Krauthammer to Jon Stewart: 'If Ted Cruz is the Leader of Conservatism

October 24th, 2013 11:03 AM
Syndicated columnist Charles Krauthammer told Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart Wednesday, “You are the official spokesman of liberals.” When the Daily Show host objected during the extended online version of their interview, Krauthammer marvelously countered, “If Ted Cruz is the leader of conservatism, you’re the leader of liberalism” (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Jon Stewart: 'When Did the President of the United States Turn Into Gi

October 22nd, 2013 6:25 PM
As NewsBusters has been reporting, late night comics have been tearing the White House apart for its disastrous rollout of ObamaCare. Comedy Central's Jon Stewart opened Monday's Daily Show with a blistering excoriation of Barack Obama's “'Glengarry Glenn Ross'” closer spiel" in the Rose Garden which included such howlers as, "When did the President of the United States turn into Gil from The…

Sebelius to Ignorant Jon Stewart: Obamacare Exchanges Provide the 'Fir

October 8th, 2013 11:54 PM
While a great deal of attention has deservedly been given to Kathleen Sebelius's refusal to directly answer comedian Jon Stewart's question about why Obamacare's individual mandate was not been deferred until 2015 like the employer mandate was, at least one of her other comments about the wonders of the government-controlled "marketplace" has been ignored, and shouldn't be. Her supposedly…

Sebelius Suggests Few People Actually Signed Up For ObamaCare

October 8th, 2013 5:40 PM
A lot of observers of Monday evening's discussion between Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart and Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius concluded that she refused to address – like the entire Obama administration at this point! – how many people have enrolled in ObamaCare. However, an analysis of the segment, along with the help of a Georgia reporter, indicates that…

Jon Stewart Tops Leno and Letterman as TV's Highest Paid Late Night Ta

August 23rd, 2013 7:20 PM
He only does four 30-minute shows per week and has far-lower ratings than his competitors, yet Jon Stewart is now the highest paid late night talk show host in America. According to TV Guide, the host of Comedy Central's Daily Show is now making $25-$30 million a year.

Daily Show: 'Matthews Doesn't Just Routinely Have Egg on His Face - He

August 13th, 2013 11:39 AM
As NewsBusters previously reported, MSNBC's Chris Matthews last Wednesday predicted Senator Rand Paul (R-Ky.) would be the Republican presidential nominee in 2016. On Monday, John Oliver while substitute-hosting Comedy Central's Daily Show marvelously illustrated Matthews' propensity to make horribly wrong predictions concluding, "Chris Matthews doesn't just routinely have egg on his face -…

‘Daily Show’ Scoffs at Idea of Pro-Gay Bullying

June 20th, 2013 9:01 AM
Those paranoid Christians. Always thinking someone is persecuting them. Pro-gay violence? Christians bullied for supporting traditional marriage? Puh-leeze. Just grow up already. That stuff never happens. Only gays get bullied. That was the sarcastic approach of comedian Samantha Bee in a fake reporting segment she filmed for “The Daily Show.” Interviewing (controversial) right-wing…

CNN's Fareed Zakaria: If Obama's Foreign Policy Is Isolationist, 'What

June 14th, 2013 4:52 PM
CNN anchor Fareed Zakaria appeared on the Daily Show, Thursday, to knock the idea that Barack Obama is an isolationist and hint about an "imperialist" U.S. government.  In a web only section of the interview, Zakaria argued, "We've moved into Asia more significantly. We're building a new military base in Australia. We spend more on our defenses than the next 20 countries put together, 15 of…

John 'I'd Shoot Tim Tebow' Oliver Begins His Summer Tenure Tonight

June 10th, 2013 5:31 PM
Jon Stewart is taking the summer off to film Rosewater, a story about the detention and torture of Iranian Canadian journalist Maziar Bahari, but “Senior British Correspondent” John Oliver has the helm until Labor Day.  While the Daily Show is known for it’s political satire, its hosts have been known to cross the line concerning their antipathy towards conservatives, specifically Oliver’s…

Comedy Central's Colbert Mocks Obama Scandals, Likens Them To Game Sho

May 22nd, 2013 2:10 PM
Comedy Central’s fake conservative Stephen Colbert is known for mocking conservatives by pretending to be an ignorant one. Colbert, who in real life is more liberal than his co-worker Jon Stewart, has decided to make a mockery of the plethora of scandals facing the Obama administration rather than address the seriousness of them as his colleague. On the May 20 edition of The Colbert Report on…

Ellen Page Slams FNC While Praising Canadian Health Care, Jokes 'We Ar

May 21st, 2013 2:45 PM
Appearing as a guest on Monday's The Daily Show on Comedy Central, Canadian actress Ellen Page criticized Fox News for negatively portraying Canadian health care as she defended her home country's national health care system. Page:

Comedy Central 'Daily Show' Creator: Oklahoma Tornado 'Ordered to Only

May 21st, 2013 1:00 AM
As NewsBusters reported, a deadly tornado stroke Oklahoma Monday. At approximately the same time it was bearing down to kill innocent people, Lizz Winstead, the co-creator of Comedy Central's Daily Show, commented on Twitter, "This tornado is in Oklahoma so clearly it has been ordered to only target conservatives":

Jon Stewart Slams Obama Claim He Learned About IRS Scandal 'Last Frida

May 15th, 2013 10:50 PM
It's easy to tell that President Obama is going through a scandal-ridden “tough time” since he's even under fire from Jon Stewart, host of “The Daily Show” on the Comedy Central cable channel, who said on Tuesday that the Democratic occupant of the White House “can't keep saying you found out about news at the same time as us!” The liberal comedian said he found it strange that the president…

Daily Show's Stewart Mocks Republican Politician's Stroke During Gay M

April 9th, 2013 11:12 AM
Comedy Central’s The Daily Show usually skewers Republicans and conservatives, but last night, regardless of where you stand on the underlying issue of same-sex marriage, the program went beyond the pale with a joke about Republican acceptance of same-sex marriage that involved Sen. Mark Kirk's (R-Ill.) stroke