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Jon Stewart Heroically Offers To Save Bret Baier From Fox Exec Bill Sammon’s ‘Bias’

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Seems like Jon Stewart wasn’t content with his performance in debate against Fox News’ Bret Baier last week, in an interview in which he told the anchor he refused to accept Fox News as an objective news organization, to which the latter responded that the network “respected the viewers ability to discern” between opinion and hard news. Tonight, Stewart went after D.C. Managing Editor Bill Sammon for opinionated comments that he was certain proved the network’s bias.

Now that the pesky Baier wasn’t there to refute his arguments, Stewart went all-in against his boss, who has come under fire recently for making comments on air about President Obama possibly being a socialist. Sammon’s comments booming into the studio like the voice of God, Stewart stated that Sammon had apparently made more than a few of these biased comments on a “conservative cruise,” which Stewart also noted was a thing that exists. He also played some of the on-air comments Sammon made on Fox News and commented on the humor in Sammon “complaining about socialism and wearing a tuxedo.”

After getting over the sartorial humor hurdle, Stewart tried to find similar instances of individuals making subjective statements and getting in trouble for them– particularly former NPR executive Ron Schiller, who stepped down in light of his comments that Tea Party protesters were “scary” to him, and the Dave Weigel imbroglio at the Washington Post triggered by the release of private emails with subjective political statements in them. Stewart correlated columnist Charles Krauthammer‘s criticism of Schiller and Sammon’s own attacks on Weigel to the networks biases, quipping that, when Krauthammer appears on Baier’s Special Report, it is about as easy to distinguish opinion from hard news as it is to “taste all the individual ingredients that go into soup.”

Then Stewart suddenly remembers “my friend” Baier, and, in a surrealist turn to the segment, sets out to find and “save” him from Sammon’s evil bias. He makes it all the way to the sky somewhere behind Megyn Kelly before being informed, once again, that Baier works out of Washington.

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  • ModerateMan

    Fox News respects the conservative point of view. This is impossible for people like Jon Stewart to comprehend.

  • Liberal Tormentor

    Not at all surprisingly, Mediaite, ignored the rebuttal of the Sammons story:

    Media Matter’s Deceptive Editing On Fox Story

    http://bigjournalism.com/lstranahan/2011/03/30/media-matters-deceptive-editing-on-fox-story/

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Ellen-Carey-Rowe/683757018 Ellen Carey Rowe

    People who have no respect for news respect FOX. And FOX is very grateful.

  • Color Me Badd

    ModerateMan said:
    Fox News respects the conservative point of view. This is impossible for people like Jon Stewart to comprehend.

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Not at all surprisingly, Mediaite, ignored the rebuttal of the Sammons story:

    Media Matter’s Deceptive Editing On Fox Story

    http://bigjournalism.com/lstranahan/2011/03/30/media-matters-deceptive-editing-on-fox-story/

    TEE HEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Fused

    Mediate really milks Jon Stewart for all he’s worth huh.
    Like 10 articles since the 22nd of March.

  • Fused

    Fused said:
    Mediate

    Mediaite, derp. I like the show, but just sayin’.

  • slickerwick

    Well, he had the temerity to diss Obomba’s Libya War speech so now he has to do a string of shows dissing Fox News and Repubs to make up for it; after all, he doesn’t want his teenybopper obot-fans turning on him.

  • BFD

    This whole thing is not so far removed from what Donald Trump is doing right now.
    They both were intent on spreading something they really didn’t believe (the Birther issue and Obama’s Socialism) in order to advance their ideology and destroy their opposition.

    That makes Bill Sammon as much of a journalist or “newsman” as Donald Trump.

  • BFD

    Fused said:
    Mediate really milks Jon Stewart for all he’s worth huh.
    Like 10 articles since the 22nd of March.

    I’m sure if Greg Gutfeld ever says anything funny they will do a story on him too.

  • Paleoconservatarian

    [joke]
    [media matters talking point]
    [joke]

    Stewart explained.

  • BFD

    Paleoconservatarian said:
    [joke]
    [Fox News lie]
    [media matters talking point]
    [joke]

    Stewart explained.

    ya left out a part

  • Nacho

    Fused said:
    Mediate really milks Jon Stewart for all he’s worth huh.
    Like 10 articles since the 22nd of March.

    Not really, its on par with O’Reilly, Beck, O’Donnell, and Colbert, sometimes Kelly and Maddow.

    There’s really just 3 channels to choose from for entertaining cable “news.”

  • CAINtheBULL

    Why didn’t John cover the leaked Bill Sammon emails in which he told Fox anchors to use “buzz” words like “socialism, ect”. Look for it. The hard news guy is truly an opinion guy.

  • slickerwick

    BFD said:
    This whole thing is not so far removed from what Donald Trump is doing right now.They both were intent on spreading something they really didn’t believe (the Birther issue and Obama’s Socialism) in order to advance their ideology and destroy their opposition. That makes Bill Sammon as much of a journalist or “newsman” as Donald Trump.

