Comedy Central
Jon Stewart Responds to Chris Wallace By Calling Fox News Crybabies
June 28th, 2011 2:30 AM
In the past nine days, the comedian most revered by liberals as the nation's top political satirist has devolved into a gross, unintelligible caricature of himself.
So hell-bent on attacking Fox News has the "Daily Show" host become that on Monday he continued to put words in Chris Wallace's mouth while appearing completely oblivious to serious investigations going on in Congress (video…
Bill Kristol Ribs Chris Wallace for Asking Michele Bachmann if She's a
June 26th, 2011 8:52 PM
Fox News's Chris Wallace on Sunday actually asked Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann if she's a flake.
Possibly feeling the question was a bit over the top, the Weekly Standard's Bill Kristol during the panel discussion segment of "Fox News Sunday" ribbed the host saying, "You can call me a flake if you want" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Chris Wallace Strikes Back At Jon Stewart: Hannity and O'Reilly's View
June 26th, 2011 1:22 PM
Chris Wallace told Don Imus Thursday he intended to fully respond to the fallout from last week's interview with Jon Stewart.
True to his word, at the conclusion of the most recent "Fox News Sunday," Wallace struck back at Stewart's claim that Fox watchers are the most misinformed media viewers by demonstrating that folks who watch "Hannity" and "The O'Reilly Factor" were actually better…
Herman Cain: Jon Stewart Mocked Me Because I'm a Black Conservative
June 23rd, 2011 6:33 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, Jon Stewart earlier this month did a segment on "The Daily Show" wherein he impersonated Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain using an Amos and Andy voice.
While campaigning in Iowa Wednesday, Cain said of this incident, "He wants to mock me because I happen to be a black conservative" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Chris Wallace: Jon Stewart 'In Denial About Bias of His Program and Ma
June 23rd, 2011 4:33 PM
It's been four days since Chris Wallace and Jon Stewart squared off on "Fox News Sunday" and people still can't stop talking about it.
FBN's Don Imus brought it up with Wallace Thursday, and the FNS host said of Comedy Central's feature attraction, "I think he lives somewhat in denial about the bias of his program and of the, more importantly, of the mainstream media" (video follows with…
Politifact Shows Statistics Don’t Support Stewart, So He Turns To An
June 23rd, 2011 12:06 PM
Last night, Jon Stewart addressed the fact check of his claim that Fox News viewers are consistently the most misinformed about politics compared to the audiences of other news networks and shows– in “every poll,” he said. Though much of the conservative blogosphere went to town on that bunk claim right away, the backlash against Stewart found a rallying point in an article by the normally left…
Liberal Salon.com Writer to Jon Stewart: Drop Your 'Trite' 'Comedian F
June 22nd, 2011 11:30 AM
It's not just conservatives who are sick and tired of Jon Stewart hiding behind his "I'm a comedian" excuse when called out for his dead-serious liberal pontifications.
Even liberals like Salon.com's Will Bunch are tired of the "Daily Show" host's faux sanctimony, even as he cheers Stewart's liberalism and calls on the comedian to embrace it.
From a June 21 War Room blog post (emphases mine…
Jon Stewart 'Apologizes' For Calling Fox Viewers 'Misinformed' By List
June 22nd, 2011 1:45 AM
Real men know how to apologize for their mistakes, especially when made on national television.
Apparently we can't put Jon Stewart in this category, for after acknowledging that the fact-checking organization PolitiFact found his statement to Chris Wallace concerning "misinformed" Fox viewers false, he proceeded to childishly spend three minutes listing all the times PF determined FNC's…
Juan Williams: Hannity Would Have Been Fired For Doing Amos and Andy V
June 21st, 2011 8:55 PM
As NewsBusters previously reported, Jon Stewart earlier this month did a segment on "The Daily Show" wherein he impersonated Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain using an Amos and Andy voice.
On Tuesday's "Imus in the Morning," Fox News's Juan Williams said that if Sean Hannity had done that, "He'd be out there barking with the dogs after they threw him out" (video follows with…
Jon Stewart Falsely Claims Chris Wallace Said Fox Doesn't Tell Both Si
June 21st, 2011 12:26 PM
Jon Stewart on Monday cherry-picked thirteen seconds out of a 24 minute interview to accuse "Fox News Sunday" host Chris Wallace of claiming, "We don't tell both sides of the story."
Unfortunately, that's not what Wallace said Sunday (video follows with transcript and commentary):
New York Times Calls Ruth Bader Ginsburg A 'Moderate
June 21st, 2011 7:51 AM
On Fox News this weekend, Jon Stewart famously denied that the New York Times pushes a liberal agenda. Perhaps the man from Comedy Central sees the paper as "moderate." After all, the Times itself apparently doesn't believe there are any liberals on the Supreme Court. In an editorial today, the paper described Ruth Bader-Ginsburg and every other member of her wing of the Court, as "moderate…
Lawrence O'Donnell Bashes Chris Wallace's Ratings Despite Having Half
June 20th, 2011 11:31 PM
Monday appeared to be the day that MSNBC commentators bashed the ratings of Sunday political talk shows other than NBC's "Meet the Press."
After Chris Matthews ridiculed ABC's "This Week" despite it having more than three times his audience, Lawrence O'Donnell went after Chris Wallace and "Fox News Sunday" (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Jon Stewart Tells Chris Wallace Fox News Is Biased -- But Rest of Medi
June 19th, 2011 1:35 PM
After months of being asked, Jon Stewart finally appeared on "Fox News Sunday" this weekend.
The primary discussion point was bias in the media which the "Daily Show" host continually told Chris Wallace is far more prevalent on FNC than at all the other news organizations (video follows with transcript and commentary):
Jon Stewart Mocks CNN's Lazy Weinergate Coverage
June 2nd, 2011 7:30 PM
Comedian Jon Stewart took "the most trusted name in news" to task for the network's reluctance to investigate the Twitter controversy that has embroiled Rep. Anthony Weiner (D-N.Y.).
Although the Comedy Central host is a personal friend of Weiner, he lambasted CNN on the May 31 "Daily Show" for glossing over the issue while political blogs relentlessly pounded the pavement over the weekend to…