How does the The Daily Show with Jon Stewart production team search for the archived TV clips they use so effectively to expose hypocrisy, prejudice and just darn funny moments of unguarded honesty?

Bryan's answer is accurate. Snapstream is used, but it's really just a lot of transcribing by interns. DVRs run constantly, and interns sit and watch a whole lot of recorded footage, transcribing it word for word. It's then easily searchable.

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