Jon Stewart: NPR Brought Tote Bag With David Sedaris Books To Knife Fight With Fox

Last night Jon Stewart opened a week of shows taped in the nation’s capital, returning from a week off the air to rundown the biggest news from the world of opiniotainment from last week: NPR’s firing of Juan Williams. What many have deemed to be a rather frank, if not tame opinion correspondent Samantha Bee claims that, in the eyes of NPR, Williams real sin was “saying something interesting.” The heart of the segment was Stewart’s recounting of the current battle being waged between NPR and Fox News, including Vivian Schiller‘s unfortunate “pyschologist” gaffe and FNC’s lionization of Williams.

As has been reported here, after getting fired by NPR, Fox News rewarded Williams with a fat new contract. Which Stewart reported, then followed by a montage of Fox News personalities eulogizing Williams in the most over-the-top manner. Stewart summed up by whispering an aside to Fox News executives “guys, you gave him $2 Million. You don’t have to bl*w him!”

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