    You mean like the Dems and journolisters do?
    Anyone defending Obama these days is similar to the Bush dead-enders. Obots would rather not discuss his policies and failures, they prefer to focus all their attention on trashing the opposition. It’s a strategy that won’t work in ’12 if the economy is still in the crapper and we still have wars going on. In fact, the constant trashing of the opposition is a sign of desperation. The loyalists can’t tout his policies. Health care is an unpopular clusterschtup, and he’s proving himself to be a warmonger and corporatist lackey. The left is abandoning Bushbama in droves; they feel betrayed. Of course, he still has his defenders here at mediaite and over at msnbc (which, btw, has fallen to third place in the cable news ratings.)

  • CAINtheBULL

    Why can’t Fox defenders on here at least admit once in a while when Fox people mess up? They just go into defense mode. People would take them more seriously if they did.

  • Hunk

    slickerwick said:
    Well, he had the temerity to diss Obomba’s Libya War speech so now he has to do a string of shows dissing Fox News and Repubs to make up for it; after all, he doesn’t want his teenybopper obot-fans turning on him.

    Once in a while he has to “criticize” Obama to make him come across as more “credible” and “newsy.”

  • Hunk

    Why can’t Obama defenders on here at least admit once in a while when Obama messes up or lies? They just go into defense mode. People would take them more seriously if they did.

  • Hunk

    Paleoconservatarian said:
    [joke]
    [heavily edited video]
    [media matters talking point]
    [heavily doctored video]
    [joke]

    Stewart explained.

  • Fused

    Nacho said:
    Not really, its on par with O’Reilly, Beck, O’Donnell, and Colbert, sometimes Kelly and Maddow.

    There’s really just 3 channels to choose from for entertaining cable “news.”

    I don’t follow it too closely, it just seemed that come Daily Show episode, come Mediate article about it. Sometimes two.
    Then again, it is (media)ite, maybe they are just doing their job.
    JS topics do tend to get pretty good attention.

  • Nacho

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Not at all surprisingly, Mediaite, ignored the rebuttal of the Sammons story:

    Media Matter’s Deceptive Editing On Fox Story

    http://bigjournalism.com/lstranahan/2011/03/30/media-matters-deceptive-editing-on-fox-story/

    I surprised you didn’t say it debunked it.

    That guy even lied in his video trying to prove somebody else was deceptive. His “rebuttal” failed. Does Big journalism work under NewsCorp?

  • m_mayhem

    How many times does Faux news have to be caught red handed before their kool-aid drinking viewers will admit it’s nothing more than a GOP propaganda infotainment vehicle.

  • Hunk

    Nacho said:
    I surprised you didn’t say it debunked it.

    That guy even lied in his video trying to prove somebody else was deceptive. His “rebuttal” failed. Does Big journalism work under NewsCorp?

    Care to elaborate?

  • m_mayhem

    Nacho said:
    Does Big journalism work under NewsCorp?

    Journalism and NewsCorp should never be used in the same sentence.

  • Hunk

    That’s what I thought.

  • slickerwick

    m_mayhem said:
    Journalism and NewsCorp should never be used in the same sentence.

    Ooh, your avatar and user name are so scary! We’re all intimidated. You’re apparently not one of those pacifist libs, just a macho war-lovin’ obot.

  • Paleoconservatarian

    BFD said:
    ya left out a part

    What lie? Obama’s a socialist. It’s not ‘objective’ to attempt to hide the fact. He had a long, rich personal history with socialist persons and their theories throughout his formative years and still associates with like minded people to this day. He consistently advocates for collectivist, government run solutions to various perceived problems, appoints redistributionist czars, even sermonizes at commencement addresses about collective salvation.

    It’s as accurate a point to describe Obama a socialist as it is to say Rand Paul is a conservative Senator or Kucinich is a progressive congressman. You’ll note that non-Fox news organization whose credibility as such aren’t in question routinely use such terms as the last two – and come under no criticism for it. Socialism is an economic and political theory. Does blame Fox that it has such a poor reputation that the president’s defenders feel the need to run from the label.

  • slickerwick

    Did Mediaite show a video of Ed Schultz and his on-air spat with the editor of the Nation yesterday? Or did they post it and I missed it? One lefty going after another lefty. It was popcorn-munching time. Schultz was all war hawkish and calling the rebels “freedom fighters.” The Nation editor called Schultz “Ollie North,” which Eddie-boy took umbrage with.

    Schultz should immediately get his fat ass over to Libya and join the “freedom fighters.” Or is he just another chickenhawk?

  • Nacho

    slickerwick said:

    Did you see this clip where John Stewart once again destroys FoxNews by using their own words?

  • slickerwick

    Nacho said:
    Did you see this clip where John Stewart once again destroys FoxNews by using their own words?

    Yeah. Did you see the clip where Stewart destroyed Obama with his own words? And last year did you see the clip where he trashed Olbermann and imitated his ludicrous persona? It was devastating. What’s your point? So what do you think of the civil war going on amongst the left? Do you read progressive blogs or do just hang out with the other obots here at Mediaite?

  • Yoda002

    There is no difference on Fox. It’s all blended into one big opinionated show pretending to be a news organization.

  • Nacho

    slickerwick said:

    My point is this is a piece about The Daily Show w/ Jon Stewart yet for some reason you’d rather talk about Ed Schultz? You’re more interested in pushing some BS that you think is more amusing because it brings the focus back on your personal agenda?

