Jon Stewart Slams MSNBC's Coverage of Walker Recall Election: 'MSNB-Sad'
How bad was MSNBC's coverage of Republican Governor Scott Walker winning his recall election in Wisconsin Tuesday?
Well, the Daily Show's Jon Stewart on Wednesday renamed the network "MSNB-Sad" saying that it "passed through all the stages of grief last night" (video follows with transcript and commentary, serious vulgarity warning):
JON STEWART, HOST: If Fox was high, MSNBC must be MSNB-Sad.
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ED SCHULTZ, MSNBC: To say that I'm shocked and stunned is pretty much an understatement.
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STEWART: “Shocked and stunned is an understatement. No, it feels tonight more like my heart was f—ked by the devil.
(Laughter) No, wait, that's an overstatement. Tonight I feel somewhere between shocked, stunned and devil heart f--ked. (Laughter) This is Ed Schultz.”
Indeed, MSNBC passed through all the stages of grief last night. Stage one, denial.
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SCHULTZ: You know, NBC is calling it for Walker. Okay, I think it's awful close and there's a lot of absentee ballots yet that are still out.
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STEWART: Yeah, no. (Laughter) Stage two, denial.
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JOHN NICHOLS, NATION MAGAZINE: This will not be a massive win for Scott Walker.
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STEWART: Yeah. (Laughter) Finally, stage three, just really massive amounts of industrial-grade denial.
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LAWRENCE O’DONNELL, MSNBC: Tonight, the really big winner of the Wisconsin recall election is President Obama.
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(Laughter)
STEWART: Yep, just like Obama drew it up on the chalk board. “Hey, guys, I got an idea. What if we could figure out a way to have the core of what we believe soundly rejected by voters in a swing state just five months before the national election? It might just be the boost we need.”
Actually, in this instance, there were four stages of grief with the last one being not understanding that if the exit polls were wrong in predicting who won the recall, they would likewise be off in how Wisconsinites view the upcoming presidential election.
Unfortunately, MSNBC anchors and commentators despite the obvious flaws in Tuesday's exit polls continued to cite them to claim President Obama has a seven point lead over Mitt Romney in Wisconsin.
Maybe Stewart will spoof that hysterical stupidity Thursday.
Stay tuned.
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Wow...Kudos to Stewart.
Submitted by c5then on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:00am.
Granted he's just making fun of the extreme leftist baffoons at MSNBC, but still...it's a step in the right direction.
Oooo look at me, I made a pun..
I'm sure he'll get flack for that.
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MSNBC is an easy target for Stewart
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 3:05pm.
The line-up of hosts is rivaled only by the Cartoon Network, and watching the likes of Special Ed Schultz go through his spectrum of emotional outbursts from rally cries to tirades of anger to pangs of angst, makes for good laughs on The Daily Show.
It is hilarious that MSNBC sunk so much effort and emotion into this doomed recall that they kept denying the reality. Stewart did a good job on this one.
for once
Submitted by walkingdead1212 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:19am.
look this is proof that you can make fun of the left and be funny. if they did this more I would watch... I bet a lot more of us would watch his show. he's a funny guy but I get tired of the 90% republican beat up his show does.
Just goes to show...
Submitted by lesterwink23 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:19am.
How truly pathetic the entire network has become. It becomes more like a really bad (or good?) SNL skit with every passing day. Folks at Comcast, are you proud to have your brand attached to this embarrassment?
On Rush's show yesterday.....
Submitted by almostacowboy on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:19am.
A lady caller said that no union member would tell the truth to exit pollsters by saying they voted against orders (that they voted for Walker and will vote against Obamugabe in the fall).
Exactly
Submitted by Blonde on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:12am.
They really didn't want to get kneecapped by angry "poll workers" and other riff-raff bussed in by the union thugs for telling the truth. Much easier to lie.
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Honestly
Submitted by Ars21689 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:34am.
If I ever get asked exit questions, I would lie my butt off just to screw with people.
Back in the days when I had a
Submitted by killa37 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 1:07pm.
