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Stewart Blasts Rove's 'Foreign Donor' Hypocrisy

Conservatives are not above fear-mongering, he says

(Newser) - Karl Rove and Fox News are outraged— outraged! —that the Democrats are running ads suggesting that GOP-backed groups take "secret foreign money." "Have these people no shame?" Rove asks. Right, jokes Jon Stewart on the Daily Show , because conservatives would never spread rumors about shadowy...

Jon Stewart on Foreclosure Crisis: 'We're F***ed'

If the banks won't read the fine print, who will?

(Newser) - When it comes to the foreclosure crisis , “we are f***ed,” declares Jon Stewart—“and the sad part is, Rube Goldberg himself could not have designed a more convoluted method to, in fact, f*** us.” Stewart explained the situation last night as only he can: “Everybody...

Stewart Bids Adieu to Rick Sanchez
 Stewart 
 Bids Adieu 
 to Rick Sanchez 
plus: sanchez apologizes
Oct 5, 2010 7:00 AM CDT

Stewart Bids Adieu to Rick Sanchez

'I'm not even sure Sanchez believes what he's saying'

(Newser) - Jon Stewart hasn't got Rick Sanchez's Rick's List to poke fun at anymore, but the Daily Show host showed some old clips while bidding the CNN anchor an almost-fond farewell. The host compared Sanchez— fired for calling Stewart a bigot and suggesting Jews control the media —to The Office's...

Stewart Defends Colbert Testimony
 Stewart Defends 
 Colbert Testimony 
plus: o'reilly!
Sep 28, 2010 6:28 AM CDT

Stewart Defends Colbert Testimony

It's not like Congress is achieving much else, he argues

(Newser) - Add Jon Stewart to the list of people who believe that on Friday, Stephen Colbert “ruined Congress.” Last night on the Daily Show , Stewart even agreed with Rep. Steny Hoyer, who said Colbert was probably more embarrassed than the House of Representatives by his fake testimony about farm...

Jon Stewart: GOP Is the Tea Party

Battle for party's soul is won, says Daily Show host

(Newser) - With Karl Rove having fallen into line after some pressure from Sarah Palin and endorsed Christine O'Donnell , it's time to stop talking about the Tea Party movement as "a battle for the Republican Party's soul," argues Jon Stewart. The Tea Partiers are, at heart, conservative Republicans and they've...

Rally an 'Odd Choice' for Normally 'Distant' Jon Stewart

Will he be able to maintain his distance from politics after this?

(Newser) - The media have increasingly moved from reporting politics to getting involved in politics, and now even Jon Stewart —“whose career and influence are built on observing politics from a coolly ironic distance”—has been drawn in, writes David Carr in the New York Times . The “Rally...

Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert Plan DC Rallies

'Rally to Restore Sanity,' 'March to Keep Fear Alive' coming to capital

(Newser) - Move over, Glenn Beck—Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert have Washington DC rallies of their own planned. Stewart announced the "Rally to Restore Sanity" on the Daily Show, aimed at people who think neither Barack Obama nor George W. Bush is Hitler. The "Million Moderate March" on the...

Stewart Mocks Biden's 'Summer of Recovery'

'Summer of bedbugs' might have been more accurate

(Newser) - America had a summer of bedbugs and mosque controversy instead of the "summer of recovery" Joe Biden promised, complains Jon Stewart. The Daily Show host, pointing to dismal jobs numbers and the sagging stock market, says "summer of recovery" is about as accurate as calling last summer the...

Stewart Skewers Fox Mosque Hysteria

'Daily Show' host compares media to distractable dogs

(Newser) - Jon Stewart took on everyone's favorite controversies last night : would-be Koran-burner Terry Jones, and the imam behind the so-called "Ground Zero mosque." (Or, as Stewart called it, the "community center of death.") He noted that when the imam issued his warning that moving the Islamic...

Beck: 'I&rsquo;d Be Doing a Lot of the Same Things' as Stewart
Beck: 'I’d Be Doing a Lot of the Same Things' as Stewart
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Sep 13, 2010 1:00 PM CDT

Beck: 'I’d Be Doing a Lot of the Same Things' as Stewart

'New York' takes a good long look at 'Daily Show' host

(Newser) - Chris Smith offers up an in-depth look at how Jon Stewart and his staff create The Daily Show, and traces the show's evolution since Stewart took over. Highlights from the New York piece:
  • Stewart on a possible Stewart-Colbert parody of Beck’s “Restoring Honor” rally: “Maybe we would
...