    What does Ed Schultz (MSNBC) taking his fat ass to Libya have to do with Jon Stewart or FoxNews being a propaganda machine?

  • m_mayhem

    Hunk said:
    Care to elaborate?

    The first four minutes of this video lies by saying MMFA tried to patch together a sentence by Sammons using various clips from different days. It was obvious the clips were used as an example of various times Sammons went on Faux news shows trying to prove Barack Obama advocated socialism. It is obvious that there was never any attempt by MMFA to peice together seperate clips to make one coherent sentence as the Breitbart video claims. The Breitbart video goes on to disprove the lie that they made up. The video is an epic Fail because they lie trying to prove someone else is deceptive. What they do is lie about what MMFA is doing and then go on to try and disprove the lie that they made up in the first place.

  • BFD

    The simple fact is Sammon admitted to “publicly engaging in mischievous speculation” as Fox News Washington Managing Editor about something he “privately found far fetched” and he did that on Fox News during their hard news reporting.

    You teabaggers can protest all you want but you can’t squirmish out of that.

  • m_mayhem

    slickerwick said:
    Ooh, your avatar and user name are so scary! We’re all intimidated. You’re apparently not one of those pacifist libs, just a macho war-lovin’ obot.

    STFU what are you talking about an avatar and username for? Are we to judge by your avatar that your an ugly baby with a giant deformed waterhead. And what does slickerwick mean…that you masturbate a lot? Or like being teabagged?

  • m_mayhem

    Sammons was caught saying he engaged in mischevous speculation on Faux news while he privately thought it was far fetched that President Obama really advocated socialism. Busted….caught red handed….hand stuck in the cookie jar.

  • BFD

    m_mayhem said:
    Busted….caught red handed….hand stuck in the cookie jar.

    And all because he was bragging about how he could make shit up and watch it become the Truth on Fox News.

    Those are the things Righties brag about when they are alone and on vacation….lying and getting away with it.
    Most of us show pictures of our kids at gatherings, GOPbaggers compare lies.

  • LeviCoultify

    BFD said:
    You teabaggers can protest all you want but you can’t squirmish out of that.

    ROFL!! Thems fightin’ worms..

  • BarneyFranken

    BFD said:
    The simple fact is Sammon admitted to “publicly engaging in mischievous speculation” as Fox News Washington Managing Editor about something he “privately found far fetched” and he did that on Fox News during their hard news reporting. You teabaggers can protest all you want but you can’t squirmish out of that.

    BFDouche is right, Sammon needs to be fired! How dare he think it is far fetched?

  • Barack Must Go

    Media Matters comes to late night. Stewart has been reduced to nothing but a whore for the Obama regime.

    The White is using this tool ( Stewart ) as a socialist tool to indoctrinate the not sharpest tools in the shed ( his audience ) into submission under the guise of political satire / comedy. NOW THAT”S FUNNY……..and scary at the same time. Stewart’s handlers even added a phoney laugh track in the background and no ones the wiser.

    Next we’ll be hearing KOOL AID is the shows exclusive sponsor. Ah, in the liberal / progressive world all that changes is the name. The sheep remain the same.

  • BarneyFranken

    m_mayhem said:
    Sammons was caught saying he engaged in mischevous speculation on Faux news while he privately thought it was far fetched that President Obama really advocated socialism. Busted….caught red handed….hand stuck in the cookie jar.

    Since this was 2008, I think we can excuse Sammon- He wasn’t the only one who thought it was far fetched BACK THEN.

    Three years later, we now have a better grasp on who Obama is.

    What I dont get is why these so-called progressives bristle at the notion of calling Obama the S word.

    Stop hiding- embrace who you are! If you are a collectivist/socialist/communist then come out and say so- and you should be proud of your dear leader- if anything you should be upset he doesnt admit it himself.

    Obama was a member and political candidate of “the new party” in Chicago. Thats a fact. The new party is/was a socialist/progressive party. Thats a fact. Therefore, Obama is a socialist. Once again, a fact. Why is that so bad to say? If what you believe in is so great then why do you hide it?

  • TfT

    So, Jon Stewart uses media matters as a source just like msnbc, mediaite and others do? WOW. Talk about destroying your credibility – not that Jon has much to begin with, but really, aliging himself with George Soros is not the right appraoch, even for a comedian.

    Poor Jon; new writers needed desperately.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    BarneyFranken said:
    Since this was 2008, I think we can excuse Sammon- He wasn’t the only one who thought it was far fetched BACK THEN. Three years later, we now have a better grasp on who Obama is. What I dont get is why these so-called progressives bristle at the notion of calling Obama the S word. Stop hiding- embrace who you are! If you are a collectivist/socialist/communist then come out and say so- and you should be proud of your dear leader- if anything you should be upset he doesnt admit it himself. Obama was a member and political candidate of “the new party” in Chicago. Thats a fact. The new party is/was a socialist/progressive party. Thats a fact. Therefore, Obama is a socialist. Once again, a fact. Why is that so bad to say? If what you believe in is so great then why do you hide it?

