the following day.
Shouldnt we always be abiding by international law?
Meyers handled the deeply 21st-century experience of becoming news very well in this segment.
Clearly he has the power to speak his mind on Paramounts dime, and Im glad he used it.