Back in the days when I had a land-line phone, I got polled one evening. The 'questions' were set up to try and receive a particular answer, as far as I could tell, so everytime the guy asked me a question, and then gave me the choice of 'answers', I told him that I didn't even agree with the premise of the question, so the purported 'answers' weren't applicable. Plus, I asked him a few questions of my own, just to try and get more information on the subject matter that he was pursuing. Well, after a few minutes, the guy just hung up on me!!!
They probably crossed my number off their list too.
That technique is called "push polling"
Submitted by Galvanic on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 5:13pm.
And when I've asked questions like you asked the pollster, I've gotten similar reactions -- they hang up.
When carpetbagger Terry McAuliffe was trying to win the Democratic gubernatorial primary in Virginia a few years ago, I actually stumped the pollster from his campaign. When they talked about corruption and economic injustice, I asked him if he knew of McAuliffe's get-rich-quick dealing in Global Crossing before that enterprise went bankrupt, ruining thousand of investors. He hadn't, and was curious to know where I got the info. I told him to google it, and he said thanks before he hung up.
Honest and darn funny~
Submitted by GG_NB on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:28am.
Good combo.
"If not us, who? If not now, when?"
~Ronald Reagan
Occasionally Stewart has
Submitted by Free Stinker on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:30am.
Occasionally Stewart has these fits of honesty. The last I recall was his mocking of the MSM for how they covered the Palin E-Mail Dump.
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maybe there is hope for jon stewart
Submitted by Kuso Jiji on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 9:58am.
if he made fun of the left at least half the time, i'd actually watch his show.
As much as I hate Stewart's liberal leanings,
Submitted by johnsonl on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 10:01am.
he does call out the idiots on both sides and he is a damn funny guy. I still won't watch his show.
Stewart, Schultz and Nichols
Submitted by NVRAT on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 10:07am.
Sounded like three Pychos mentally masturbating each other. I know that is a disgusting comment but, then again you also read this article.
i disagree
Submitted by dostrow57 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 10:11am.
never watch the show
they always show clips on the cable channels
most of his schtick is geared towards idiotic 20 something yr olds
but odonnell (with the sh*t eatin grin) and seargent schultz are pretty funny guys
Please be kind.
Submitted by Deceptitech on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 10:26am.
While I agree with your sentiment, may I make a simple request?
Please do not call that brain dead twit Ed "Sgt Schultz". That is a severe insult to the late John Banner, who played a great role. Besides, I am certain many in uniform would not want to ever hear of this buffoon as any military rank.
That being said.
Of course Ed, Larry, Rachel, and Thrills(calling the douche "tingles" only makes him more powerful) are not just schilling for the Chicago Jesus, they are sacrificing their values, integrity, and their credibility in hope when they die, the great one will bless them for their sacrifice.
Exactly right, Deceptitech
Submitted by metaphorsbwithu on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 1:31pm.
And if I remember correctly, Sgt. Schultz was supposed to be an ex-toymaker who had been reluctantly drafted into the German army and was just intent on doing his duty, not making waves, while longing to return to some semblence of a normal life.
Personally, I find the whole situation hysterical!
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 10:36am.
First, union thugs force an expensive recall based solely on the beating Walker has given them since he won election. Then, the dems in the state senate flash their a$$es as they (literally) ran away from the vote on collective bargaining, and then actually HID out in other states, clearly demonstrating to the entire country what pu$$ies they truly are. Then, the unions and dems are caught time and again lying, cheating, importing cronies from surrounding states, and trying to bully the recall through. Special Ed ran twice-daily diatribes on how heinous Walker is - to no avail. Union membership has dropped well over 50%. Walker flat-out tromps them, winning, against the same opponent, by a bigger margin than his actual election. Obama refused to support the candidate and the union thugs.
Now watching the mincing little tap dance of the left trying to spin this into anything other than what is really was - a clear signal that their days are numbered, and people are no longer buying their line of bull$hit. They are running scared, with their panties in a bunch and their hankies already stomped. Thoroughly enjoyable.