    Sure – and what I don’t get is why the so called conservatives bristle at being called Tealiban, Nazi, goebbels – stop hiding!! Embrace who you are!! Stop being repressed, it’s making you miserable. The right embraces a corporate/fascist structure that rewards the few and enslaves the many. That’s a fact. Therefore, the Right Wing are nazis. Why is that so bad to say? It’s what you believe in, you think it’s great, why do you hide it?

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    ModerateMan said:
    Fox News respects the conservative point of view. This is impossible for people like Jon Stewart to comprehend.

    Stewart and people like him can’t comprehend it because they can’t get their heads that far up their ass to see the conservative point of view. Nor do they want to contort themselves in such a position that comes so easily to conservatives.

  • BadGenome

    Jon Stewart describes himself as a socialist, or at least he used to. Why does he feel like it’s some kind of grave insult?

  • CosmosDan

    Liberal Tormentor said:
    Not at all surprisingly, Mediaite, ignored the rebuttal of the Sammons story:

    Media Matter’s Deceptive Editing On Fox Story

    http://bigjournalism.com/lstranahan/2011/03/30/media-matters-deceptive-editing-on-fox-story/

    I got this far

    “The watchdog group has actually produced a video about the story with blatantly deceptive editing, using trick editing that is so blatant that one wonders why they have such contempt for their fan base.”

    and thought that was pretty funny posted on a Breitbart site.

  • BadGenome

    Bill Adkins said:
    Sure – and what I don’t get is why the so called conservatives bristle at being called Tealiban, Nazi, goebbels – stop hiding!! Embrace who you are!! Stop being repressed, it’s making you miserable. The right embraces a corporate/fascist structure that rewards the few and enslaves the many. That’s a fact. Therefore, the Right Wing are nazis. Why is that so bad to say? It’s what you believe in, you think it’s great, why do you hide it?

    I don’t really agree. For instance, as someone who is much closer to the conservative point of view than the (quite illiberal) “liberal” one, I think all corporations should pay taxes – regardless of how big a supporter of the president they are.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    BadGenome said:
    I don’t really agree. For instance, as someone who is much closer to the conservative point of view than the (quite illiberal) “liberal” one, I think all corporations should pay taxes – regardless of how big a supporter of the president they are.

    Obviously I was ridiculing the stupidity of the poster to whom I responded, and I don’t think News Corp actually supports the president. Do you?

  • cjd ohio 1

    Bill Adkins said:
    Obviously I was ridiculing the stupidity of the poster to whom I responded, and I don’t think News Corp actually supports the president. Do you?

    GE lol

  • BadGenome

    Bill Adkins said:
    Obviously I was ridiculing the stupidity of the poster to whom I responded, and I don’t think News Corp actually supports the president. Do you?

    I wasn’t referring to News Corp. I bet if you followed something other than the fake news you’d have heard about this little mom ‘n’ pop called General Electric not paying a dime of taxes on a $5 billion profit.

  • Color Me Badd

    Yeah those evil liburl Journolists! They should be fired I agree Bill Sammon! Now you should be. Get lost Sammon and quit making stuff up. Your teabag audience actually believe Obama is a Socialist, Tee Hee. If Obama was such a Socialist why are all his advisors Wall Street shills?

    Yeah that Larry Summers and Turbo Tax Timmy Geithner are such Socialists!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    BadGenome said:
    I wasn’t referring to News Corp. I bet if you followed something other than the fake news you’d have heard about this little mom ‘n’ pop called General Electric not paying a dime of taxes on a $5 billion profit.

    Hmmm — see what happens when you depend only upon Faux’s Fixed News? You get blind sided.

    http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/540444/fox_news_freaks_out_over_ge's_taxes_-_while_doing_the_same_thing/

  • CosmosDan

    BarneyFranken said:
    Since this was 2008, I think we can excuse Sammon- He wasn’t the only one who thought it was far fetched BACK THEN.

    The point a lot of conservatives are missing or just purposely avoiding is about NEWS vs speculation. Fox claims to have hard news and opinion and claims it respects the viewers ability to discern the difference. That’s it’s defense of criticism about it’s bias and it not being real news, or fair and balanced.
    Then it’s hard news guy admits to engaging in on air speculation , and is caught sending out memos telling his NEWS team to use select words, and engage in practices that ignore long held standards in journalism. That’s then thing Jon S. has successfully pointed out time after time, and again this time.

  • http://www.perceptionasreality.blogspot.com/ skoorbekim

    The Media Matters (Sammon) report finds its voice…

  • BadGenome

    Bill Adkins said:
    Hmmm — see what happens when you depend only upon Faux’s Fixed News? You get blind sided.

    http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/540444/fox_news_freaks_out_over_ge’s_taxes_-_while_doing_the_same_thing/

    Blindsided by what? Old news? Yeah, it is shitty but like AlterNet points out, it’s also pretty old hat. I guess I’d be a lot more outraged if News Corp received billions in bailout money like GE did, and if Obama was constantly palling around with Rupert Murdoch like he is with Immelt. Shit, when even MoveOn is pissed off about it, you know the thing stinks to high heaven.

  • same2u

    Well Fox News did fire Jessica Herzberg, the freelance producer responsible for the “Obama’s baby mama” chyron, no?

