Stewart annihilates Fox News' purported opinion-news division: "It's a perpetual revulsion machine"
October 29, 2009 11:50 pm ET
From the October 29 edition of Comedy Central's The Daily Show:
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It's true. He says so himself. I have the video to prove it.
It sure is funny how Jon Stewart's fake news program always seems to expose hwere the real fake news is at.
I wonder if they buy their medications from Prescott Pharmaceuticals?
Stewart just destroyed em'.
For the first time in my Adult life time i'm really proud of my Country because it seems like "Hate" is finally making a Comeback?
They hire Glenn Beck & Mark Furman & they wonder why "Fox" is not considered as "News"
If News Corp. "A Racist Enterprise" would just look in the Mirror they could easily see the Clues?
Speak truth to power.
Mr. News
JS is awesome.
Jon outdid himself with this one.
I'm one of them!
Sigh.
MSNBC isn't nearly as biased as Fox News is obviously, but it does exist.
I'm assuming that Shepard Smith was spared humiliation in this segment because he's the only one considered to be a real journalist? I would agree with that.
First, MSNBC has exactly three shows at one hour each (Schultz, Olbermann and Maddow) that are liberal bias. That is three hours a day.
They also have three hours of the conservative Scarborough on every day. Isn't that pretty balanced. I would also say that much of the rest of MSNBC's coverage is pretty much right-of-center.
MSNBC also have a history of doing things that are not all that liberal. They cancelled the Donahue show after he came out too strongly against the Iraq war and they hired a lot or right wing commentators over the last few years.
Not sure the conservative talking point that MSNBC is also bias is true. It is a false equivalency. And you cannot even compare MSNBC to FOX. I would love to see three hours of a liberal show on FOX every single morning, just like MSNBC does with Scarborough.
Stage 1 - FoxNews announce a 'made-up' urgent News Story some where during their 9:00am to 4:00pm "News" slots.
Stage 2 - FoxNews "repeats" their 'made-up' urgent News Story during the remaining hours, moving next to their "opinionated" Shows during the hours of 4:00pm to 6:00 pm and again at 8:00pm to 10:00pm.
Stage 3 - FoxNews "migrate" their 'made-up' urgent News Story from their own Cable Network into their Radio Airwaves soon thereafter.
Stage 4 - FoxNews "succeess" happens when the rest of MSM report FoxNews' 'made-up' urgent News Story as real news in America.
Now, MSNBC can't even come close to what FoxNews does here so there is absolutely "NO" similarities what so ever, LOL. Uh, oh. LOL.
This would not be happening if:
1) the administration had not fired the first shots.
2) if Fox had ceased and desisted after the warning from Obama.
3) allegations were not true.
I can't wait to see what Matt Lauer is wearing as a Halloween costume. "And who might you be...."
Barack Hussein Obama MMMM....MMMM....MMMMM pathetic.
Sounds like a commercial???
No, sounds like sour grapes.
Or did you not even vote last election?
"Sounds like a commercial???"
Just because what is said on Fox agrees with your distorted view of truth doesn't mean they get it "right," it just means that you agree.
Careful, your immaturity is showing.
Faux Noise is Sludge's enabler in the codependent relationship. Sheer "Am I An Idiot?" InSannity and Boss BlunderRush read Sludge and get their agenda.
And - one more time - the lockstep of the Faux Noise gasbags is just amazing. Notice how "indoctrination" became the word they all used. "Embolden" was another a while ago. "Undermining the President" one more catch phrase that was repeated to death.
I do give these fools credit for being able to follow orders.
It's the Battle Of The Clowns... or is that the meltdown of the Republican Party?
I have a few Obama SNL skits i'd like you to see.
Why don't you actually address what points you take issue with in the video? You know, make an argument. That might be more effective than mere snark.
One of the things I've been thinking but haven't seen anyone say, and Stewart addresses this as well, is that the WH didn't really say anything all that shocking. They said Fox is biased and they don't think Fox does fair coverage. Why is this surprising, and why is this news? The WH doesn't like Fox, a network that has people on 24 hous a day calling everyone at the WH socialists, communists, marxists, fascists, and god knows what else. I mean, duh...of course the WH isn't gonna like Fox. But why is that a big deal? It's not like they said they were giong to try and get Fox shut down or that they would never do an interview with Fox ever again. Like I said, i don't see why this is a surprise to people.
Bush didn't like the NY Times, and never in his 8 years did an interview with them. But again, duh. Of course GW didn't care for the NY Times...who would assume any different?
If anything, Fox was ecstatic when they heard the WH's statements, because they knew they could use it to play the victim and talk about it non-stop, fuel the drama, and hopefully get some ratings out of it. That's all they really care about.
But thank goodness for The Daily Show and Colbert Report. Its sad that a couple of comedians (and I would include Pete Dominick with them) are a better source of news and rationality than the so-called "24 hour news networks." I wouldn't shed a tear if Fox, CNN and MSNBC all disappeared. If Stewart and Colbert left, that would be a real tragedy.
Ok, then what would be your serious points to refute the comedians points? Do you even have any? I would enjoy seeing them. I'm sure we all would.
And at least that "comedian" isn't a clown spewing hate, ignorance and misinformation, a la Beck and Hannity.
1. Rush, I mean Jon, is simply an entertainer. You don't have to get upset with what he says. Although I will refer to what he says time and time again to "prove" his, I mean my points.
2. An imaginary company (was paid by Jon) to prove that 1,000% of everything he says is always, always, always true! I can provide no link or documentation to support this statement, so you'll just have to trust me on this.
3. Gosh. Here's an idea. If you don't like what Rush, oops - I mean Jon, says just don't listen to him. I mean, nobody's putting a gun to your head!
4. Oh, I see. You only believe in the First Amendment when it doesn't contradict your hate-filled, communistic point of view.
5. TSK, how typical! Since there are no merits in your own arguments, you seek to silence the only voice of truth that somehow seeps past the fascists in he STATE RUN MEDIA.
6. STOP THE JON STEWART WITCH HUNT!!!!!!
How'd I do? Did I miss any?
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends on his not understanding it." - Upton Sinclair
The MSM consists of millionaires who are paid by billionaires. You want the 'liberal-biased' version of why we had to invade Iraq, or will have to bomb Iran? Go to the Washington Post.
Or you can go to the Wall Street Journal or FAUX for the exact same thing.
Freedom from Choice!
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When Fox tried to make a distinction between news and opinion, Valerie Jarrett, in her interview on CNN, let the point escape her. When asked if MSNBC was biased she equivocated instead of saying yes, they are, but they don't employ the endless loop of serving the opinion with the news and vice versa.
The White House took a good step in challenging Fox but could have used Jon's writers to bolster their point.
Stewart really is good.