"Good Morning America" news anchor Chris Cuomo launched an unlikely attack on liberal comedian Jon Stewart during Thursday's show. After discussing possible media bias against John McCain, and playing a clip of the "Daily Show" host mocking the senator, Cuomo warned, "I'll offer you the other side. You gotta be careful of friends like these with Stewart. Clearly a lefty. Clearly pro-Obama."
Referring, presumably, to McCain's nearly even status in many polls, Cuomo continued, "A lot of this country may not feel the same way. May be a little bit of a reflection. You know? Kind of trying to come to McCain's aide 'cause everyone else seems to be for the other guy." Co-host Diane Sawyer concurred, noting the tightness of the race. She also casually admitted to the media's obsession with Obama: "...They keep pointing out in the McCain camp that he's taken three foreign trips in the past four months and not one network anchor joined him and all three show up for Obama." Of course, the GMA anchor didn't continue that thought any further, examine the significance of her admission or even Cuomo's comment that "everyone else seems to be for the other guy."
Cuomo's chiding of Stewart for being both a "lefty" and too "pro-Obama" is odd, given his own reporting and background. In addition to being the son of New York's former Democratic governor Mario Cuomo, he's the brother of the state's current Democratic attorney general. On "Good Morning America," Cuomo often promotes a liberal agenda. Such as when he famously went after conservative Congressman Tom Tancredo for using "scary" words and "driving anti-immigrant sentiment," in regards to the representative's border security crusade.
On a related topic, MSNBC host Joe Scarborough also attacked "The Daily Show" last week. Scarborough, in a much tougher tone than Cuomo, savaged Stewart and his comedy writers: "I never want to hear anybody from 'The Daily Show' or any of these other shows ever saying again, 'We speak truth to power.' 'Cause you know what they do? They speak truth to Republicans."
A transcript of the July 24 segment, which aired at 7:49am, follows:
DIANE SAWYER: [Starts mid sentence.] --this morning. Those of us who cannot live without Jon Stewart. There, I've said it. Couldn't resist his take on the two campaigns, Obama and McCain. Right? Out there and the press coverage. Here is what he said about the press coverage of Obama.
["Daily Show" clip]
JON STEWART: But, let's move from darkness to light with our continuing coverage of one noble warrior's epic adventures. When we last left our hero he was in Jordan. Today, the president of Dreamerica visited the Holy Land. ["Video" of Obama fighting dragons.] (Laughs)That never gets old to me.
SAWYER: And what about McCain? Who, by the way, I think had two people covering him on a day when -- waiting on the tarmac when Obama had 200 over in the Middle East. Here's McCain.
["Daily Show" clip]
STEWART: So how will the journey of Barack and the Obamanauts to the Holy Land affect our nation's other presidential candidate? He's on a quest too, you know, you little jerks! [The song "All by Myself" plays to a "video" of a lonely McCain, looking old and crying at one point.]
ROBIN ROBERTS: He really cracks himself up sometimes with what he does.
SAWYER: No, but they keep pointing out in the McCain camp that he's taken three foreign trips in the past four months and not one network anchor joined him and all three show up for Obama.
CHRIS CUOMO: I'll offer you the other side. You gotta be careful of friends like these with Stewart. Clearly a lefty. Clearly pro-Obama. A lot of this country may not feel the same way. May be a little bit of a reflection. You know? Kind of trying to come to McCain's aide 'cause everyone else seems to be for the other guy.
SAWYER: Well, that's true. I mean, the public is still-- The polls are holding steady, whatever the coverage.
CUOMO: To be continued.
SAWYER: Yeah.
—Scott Whitlock is a news analyst for the Media Research Center.
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So says the pot.....
July 24, 2008 - 11:27 ET by ConservativeRexSo says the pot.....
