Stewart on Fox News’s ‘Latte Salute’ Coverage: ‘F*ck You and Your False Patriotism’

The Daily Show‘s Jon Stewart on Thursday knocked the news media’s coverage of President Barack Obama and his now-infamous “latte salute,” taking particular aim at Fox News.

On Tuesday, Obama exited Marine One in New York, NY, hot drink in hand. He greeted the two Marines at the steps of the aircraft by saluting with his right hand, which, incidentally, was also carrying the cup.

“Are we surprised?” Republican strategist Karl Rove said on Fox News about the salute. “After all, we’ve got a chai-swillin’, golf-playin’, basketball trash-talkin’, leadin’-from-behind, I-got-no-strategy, Osama-bin-Laden-is-dead, GM-is-alive, community-organizin’ commander-in-chief.”

Eric Bolling, also on Fox News, said the salute was disrespectful toward the U.S. military.

“Fuck you and your false patriotism,” Daily Show host Jon Stewart said of the coverage, noting that Bolling had also made a joke about women in the military (which Bolling has apologized for).

“You don’t really care about this,” Stewart said. “You have no principle about this. You’re just trying to score points in a game that no one else is playing.”

Watch via Comedy Central:

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