    You can’t really expect them to do the same with Bill Sammons. His experience as a right-wing hack prior to working for Fox News is far too important to them.

  • same2u

    BadGenome said:
    if Obama was constantly palling around with Rupert Murdoch

    Yeah well you don’t give a shit that Murdoch pals around with a Saudi Prince. A Saudi Prince whose conduct so offended Rudy Guiliani, that he refused to accept his donation to NYC after 9/11.

  • MsElectric

    Mr. Stewart failed to mentioned that he’s using the already discredited editing ( by Media Matters folks!) of several of Bill Sammon’s TV appearances to make his point. A point based on a lie in itself. This was all exposed by Lee Stranahan, a liberal, who does an excellent job of showing the many ways in which MMA lies and distorts just about anything they put their hands on. It’s all fodder for Jon’s immature minions who refuse to find their own answers but enjoy being spoon fed this drivel daily.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    same2u said:
    Yeah well you don’t give a shit that Murdoch pals around with a Saudi Prince. A Saudi Prince whose conduct so offended Rudy Guiliani, that he refused to accept his donation to NYC after 9/11.

    he also admires and is good friends with those champions of human rights and free market the chinese.
    i wonder how fox would report on this.
    http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/26/world/asia/26murdoch.html

  • same2u

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    i wonder how fox would report on this

    “Murdoch has flattered Communist Party leaders”

    If Immelt did that they would impugn his patriotism and call him un-American.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    MsElectric said:
    Mr. Stewart failed to mentioned that he’s using the already discredited editing ( by Media Matters folks!) of several of Bill Sammon’s TV appearances to make his point. A point based on a lie in itself. This was all exposed by Lee Stranahan, a liberal, who does an excellent job of showing the many ways in which MMA lies and distorts just about anything they put their hands on. It’s all fodder for Jon’s immature minions who refuse to find their own answers but enjoy being spoon fed this drivel daily.

    no kidding…the viewers of stewart’s show might come close to taking over the leadership the most ill-informed viewers.
    now who is the most uninformed news consumers? somebody help me out with that.

  • jerrybobphil

    At this point no one is changing their minds on how they feel about Fox News. Its just comes across as nonstop whining at this point. Just makes you look like a weak person.

  • BadGenome

    same2u said:
    Yeah well you don’t give a shit that Murdoch pals around with a Saudi Prince. A Saudi Prince whose conduct so offended Rudy Guiliani, that he refused to accept his donation to NYC after 9/11.

    You’re right. I don’t give a shit.

  • same2u

    jerrybobphil said:
    Just makes you look like a weak person.

    No, it reinforces our view that Fox New’s viewers are unapologetic consumers of right wing propaganda.

  • notsofast

    Tonight, Stewart went after D.C. Managing Editor Bill Sammon for opinionated comments that he was certain proved the network’s bias.”

    Did he say anything like this?

    Chris Matthews: “I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency, work.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    haha
    sammon gave this speech on a conservative cruise tour…the boat kind, not the idaho restroom kind.

  • same2u

    notsofast said:
    “I want to do everything I can to make this thing work, this new presidency, work.

    You are comparing an opinionated tv host to a Washington Bureau Chief who is responsible for hard news. It doesn’t fly, it only deflects.

  • cjd ohio 1

    same2u said:
    You are comparing an opinionated tv host to a Washington Bureau Chief who is responsible for hard news. It doesn’t fly, it only deflects.

    lol

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    same2u said:
    “Murdoch has flattered Communist Party leaders”

    If Immelt did that they would impugn his patriotism and call him un-American.

    Of course, Murdoch is not an American.

  • CosmosDan

    MsElectric said:
    Mr. Stewart failed to mentioned that he’s using the already discredited editing ( by Media Matters folks!) of several of Bill Sammon’s TV appearances to make his point. A point based on a lie in itself. This was all exposed by Lee Stranahan, a liberal, who does an excellent job of showing the many ways in which MMA lies and distorts just about anything they put their hands on. It’s all fodder for Jon’s immature minions who refuse to find their own answers but enjoy being spoon fed this drivel daily.

    I have to chuckle when I see this. When Fox and Beck does this type of thing the defense is “but it’s their own words” but with Jon it’s “out of context” or something similar.

    Don’t ignore or miss the actual point he’s making by nitpicking the details. Fox defends itself from criticism of bias by claiming there’s a line between opinion and hard news and their viewers know what that line is. Baier said it himself on the DS last week. Now here’s NEWS editor crossing that line, sending memos out instructing the NEWS staff to cross the line, and admitting it on a cruise ship. How has that been discredited? Did that not actually happen?

  • CosmosDan

    BTW: I couldn’t help but notice that the link to where the MM video editing was discredited didn’t contain the full segments that MM clipped from. Love to see them.

