MSNBC host Joe Scarborough asks whether Bill O’Reilly has a point when he argues that Jon Stewart isn’t really running a “fake news” show. (Great clips included)

As a primer:

  • Jon Stewart’s first appearance on “The O’Reilly Factor”
  • Bill O’Reilly’s subsequent appearance on “The Daily Show”

    • Crooks and Liars:

    Last night Scarborough covered the little feud going on between Fox and Comedy Central

    Scarborough seems to think that Stewart gets a free pass because he is left of center. Anyone who watches TDS knows that Stewart will take the opportunity to point out mistakes made by any politician, right or left. It just so happens that we have a government totally controlled by the right and they happen to make very easy targets right now. Link

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