Stewart is a Comedian
July 24, 2008 - 12:25 ET by ChuckM from PAStewart is a Comedian, not a serious objective news reporter. So I have no problem who Steward supports. When a real news reporter drops their objectivity, in favor of one candidate or another, then I have a problem with them.
you might be missing the
July 24, 2008 - 13:03 ET by athoughtor2you might be missing the irony....a news person, who is liberal, is calling another person in the media liberal....whether or not Stewart is a comedian or not it is pretty funny....so this statement insinuates that Stewart, liberal, might be biased even in his comedy...he doesn't make fun of obama as much as Bush and or McCain
Maybe Cuomo is a comedian too
July 24, 2008 - 13:50 ET by ChuckM from PAI got the point. Maybe Cuomo is a comedian too and not a serious news reporter, since he isn't objective either.
cool. it didn't read like
July 24, 2008 - 14:07 ET by athoughtor2cool. it didn't read like that at 1st. my apologies
Objectivity isn't an
July 24, 2008 - 14:03 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasObjectivity isn't an exclusive right of a news reporter Chuck. Stewart presents himself IN PART, as a Comedian. But he also uses his venue to attempt to PRESENT arguments concerning the news and the arguments are often NOT a vehicle for some punchline but simply to present political doctrine and dogma. Therein lies the difference between Stewart and one who is JUST a comedian.
Stewart is a hybrid, hence he warrants more scrutiny. He wants to take the LICENSE of a comedian and preach. He violates the trust of others by attempting to use that license for his furthering his political bias. He should at least be a bit more honest and admit he is no longer just a comedian but a social commentator and and someone who injects political analysis in an attempt to influence the demography that watches him.
Is he generally preaching to the choir? Sure but that isn't the point. The point is his misuse of a comic license when he engages repeatedly in political analysis and social commentary in a serious manner and then feign innocence as a comedian.
*I certainly don't contend with the belief that a reporter does have a higher bar and we rightly have a greater expectation of objectivity from a news reporter.
Next Please! If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal.
I know I feel violated when
July 24, 2008 - 14:04 ET by balboaI know I feel violated when I watch the Daily Show. Maybe someone will do something and get Stewart's comedic license revoked.
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Clowns
July 24, 2008 - 11:41 ET by cvgbuckeyeThese clowns in the MSM are blind and deaf but they ain't dense; not completely anyway. They are starting to get scared and if they aren't;;;they should be.
Over the last year and a half they have single-handedly dismantled 2 centuries of relative credibilty in a free press that hundreds of thousands of Americans fought and died for.
And for what, pray tell? To soothe some kind of sick white liberal guilt by selling their souls to get some guy elected to the most powerful position on the face of the earth;;; some guy with 143 days of experience and absolutely no business running for dog catcher; let alone The Leader of the Free World.
Why is the MSM becoming mortified? Because they are starting to realize that the American People know what they are up to and despite them selling their souls, it looks like Osama is gaining NO SIGNIFICANT GROUND. Even against a candidate like McCain, who has got to be the weakest candidate that the Republican Party has ever put forward in history.
If the MSM's man gets defeated, you will not be able to drive accross a bridge, anywhere in the country for at least a week since all these MSM will have all the lanes filled waiting to jump off.
I, for one, will volunteer to direct traffic on November 6, so that they won't be disturbed or deterred from their efforts.
GEEEERRRRONIMOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Even against a candidate
July 24, 2008 - 11:50 ET by NewsbusterbrownEven against a candidate like McCain, who has got to be the weakest candidate that the Republican Party has ever put forward in history.
He's certainly the weakest of 43 years on this planet. Dole and Ford were better, IMO.
“There are no easy answers' but there are simple answers. We must have the courage to do what we know is morally right.” - Ronald Reagan (1964 Republican Convention)
I was a bit astonished at
July 24, 2008 - 11:49 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasI was a bit astonished at this admission. He wasn't even subtle. I rarely catch anything in the morning and it just happened to be a casual use of the remote that about 15 seconds before he said that, I landed there because it was the tail end of them showing the video Stewart had shown on his show.
Cuomo might just have sense enough to now and then tell the truth. He obviously sees value in rightly identifying Stewart for what he is. Most likely, however, this is an Axis Media TACTIC.
Some of the Axis Media are waking up to the reality that the potential backlash for their bias could injure the Obamanation. So Cuomo/ABC is getting the jump on Stewart and outting him as an Obamanation toady.
Now it is true that the Axis Media are all sycophanting in one way or the other but if they divide up and pick easy targets like Stewart's cable comedy news show and other easy and more benign targets in their camp as the bad guys, the networks and other oM (old Media) parts of the Axis Media can play the part of the fair and neutral ones by being the ones outting the bad guys.