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    slickerwick said:
    obots

    HAhahAHAhiahaHAHAHAHahaha AWESOME!!!!!!!1111 I love it when Our Side comes up with clever names for the Obamessiah and his BRAINLESS followers!!!!!111 OBOTS LOL!!!!!!!!!!!111 I wish I could give you a HIGH FIVE through my COMPUTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1111 HAHahahahaHAHAHAhahAHAHAHA LOL!!!!!!!!!111

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Of course, Murdoch is not an American.

    it makes perfect sense now! if you look on this blackboard, after this caliphate theory unfolds look who controls australia:

    BECK: I believe that I can make a case in the end that there are three powers that you will see really emerge. One, a Muslim caliphate that controls the Mideast and parts of Europe. Two, China, that will control Asia, the southern half of Africa, part of the Middle East, Australia, maybe New Zealand, and God only knows what else. And Russia, which will control all of the old former Soviet Union bloc, plus maybe the Netherlands. I’m not really sure. But their strong arm is coming. That leaves us and South America. What happens to us?

  • notsofast

    same2u said:
    You are comparing an opinionated tv host to a Washington Bureau Chief who is responsible for hard news.

    Sure, son- whatever you say!

  • notsofast

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    sammon gave this speech on a conservative cruise tour…the boat kind, not the idaho restroom kind.

    Sounds like you showed up at the restroom, son.

    How was it?

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    notsofast said:
    Sounds like you showed up at the restroom, son.

    How was it?

    your humor and come-back material is unmatched notsofast.

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    notsofast said:
    son. How was it?

    DUDE I’ve been a HUGE admirer of your unique wit for a WHILE now… but this new technique of yours TAKES the CAKE!!!!!!!!!1111 Calling people “SON” all the time makes you sound SO MATURE and makes the people you are talking to AUTOMATICALLY IRRELEVANT!!!!!!!1111 You have finally found a FOOLPROOF way to discredit these WHINY LIBS!!!!!!!!!111 Keep up the good work sir, you are the living embodiment of the Maturity, Intelligence, and Wit of us Right-Thinking American Patriots!!!!!!!!111

  • jerrybobphil

    great technique of using CAPS to look CRAZY

  • CosmosDan

    Karl Spensen said:
    DUDE I’ve been a HUGE admirer of your unique wit for a WHILE now… but this new technique of yours TAKES the CAKE!!!!!!!!!1111 Calling people “SON” all the time makes you sound SO MATURE and makes the people you are talking to AUTOMATICALLY IRRELEVANT!!!!!!!1111 You have finally found a FOOLPROOF way to discredit these WHINY LIBS!!!!!!!!!111 Keep up the good work sir, you are the living embodiment of the Maturity, Intelligence, and Wit of us Right-Thinking American Patriots!!!!!!!!111

    Whew! I thought I was the only one who noticed how great that technique was.

  • THE REAL ROYAL KING

    ChiliPeppersFan said:
    THE REAL ROYAL KING said:
    Of course, Murdoch is not an American.

    it makes perfect sense now! if you look on this blackboard, after this caliphate theory unfolds look who controls australia:

    BECK: I believe that I can make a case in the end that there are three powers that you will see really emerge. One, a Muslim caliphate that controls the Mideast and parts of Europe. Two, China, that will control Asia, the southern half of Africa, part of the Middle East, Australia, maybe New Zealand, and God only knows what else. And Russia, which will control all of the old former Soviet Union bloc, plus maybe the Netherlands. I’m not really sure. But their strong arm is coming. That leaves us and South America. What happens to us?

    I believe this the only way for us Norte Americanos to endure:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nt_8wKK4Gs&feature=related

  • writer

    That’s Gold, Karl!!111 Gold!! 90210 36-24-36 867-5309!

  • Bania

    writer said:
    That’s Gold, Karl!!111 Gold!! 90210 36-24-36 867-5309!

    Check payable to :

    Bainia Inc.
    129 West 81st Street, New York, NY 10024

  • writer

    Bania, I used different numbers. My lawyer is looking at the loopholes.

  • http://www.karlspensen.blogspot.com Karl Spensen

    Stop ripping off my schtick, SON!!!!!!!!!!1111

  • writer

    The check is in the mail. But my lawyer said the Ovaltine clause allows me to only pay half.

  • ChiliPeppersFan

    writer said:
    The check is in the mail. But my lawyer said the Ovaltine clause allows me to only pay half.

    but the bottle is round.

  • writer

    Why is Karl offended? I though this was between me and Bania.

  • Bania

    writer said:
    The check is in the mail. But my lawyer said the Ovaltine clause allows me to only pay half.

    I wanna go twice.

    Two Mendy’s

  • writer

    Bania, Karl is claiming it’s his schtick. And if you get soup, it still counts.

  • Bania

    writer said:
    Bania, Karl is claiming it’s his schtick. And if you get soup, it still counts.

    Tell kArL , I want my money back for this suit. His nancy-boy
    cream leaked all over the pockets — Suits ruined.

    But I had the hot dog.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Tony-Westover/1496648721 Tony Westover

    Jon Stewart further confirming that he’s a petty intellectual coward. He couldn’t handle Baier when he was on set, so he continues the debate long after he’s gone.

  • writer

    He must have tried putting the suit on over his head.

  • TheStiffmeister

    Did I miss karl?!?!?!?!33333

  • Bania

    writer said:
    He must have tried putting the suit on over his head.

    He put it on last night and slept in it.

  • tatboy

    That was not Jon’s writers best work…

  • writer

    You’re killing, Kenny! Killing!

  • Bania

    writer said:
    You’re killing, Kenny! Killing!