Jon Stewart: MSNBC Should Be More Like Fox
 Jon Stewart: 
 MSNBC Should 
 Be More Like Fox 
plus: meghan mccain!
Sep 10, 2010 5:52 AM CDT

Jon Stewart: MSNBC Should Be More Like Fox

'You pick your narrative, you stick with it,' he quips

(Newser) - MSNBC needs to take a page from Fox News's handbook, said Jon Stewart on last night's Daily Show . Stewart slammed the liberal network for its moderately critical coverage of Obama's Ohio speech. "Do you know nothing of your obligation to shape the news toward your desired electoral goal?" he...

Stewart Takes On Koran-Torching Preacher

Extremist pastor is as silly as his mustache, Stewart says

(Newser) - Jon Stewart—along with Sarah Palin and just about everybody else —has joined the outcry against a Florida pastor's plan to mark the anniversary of 9/11 by burning Korans. Stewart mocked Terry Jones, his plan, his mustache, and his statement that "even moderate Muslims" would agree with him,...

Jon Stewart Takes Down 'Beckapalooza'

Stephen Colbert joins in on the fun, too

(Newser) - The Daily Show is going on vacation for the next 10 days, so Jon Stewart took the opportunity last night to take down Glenn Beck and his “Restoring Honor” rally —or, as Stewart called it, “Beckapalooza, Beckstock, Beckchella, Becketh Fair, Becking Man.” The epic 10-minute rant...

Jon Stewart: Palin's a Hypocrite
 Jon Stewart: Palin's a Hypocrite 
R-WORD VS. N-WORD
Aug 25, 2010 7:01 AM CDT

Jon Stewart: Palin's a Hypocrite

Remember who wanted Rahm to quit over 'retard'?

(Newser) - Jon Stewart set his sights on the Dr. Laura controversy last night, but Schlessinger didn't get the worst of it. No, Stewart's best jab was at Sarah Palin. The ex-governor, you might recall, tweeted in tortured English that Dr. Laura should " reload " rather than resign after her N-word-laced...

Stewart: Fox Is 'Terrorist Command Center'

Daily Show host 'follows the money trail'

(Newser) - After a couple of Fox News pundits using cue cards and playing "six degrees of people who don't eat bacon" declared that the proposed mosque near Ground Zero could actually be a "terrorist command center," Jon Stewart decided two could play at that game. Pulling out his...

Stewart: Republicans Are Financial Doofuses

They're letting the deficit eat their children!

(Newser) - Last night, Jon Stewart set his sights on the GOP and the scary, scary deficit. He started with a clip montage outlining Republicans' fears: "Spending is out of control." "People are aghast." "They're scared to death about the future for their kids." In other...

Stewart: Mosque in Woody Allen's Building?

What, do cable crazies think it's 1976?

(Newser) - Jon Stewart has some problems with news anchors' rants about the planned "Ground Zero Mosque." It's not a mosque, it's a cultural center, and it's not at Ground Zero, but on Park Place on the "hallowed ground" of a former Burlington Coat Factory. Then there's the Fox...

Stewart Roars About Palin 'Mama Grizzly' Campaign

Choosy moms choose Palin

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is hawking something, but it feels more like a condiment than a political message. "'Moms just kinda know?' She's selling her political movement the way they sell peanut butter," Jon Stewart scoffed last night as the Daily Show took on Sarah Palin's "mama grizzly" campaign....

Stewart: Please, Stop With the Chelsea Wedding!

Daily Show host mocks nuptuals coverage

(Newser) - Chelsea Clinton's wedding drew the nation's media to Rhinebeck, New York, but it left them milling about town without anything to report on, Jon Stewart noted as he mercilessly lampooned coverage of the event. Amid the desperate search to find something relevant to report on as the wedding took place...

Stewart Trashes Media's Reaction to Obama on View

'Nothing Obama does will ever make you f---ing happy'

(Newser) - Jon Stewart has a question for right-wing pundits outraged over President Obama's appearance on The View: "Do you idiots have any short-term memory at all?" If The View is somehow beneath the office of president, Stewart asked last night on the Daily Show , how about George and Laura Bush's...

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