Next Please! If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal.
UHUH
July 24, 2008 - 12:03 ET by cvgbuckeyeGuy: I'm not so sure that they are that smart. They are all like 8th grade little boys and girls with their 1st major crush. They can't eat, sleep, sit and stand, they are soooooo consumed with their puppy love of Osama
Have you ever in your life seen such siliness. Some day (or year), these people are going to look back on this and be so embarrassed that they will not know what to do.
On second thought, naaaaaaaaaa, they ain't got that much of a conscience. Try to picture Olbermann as embarrassed. he's to ignorant!
Whether one is for or against Obama, it must be admitted
July 24, 2008 - 12:56 ET by Guy Arthur ThomasI've posted this observation before and think it is warranted again.
Whether one is for or against Obama, it must be admitted that there is an extreme naivety on his part. And while novices have a right to do the work necessary to become qualified as seasoned statesmen, Obama is demonstrating that even in minor matters his immaturity makes the most basic procedure perplexing and wrongly navigated.
What this means is that the demands of the Oval Office, when presenting far more serious and sophisticated issues to Obama, we can and should expect what one would see in a High School coach brought up to the Major Leagues, namely a person acting on a lot of wrong assumptions about issues far too demanding for his High School coaching experience.
Obama's assumptions about many things and his dogmatic declarations based in a gullible view of the world and the function of the President or Presidential candidates, will eventually be an embarrassment in mass if he succeeds with the *Axis Media.
Sometimes I get the impression that Obama is making a movie about someone running for President and not actually running. His behavior is grossly immodest, his responses evasive and contradictory and his popularity based in his rhetoric and people's imaginations about him. While Hollywood has celebrated the idea from time to time about someone "cool" entering the White House, that isn't how it works in reality. This poor fella is not only going to find himself empty handed if, again, he and the Axis Media succeed, but his rhetoric, when he falls flat on his face, will be the poison the Axis Media will force feed him back in anger and disappointment.
Next Please! If you claim to be a conservative, please don't disgrace yourself and conservatism by thinking and arguing like a liberal.
deflect deflect
July 24, 2008 - 11:52 ET by athoughtor2deflect deflect deflect......maybe they won't notice
What Next?
July 24, 2008 - 11:55 ET by Dr_LibertyEliott Spitzer's kid saying that Hugh Hefner prefers more liberalized sexual mores?
<insert witty signature here>
Some in the msm, gradually,
July 24, 2008 - 12:05 ET by bigtimerSome in the msm, gradually, are starting their CYA time....
"America isn't the problem...America is the solution." ~ Rush Limbaugh
Our Next President
July 24, 2008 - 12:43 ET by akhajawallDear American Citizens and the Press
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We need to consider the "critical qualities and characteristics" of our presumptive presidential nominees at the time we vote.
In my personal and professional opinion the critical considerations are as under:
1. Calm, cool, and collected " temper " [ Presidential Temperament ].
2. Sound and sustained "Judgment and Caliber".
3. "Thought-fullness and togetherness" of purpose and positions.
4. Minimum "ex-poser and exploitation" around "Washington and Washington insiders".
5. Renewed " Vigor and Vision " for our Greatgrand Nation.
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Stay informed, stay involved, and stay engaged. Do not allow some partisan media, pundits, pollsters, and perpetual political opinion makers effect your vote in the wrong direction.
Don't be effected and duped by "Psychological Terrorism" that is directed at common American people without their full consent and awareness.
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Yoo Hoo. Col.?
July 24, 2008 - 13:11 ET by KarmaI found your incoherent posts all over the net. Please translate into tangible thoughts or grab a broom and dustpan and start cleaning up your mess.
They use the Obama trick: Throw someone else under the bus.
July 24, 2008 - 14:27 ET by ApacheI think they see they are way down in objectivity points yet don't have the balls to call out one of their own in the industry so they throw John Stewart (a "comedian") under the bus and call themselves objective.
Damn Straight, Apache !
July 24, 2008 - 22:22 ET byDon't give an inch. Even if you don't know what a ruler is.
No question Cuomo and Sawyer colluded to make those statements they can't possibily agree with. After all, their members of the MSM liberal media for crying out loud. What a lame attempt to take the heat off themselves.