    Killed. I’m gonna go pick up some chicks. Good looking ones,too !

  • Nationman

    Barack Must Go said:
    Media Matters comes to late night. Stewart has been reduced to nothing but a whore for the Obama regime. The White is using this tool ( Stewart ) as a socialist tool to indoctrinate the not sharpest tools in the shed ( his audience ) into submission under the guise of political satire / comedy. NOW THAT”S FUNNY……..and scary at the same time. Stewart’s handlers even added a phoney laugh track in the background and no ones the wiser. Next we’ll be hearing KOOL AID is the shows exclusive sponsor. Ah, in the liberal / progressive world all that changes is the name. The sheep remain the same.

    lmfao, are you mentally disabled? Stewart has been criticizing obama you moron.

  • Nationman

    BadGenome said:
    Jon Stewart describes himself as a socialist, or at least he used to. Why does he feel like it’s some kind of grave insult?

    where has he ever said anyting akin to that?

  • Hunk

    jerrybobphil said:
    great technique of using CAPS to look CRAZY

    He’s actually crazy. It’s no act.

  • BadGenome

    Nationman said:
    where has he ever said anyting akin to that?

    When has Stewart ever called himself a socialist, you mean? It was on Larry King Live circa 2001.

  • Nationman

    notsofast said:
    Sure, son- whatever you say!

    so you admit it’s a false comparison.

  • Nationman

    BadGenome said:
    When has Stewart ever called himself a socialist, you mean? It was on Larry King Live circa 2001.

    interesting that you’d use an interview that’s ten years old to label his political positions.

  • Nationman

    Hunk said:
    Once in a while he has to “criticize” Obama to make him come across as more “credible” and “newsy.”

    aren’t you mistaking it for beck’s tactics?

  • BadGenome

    Nationman said:
    interesting that you’d use an interview that’s ten years old to label his political positions.

    Interesting that you seem to have missed the part where I said “or at least he used to”. But since he’s never recanted (to my knowledge) and only seems to attack the Democrats from the left, I’m not really sure what reason there is to think he’s changed his mind on socialism.

  • CosmosDan

    BadGenome said:
    When has Stewart ever called himself a socialist, you mean? It was on Larry King Live circa 2001.

    let me know when you have that in context.

  • BadGenome

    CosmosDan said:
    let me know when you have that in context.

    CNN tends to make transcripts available of all their shows. I’m sure you can find it if you’re so inclined.

  • Nationman

    BadGenome said:
    Interesting that you seem to have missed the part where I said “or at least he used to”. But since he’s never recanted (to my knowledge) and only seems to attack the Democrats from the left, I’m not really sure what reason there is to think he’s changed his mind on socialism.

    I take it you want him to recant his wicked sinful ways to the church of becktology?

  • Dem4Ever

    The democrats are planning on shutting down the government and then blaminjg it on the Tea Party and the Republicans.

  • notsofast

    Nationman said:
    so you admit it’s a false comparison.

    I admit that you are nothing, son but a loser.

  • CosmosDan

    BadGenome said:
    CNN tends to make transcripts available of all their shows. I’m sure you can find it if you’re so inclined.

    Maybe. You’re the one repeating it as if it means something. As someone pointed out, it’s 10 years old, and you can’t provide anything except Jon said something about being socialist to someone. It’s kind of meaningless without context , and if you haven’t got it, then you’re not even sure what was said and why?

    People use the term as if someone said, I’m evil, or a Satan Worshiper. It’s a meaningless buzz word half the time. If you pay or collect SS you’re a socialist, but I doubt you’re evil or a Satan worshiper.

  • Dem4Ever

    CNN latches on to a story and then beats it to death. Hey, CNN…just because you find your naval interesting doesn’t mean the rest of us do.

  • BadGenome

    Nationman said:
    I take it you want him to recant his wicked sinful ways to the church of becktology?

    I forget… are you the same guy who said that since I don’t find Stephen Colbert to be funny I must love Larry the Cable Guy? Or do you just share his lack of reasoning ability? Just because I point out that Jon Stewart has called himself a socialist in the past doesn’t mean I hug Glenn Beck’s nuts like I’m Tommy Christopher and he’s Barack Obama.

  • BadGenome

    CosmosDan said:
    Maybe. You’re the one repeating it as if it means something. As someone pointed out, it’s 10 years old, and you can’t provide anything except Jon said something about being socialist to someone. It’s kind of meaningless without context , and if you haven’t got it, then you’re not even sure what was said and why?

    People use the term as if someone said, I’m evil, or a Satan Worshiper. It’s a meaningless buzz word half the time. If you pay or collect SS you’re a socialist, but I doubt you’re evil or a Satan worshiper.

    For crying out loud. The transcript is on CNN’s website, but since I find you to be an annoying little choad – and I’m not your mother, besides – I’m not really inclined to find it for you. If you want to look at it, Google it. If not, well, I don’t really give a shit. You’re the one desperate for context; I watched the interview when it aired because I was actually quite a Jon Stewart fan before he devolved into a hack.

  • unmutual

    Who is Stewart to call out anyone on their bias? He is as biased as anyone and he pretends to be a moderate. Yeah I know…”He’s just a comedian”.

