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 ‘The Daily Show’: For Fox Sake!Posted on Oct 30, 2009
The battle between the Obama administration and Fox News hasn’t ended yet (sigh), but luckily, Jon Stewart takes this timely opportunity to dissect what exactly the conservative-leaning channel’s raison d’être is, and here’s a hint: It’s not necessarily the news. —KA Comedy Central:
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By BlueEagle, November 3 at 9:05 pm #
This whole thing is a charade.
Repeat after me… Controlled Opposition.
Those that watch Stewart are being controlled to oppose the Fox News crowd and vise-versa. It’s just like WWF wrestling. I’ll be Murdoch and Stewart went out for a drink the next night and gave each other high-fives.
Who wins?
Fox and Stewart for sucking your critical thinking time away from you and others and making you watch silly commercials to get you to consume more useless crap and eat processed foods.
Also, the elite that are conspiring to control all minds.
Report thisBy steve, November 3 at 4:47 pm #
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I always watch fox news because they are “fair and balanced”. They always warn us of the bad things going on and what we need to be afraid of : government take over of medical care and obamas inability to expand the war in afghanistan ...which he should have done already. Sean Hannity and Glen Beck are the best in the business. They are certainly not afraid to back down from anybody: Never mind that we are on a slippery slope on the way to SOCIALISM!!! We need another BUSH in the white house…watch out for George P. Bush and watch out for Sarah Palin
Report thisBy omygodnotagain, November 2 at 10:11 pm #
I am beginning to feel that the media and I are on different planets, we have a recession, 2 wars, massive debt, half the country without health care… and then we have the twilight zone known as Mainstream media, where the Obama Administration which acts a lot like the Bush administration, you know continuing wars, extending surveillance, bailing out rich guys, and Fox News thinks Obama is Hitler and Jon Stewart thinks Obama’s policies are different from Bush,they aren’t, can you tell a difference. Maybe I need to get that flu shot, never know I might see things differently….or does anyone else agree
Report thisBy Hulk2008, November 2 at 2:54 pm #
I hereby predict a GOP takeover, first 2010 in Congress and then 2012 in the White House.
Why? Pick One:
a. Americans NEVER learn from their mistakes.
b. Talk shows are more powerful than votes.
c. Entertainers deliver one-liners better than politicians.
d. The attention span of the average voter is limited to a one-liner.
e. Americans distrust educated people and folksy sayings are more trustworthy than teachers or books.
e. All of the above.
(I’ll put my money on e.)
Report thisBy GW=MCHammered, November 2 at 1:33 pm #
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Fox News is emotiTainTment for the illogics and
Report thisfeckless. Bravo, Sir John.
By ender342, November 2 at 9:21 am #
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This is a battle he can’t win. By attacking Fox he elevates them to Presidential level. They are reveling in it. Better for a President to ignore them entirely. If some outrageous falsehood of theirs must be refuted, let it be done by a lower-level administration official. (The appropriate one would be the cesspool cleaner but I’m not sure how good his media contacts are.)
Report thisBy RootJensen, November 1 at 3:35 pm #
From a UK perspective isn’t the Obama administration a
Reality TV exercise?
A lot of the news seems to be on his lifestyle over his
presidency.
I would prefer to hear about his speeches and policies
than the fact Michelle Obama has bought another handbag
or what outfit she wears out..
Shame we can’t view the video in the UK.
Report thisBy DaveZx3, November 1 at 6:41 am #
Virginia777, October 31 at 10:19 am #
So you are saying that the President of the United States should go to war with a TV show that doesn’t like him and says bad things about him?
And, if you don’t mind my asking, if you are the President of the United States, what exactly do you do to a TV show that doesn’t like you and says bad things about you?
I am just curious what a president should do about that. Since it has happened to virtually every president that ever sat in the chair. Obama is lucky, it is only one out of about 10 that don’t like him.
Report thisBy the tshirt doctor, October 31 at 3:13 pm #
i am sure glad i don’t watch fox news. and i am sure glad i don’t watch cnn news. because all the “news” you get from the channels is news the government/corporations want you to hear. which means it’s safe for them to let you see it.
Report thisBy Charlie Kasnick, October 31 at 1:08 pm #
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Watching Faux News is a lot like the Dr. Who episode where the tv sucks the face out of the watcher.
Report thisBy GW=MCHammered, October 31 at 12:32 pm #
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Amen, brother John. Most Faux News followers I know are over 65, easily over frightened and emphatically over medicated. It will be nice when this era of over self-centeredness is over too.
Report thisBy Virginia777, October 31 at 10:19 am #
Thank Goodness the battle between the Obama administration and Fox News hasn’t ended yet (hello?)
Its about time he took on these right-wing con-artists!
This is a battle he needs to win.
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