The Daily Show Spent 10 Times More January Coverage Mocking Conservati

February 1st, 2014 11:01 AM
In the month of January, Comedy Central's Daily Show devoted over ten times more coverage to mocking Republicans or conservatives than to mocking Democrats or liberals. The Daily Show aired 11 full segments that targeted conservatives or Republicans. Only one segment mocked President Obama – from the left – over his speech on the NSA spying program. Four segments mocked both conservatives/…

Jon Stewart Laughs at Nancy Pelosi When She Pleads Ignorance on Failur

January 31st, 2014 12:47 AM
Comedian Jon Stewart grilled House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi over the failure of the ObamaCare website on Thursday night’s Daily Show, and got Pelosi to admit "I don’t know" why the company behind HealthCare.gov failed. Stewart asked, "in terms of like, we're going to set up a health care web site that is an exchange. People are going to come to it. Why is it so hard to get a company to…

Irony: Multi-Millionaire Jon Stewart Mocks Wealthy Businessmen Discuss

January 24th, 2014 5:49 PM
On Thursday's Daily Show, comedian Jon Stewart – who is worth an estimated $80 million – mocked the irony of wealthy business leaders discussing income inequality at the recent World Economic Forum. "Alright so a group of world's wealthiest people get together in a secluded mountain enclave to discuss concerns over income inequality. Hmm," Stewart remarked. Perhaps Stewart missed the irony…

Roland Martin: Megyn Kelly Telling Black and Hispanic Kids 'It's a Whi

December 17th, 2013 11:55 AM
As amazing as it might seem, the race-baiters and Fox-haters are still talking about Megyn Kelly's comments regarding Santa Claus. News One Now host Roland Martin, appearing on Monday's Tom Joyner Morning Show, said, "[I]t reinforces where for black kids and Hispanic kids, it's, ‘Look, accept that this is a white, white world and you don't matter’” (video follows with transcribed highlights…

Bill Cosby Tells Jon Stewart To Stop Cursing

November 20th, 2013 11:58 AM
A truly remarkable thing happened on Comedy Central’s Daily Show Tuesday. Comedy legend Bill Cosby told host Jon Stewart to stop cursing (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Stewart Edits Krauthammer Telling Him 'You Need My Book Because You Do

October 24th, 2013 11:40 AM
Charles Krauthammer made a comment to Jon Stewart Wednesday evening that the folks at the Daily Show for some reason edited out of the version aired on Comedy Central. Speaking about his new book "Things That Matter," Krauthammer told his host, "You need the book because you don’t watch enough Fox News" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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…

CNN: Journalism Students Get News From CBS, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, NYT and J

October 6th, 2013 7:22 PM
You want to know why most members of the press are liberal? Well, as CNN's Reliable Sources showed Sunday during an interview with a group of journalism students at the George Washington University School of Media and Public Affairs, these folks apart from Facebook and Twitter get their "news" from liberal sources such as the Associated Press, CBS, CNN, MSNBC, NBC, NPR, the New York Times,…

Jon Stewart Mocks MRC Study on Media's GOP Blame for Shutdown: It's Li

October 4th, 2013 10:11 PM
Jon Stewart “stooped” to publicizing a Media Research Center study last night on “The Daily Show.” Actually, he mocked an MRC study by Rich Noyes as adding a bucket to Fox’s “Bull[bleep] Mountain.” Ah, yes, Jon Stewart, the man who said “Crossfire” was ruining America with its harsh partisan talk and held a “Rally for Sanity” with his keynote address announcing “We can have animus and not be…

Jon Stewart Blasts Obama’s ‘Seventh Grade’ Justifications for In

September 4th, 2013 4:23 PM
Fresh from his summer vacation, left-wing comedian Jon Stewart became the latest media liberal to blast President Obama’s efforts to promote military action against the government of Syria. In no uncertain terms, Stewart blasted the idea, saying that it was ridiculous for Obama or other American leaders to want to punish Syrian dictator Bashar Hafez al-Assad for allegedly using chemical…

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.