The only down-side is that this means the gloves are off and this will be an anything-goes presidential election. Expect heinous denunciations of Romney (and, by association the whole Repub party), spin, twisted story lines, outright lies, voter intimidation, and rampant voter fraud from the dems. Both they and the unions stand to lose jobs and power if they don't win reelection. They will stop at nothing to keep that from happening.
Scott Walker saw the chance to end the cycle
Submitted by johnsonl on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 10:49am.
of unions funding the democratic party through forced donations. He took it and won not once, but twice. The people of this country are sick of unions and their chicanery. The liberals and unions are terrified because their reign of terror is over, nationwide. This is only the beginning.
Yep,
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:04am.
You got that right!
"The times they are a changin'..."
Submitted by American.Patriot on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 10:46am.
Hate to use a Dylan quote since he is an extreme libturd, but this situation gives the people who truly love this Country and opportunity to rise up and take it back.
Thank God!
unions Suck
Submitted by dostrow57 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 10:57am.
Those greedy union people from the rank & file right up to the Scumbag in chief make my blood boil
They remind me of Henry Hill in the Movie Goodfellows
" oh, you lost your job?" F**K you, PAY ME
They want what they want and F**k everyone else
and it blows me away that the state actually takes union dues right out of their paychecks
Who the hell approved that!?
Who the hell approved that!?
Submitted by Cappmann1962 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:43am.
Bought-and-paid-for democrat politicians. Who else?
Vaguely amusing.
Submitted by Morganfrost on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 10:45am.
Which is about as funny as Stewart ever gets. If he could be as funny as he is vulgar, he'd really have a great show.
Even when Stewart suggest something
Submitted by Boudin on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:08am.
That I can support, his past bs makes him about as funny as a train wreck. He is a creep to boot.
OUCH
Submitted by trahantg on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:16am.
That is a pretty stinging indictment coming from him.
Wow! Stuart took a page out
Submitted by NCfairandbalanced on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:29am.
Wow! Stuart took a page out of the old comedian's handbook...which is "doesn't matter the party affiliation...if it's funny, I'll say it".
Makes you wonder how many times someone like Letterman says "ouch, that's funny, but can't use it...will have to go with something less funny as not to hurt 'the MAN'!"
And he wonders why is ratings are down? Hey Dave, it's not JUST your ideology, but you don't say funny things all the time. Is there not funny stuff to choose from our side. Of COURSE there is! But BOTH sides! Use them both and get better ratings.
But nooooooo....
The main
Submitted by nolefan2 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:56am.
thing I have against unions is their forcing the employees to support whoever the union bigwigs are supporting. I am against forced taking of union dues and then giving money to one party (the Dems, of course). I will bet my life not every single, solitary, union worker is a Democrat.
The prism of comedy
Submitted by Forbin001 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 11:58am.
I appreciate that Stewart bashes both the left and right cable networks. The stuff they do sometimes is so bafflingly bizarre you just have to laugh at it.
The clowns at MSNBC though, whew. They take derangement and buffoonery to a whole new level. Keep it up Jon, its funny stuff :D
I see that Stewart uses Beck
Submitted by Calypso Jones on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 1:44pm.
as show prep.
come on writers
Submitted by davejavu on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 2:25pm.
You have the perfect narrative from Baghdad Ed to compare his speach to the famous Baghdad Bob rant about how the Americans are being chased in the desert....No units near the airport...all lies...the exit polls show it is very close.....etc.
Dj
Jon Stewart is very funny!!
Submitted by Vandamage2000 on Thu, 06/07/2012 - 5:14pm.
But only when he reinforces my political beliefs.
No Change in Stewart
Submitted by Hippopaulimus on Fri, 06/08/2012 - 2:23am.
Stewart is merely distancing himself from this obvious debacle.
He's not trying to be fair or spoof both sides. He was rooting for the recall.
He only picks on the left when something has already proven to be publicly unpopular.
This way he can avoid any backlash to his show when things hit the fan, and he can claim to be a bi-partisan heckler.
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