  • tatboy

    Jon’s writers don’t evan have the sack to make fun of $hit like THIS???

    http://hoosierpundit.blogspot.com/2011/04/fleebagger-democrat-equates-running.html

  • Bill Huggins

    CLASSIC SEGMENT

    Sammons was O’KEEFED!!

    STEWART POWER

    LOL at those talking about Stewart’s bias: you OBVIOUSLY don’t watch the show nor pay attention to the DS headlines on this page. Believe what you want. LOLOLOLOL

    Anyone try and refute this tape yet? LOLOL!!!!!!!

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

    So, Jon Stewart gets his news from Media Matters. What a shock.

  • Dem4Ever

    Jon Stewart has become a bit stale and irrelevant. Sorry, Jon…just say’n.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Jim-Treacher/542957672 Jim Treacher

    Bill Huggins said:

    Anyone try and refute this tape yet? LOLOL!!!!!!!

    Yep.

    http://leestranahan.com/?p=1220

    LOLOL.

  • Pablo

    Bill Adkins said:
    Hmmm — see what happens when you depend only upon Faux’s Fixed News? You get blind sided.

    http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/540444/fox_news_freaks_out_over_ge’s_taxes_-_while_doing_the_same_thing/

    Ooooh, Alternet! Boy CNN is sure gonna have egg on their face once they see that. They ought to stop depending on Faux’s Fixed News. MoveOn.org really needs to change the channel from Faux’s Fixed News too. And ABC News, natch.

    Bill, have you ever considered counseling?

  • Pablo

    Pablo said:
    Ooooh, Alternet!

    Man, that KingOneEye is a hell of a writer. The way he uses those DailyKos and News Corpse sources is amazing.

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    Pablo said:
    Ooooh, Alternet! Boy CNN is sure gonna have egg on their face once they see that. They ought to stop depending on Faux’s Fixed News. MoveOn.org really needs to change the channel from Faux’s Fixed News too. And ABC News, natch. Bill, have you ever considered counseling?

    Ohhhh! I see. Do you deny the veracity of the story, Pablow? Didn’t read it did you? That’s your problem – you’re shallow, you only skim the surface. That 1/4 inch perception of yours doesn’t serve you well. For instance, the story cites this link at the Economist. http://www.economist.com/node/319862

  • Dem4Ever

    Fox News heroically remains #1 in the hearts and minds of Americans.

  • navyvet50

    Dem4Ever said:
    Fox News heroically remains #1 in the hearts and minds of Americans.

    The stupid and misinformed Americans.

  • Tedderman

    Dumb4ever doesn’t seem to understand what Stewart’s bit was about. Being #1 in the heartless and mindless Americans viewing still does not make you right. When studies show that 36%(ironically the exact number of conservative) students who graduate college cannot tell the difference between “opinion” and “facts,” explains in part Fox’s popularity among the uninformed. Add to that older white non college graduates and you have the prime demographic of Fox. As has previously been said, popularity does not equal correctness. It sadly shows that Americans who wish to view this kind of tripe are happy it’s served steaming fresh daily at Fox. Each day they get a buffet of right-wing, Republican talking points and schemes just to their liking.

  • andthehorseyourodeinon

    I am continually shocked at the amount of time and effort so called experts spend condemning a News organization they claim is not a news organization. Of course there are still a few around who boldly predicted the demise of Fox after odummer was elected. Fools and tools and not the sharpest ones in the shed carry on go get your marching orders from George Soreas.

  • Nationman

    notsofast said:
    I admit that you are nothing, son but a loser.

    Ahh, still going for the ad hominem approach i see.

  • Nationman

    Dem4Ever said:
    Jon Stewart has become a bit stale and irrelevant. Sorry, Jon…just say’n.

    #1 late night talk show=irrelavency in some people’s minds i guess.

  • WillP

    Bill Sammons, did you ever enter into any “mischievous speculation” whether Bush was a socialist. Of course, you would never do such a thing because George Bush was a Republican and members of the Republican Party are sacrosanct at Fox News. Gotta love the “fair and balanced” network.

  • notsofast

    Nationman said:
    Ahh, still going for the ad hominem approach i see.

    Son, you are not a man; you are a (-)

  • http://www.facebook.com/people/Bill-Adkins/1585417987 Bill Adkins

    notsofast said:
    Son, you are not a man; you are a (-)

    son you are not a human, you are a shit for brains

  • Nationman

    BadGenome said:
    When has Stewart ever called himself a socialist, you mean? It was on Larry King Live circa 2001.

    the argument is still very weak, whether or not jon considers himself to be a socialist, it’s insulting to call someone something they aren’t. It’s like saying someone is a dallas cowboys fan in any other part of the country other than texas. Or even worse, a bears fan.

  • Nationman

    BadGenome said:
    I forget… are you the same guy who said that since I don’t find Stephen Colbert to be funny I must love Larry the Cable Guy? Or do you just share his lack of reasoning ability? Just because I point out that Jon Stewart has called himself a socialist in the past doesn’t mean I hug Glenn Beck’s nuts like I’m Tommy Christopher and he’s Barack Obama.

    Ahhh I see you take a single joke completely literally and use it to establish an argument. Good for you.

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