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Post by lakhota on Jan 25, 2011 18:08:15 GMT -5
 On Monday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart chose to forgo a big segment on Keith Olbermann's MSNBC departure (unlike like his counterpart Stephen Colbert) and instead picked up where he left off last week, with an expose on Nazi name-calling in Congress and the media. Last week, Stewart had some strong words for Rep. Steve Cohen, who likened the Republican party's views on government-owned health care to Nazi lies. To his surprise, Stewart's comments were echoed all over Fox News, with everyone -- including Karl Rove -- saying Cohen should be ashamed of himself. "If that guy is telling you you should feel shame, that's like Charlie Sheen showing up at your intervention to tell you to take it down a notch." Although the majority of Fox News pundits spoke out against Nazi name-calling, it was Megyn Kelly who took it to a hypocritical level by saying that kind of rhetoric doesn't exist on Fox News. As he does best, Stewart produced an impressive slew of clips showing Fox News pundits using Nazi comparisons, including Bill O'Reilly's mind-boggling claim that there's "no difference" between what Hitler did and what HuffPost does. But he didn't stop there. Watch the rest of the clip to see Jon Stewart find more than just unfair Nazi comparisons on Fox News, but an instance of such name-calling within the same 24 hours of Megyn Kelly's comment, a Fox News pundit making the same Joseph Goebbels comparison as Steve Cohen, Fox News President Roger Ailes calling someone Hitler, and another Nazi remark on Megyn Kelly's own show. "Well, Ms. Kelly," Stewart said. "Don't you look ridiculous now?" WATCH: www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/01/25/jon-stewart-rips-fox-news_1_n_813579.html |
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Post by Gardening Grandma on Jan 25, 2011 18:33:26 GMT -5
I watched the episode. It was classic Jon Stewart.
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Post by Loopdilou on Jan 25, 2011 18:39:32 GMT -5
LOL! I saw this clip earlier.. Yes, classic Jon Stewart, and it SO needed to be said!! Nobody is innocent in this war of words. Both sides suck.
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Post by lakhota on Jan 25, 2011 18:55:27 GMT -5
I also watched his show last night. It was hilariously true - with film clips to prove it.
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Post by ed1066 on Jan 25, 2011 19:20:24 GMT -5
When Jon Stewart is willing to use his real name on television, then maybe he can discuss hypocrisy. Until then...
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Post by Deleted on Jan 25, 2011 22:21:56 GMT -5
I didn't see the episode. As a matter of fact I stopped watching the show a long time ago because I don't agree with Jon Stewart's political standings & got tired of hearing them.
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Post by lakhota on Jan 25, 2011 22:25:00 GMT -5
Hmmm... sounds like the ole generation gap caught you.
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Post by zipity on Jan 25, 2011 22:49:35 GMT -5
That was classic daily show footage.
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Post by lakhota on Jan 25, 2011 23:23:18 GMT -5
When Jon Stewart is willing to use his real name on television, then maybe he can discuss hypocrisy. Until then... He was born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, but Stewart is his married name. |
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Post by zipity on Jan 25, 2011 23:32:35 GMT -5
Even if he was using a fake name, so what he's an entertainer. Entertainers often take stage names. How many "news" channels call people nazis then deny it? Fox was wrong, they should admit it, correct their behavior and move on.
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Post by ed1066 on Jan 26, 2011 13:40:33 GMT -5
LOL! I knew it! Shouldn't his married name be Colbert then?
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Post by Deleted on Jan 26, 2011 14:01:23 GMT -5
Didn't you do the Republicans call people Nazis last week, Lak?
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