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John Stewart trashes MSM on lack of ACORN Coverage
The Daily Show ^ | John Stewart

Posted on 09/15/2009 9:44:01 PM PDT by aynrandfreak

John Stewart had his best segment ever trashing the MSM over their how some kids scooped them to find out about corruption at ACORN.

No video up yet. Here are some quotes:

"I'm sure Acorn has 'a line'...please tell me 13 Salvadorian sex slaves is 'the line'"

"The bad news, Acorn appears to be a corrupt organization that aides and abets criminals, and gets millions of dollars in taxpayer money, the good news is, it seems to be very well run"

"Which intrepid journalist broke this story, 60 minutes, AP?" "Where were the real reporters on this story. You know what, Investigative Media, WHERE THE H--- WERE YOU?"

"They did it for $3000. That's Blitzer's monthly beard wet-vac budget."

"I'm a fake journalist, and I'm embarrassed these guys scooped me.....Let's get to work people"

"Of course Fox is loving this"


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: acorn; dailyshow; hannahgiles; johnstewart; jonstewart; msm
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He can be a vile lefty, but he seems more balanced tonight than other late night comedians.
1 posted on 09/15/2009 9:44:01 PM PDT by aynrandfreak
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To: aynrandfreak

“Of course Fox is loving this”

I finally agree with that ahole.


2 posted on 09/15/2009 9:46:15 PM PDT by jessduntno ("Integrity is the lifeblood of democracy. Deceit is a poison in it." - Ted Kennedy (D-HELL)
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To: aynrandfreak

Hmmm....still can’t stomach Jon Stewart.


3 posted on 09/15/2009 9:46:25 PM PDT by mockingbyrd (Sarah speaks for me!)
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To: aynrandfreak

Blatant corruption eventually comes to the surface and even

the MSM is coming to grips with that fact. The MSM is

grasping at straws to salvage any credibility they may have

left.


4 posted on 09/15/2009 9:47:12 PM PDT by unkus
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To: aynrandfreak

Blatant corruption eventually comes to the surface and even

the MSM is coming to grips with that fact. The MSM is

grasping at straws to salvage any credibility they may have

left.


5 posted on 09/15/2009 9:47:27 PM PDT by unkus
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To: aynrandfreak

Yes I am surprised and also happy to hear this. He might have his dbag moments, but this is good to hear from him.


6 posted on 09/15/2009 9:47:56 PM PDT by digital-olive
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To: aynrandfreak

Dennis Miller started off life in the far left lane, too - and so did I. Many of us wake up, sometimes slowly, sometimes in one morning watching two skyscrapers fall to the ground. In any case, good for Jon Stewart. Of course he’s embarressed - this is the kind of story that used to be the bread-and-butter of journalism from the days of Nellie Bly and Jacob Reiss. The good news is that while the mainstream media dies, others are taking up the slack. God bless America.


7 posted on 09/15/2009 9:48:11 PM PDT by redpoll
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To: aynrandfreak

Yeah...he at least sees the writing on the wall...the MSM is going DOWN!!!


8 posted on 09/15/2009 9:48:27 PM PDT by goodnesswins (George Orwell would be proud. Truth are lies, Slavery is Freedom, Oppression is Feminism.)
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To: aynrandfreak

I think James said he did it for $1300. but anyhoot..


9 posted on 09/15/2009 9:49:59 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts (“Cap and Trade bill tells us how to live.. Health Care bill tells us how to die.” Bauer and Rose)
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To: unkus

Bernie Goldberg made a compelling plea the other night that we should not call “them” the MSM because there is nothing mainstream about them. Think about it. The people marching on Saturday were mainstream America. The leftoid trash that publishes the NYT is not mainstream anything, except perhaps treasonous.

Goldberg is asking that we come up with a new acronym. I know Rush has several. I like the YLM (You Lie Media).


10 posted on 09/15/2009 9:50:23 PM PDT by freespirited (Liberals are only liberal about sex & drugs. Otherwise, they want to control your life. --DHorowitz)
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To: aynrandfreak

I have no interest in what this snotty leftard SOB says.He was elemental in getting the Chicago Marxist elected.Screw him.


11 posted on 09/15/2009 9:50:40 PM PDT by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: aynrandfreak
I saw that segment. I was crackin' up! Especially the part where he screams, "ARE YOU *BLEEP*ING KIDDING ME??!!"
lol
12 posted on 09/15/2009 9:50:58 PM PDT by winstonwolf33
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To: redpoll

“...from the days of Nellie Bly and Jacob Reiss.”

I nominate you for the Obscure Reference Of The Day Award!


13 posted on 09/15/2009 9:51:37 PM PDT by REDWOOD99
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To: aynrandfreak

Amazing, they must be passing out sweaters in Hell.


14 posted on 09/15/2009 9:51:41 PM PDT by Tempest (I believe in the sanctity of life... As long as you can afford it.)
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To: redpoll

A 20 year old young lady and 25 year old young man dressed as a pimp did the ENTIRE effing newspaper journalists job on $1400 and an idea.

These “kids” may almost singlehandedly save America.

Obama *IS* ACORN. SEIU is ACORN.


15 posted on 09/15/2009 9:51:47 PM PDT by Frantzie (Lou Dobbs & Glenn Beck- American Heroes! Bill O'Reilly = Liar)
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To: aynrandfreak

Well, it’s good to see that Stewart values his stock in trade as a comedian ahead of his personal politics.


16 posted on 09/15/2009 9:51:52 PM PDT by The_Reader_David (And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
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To: aynrandfreak

Glad to hear this. He’s too left to listen too but I like him and was hoping he didn’t let the left pimp him.


17 posted on 09/15/2009 9:52:23 PM PDT by swheats (Time is the greatest equalizer. Seek God in America Again.)
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To: Tempest

LOL


18 posted on 09/15/2009 9:52:42 PM PDT by swheats (Time is the greatest equalizer. Seek God in America Again.)
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To: freespirited
Bernie Goldberg made a compelling plea the other night that we should not call “them” the MSM because there is nothing mainstream about them.

Rush is now using the term "State Run Media". I think that's a little more on-the-mark.

19 posted on 09/15/2009 9:52:57 PM PDT by NurdlyPeon (Sarah Palin: Americas last, best hope for survival.)
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To: aynrandfreak

I remember John Stewart once saying before the invasion of Iraq that the people of Iraq didn’t need Saddam’s palaces, they needed ‘Sandwiches’. He impressed me then, and just impressed me again.

I haven’t the highest regard for him, but it’s just supposed to be a comedy show. I try to keep that perspective.

Nevertheless, I think too many young people latch on to his often overly-simplistic way of looking at things. I am uncertain of his political compass, I happen to think he just goes whichever way the political winds are blowing and they are starting to blow in our direction again.

He’s part of the mindless herd, this is what fuels his ratings. The pendulum is starting to swing back and he along with it.


20 posted on 09/15/2009 9:53:33 PM PDT by lmr (God punishes Conservatives by making them argue with fools.)
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“I’m a fake journalist, and I’m embarrassed these guys scooped me.....Let’s get to work people”

I really liked this line. All journalist should be ashamed of themselves over this.


21 posted on 09/15/2009 9:53:35 PM PDT by JLS
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To: aynrandfreak

Stewart will never be a friend, but this is a red-meat story and he sees the wolves cowering in the corner and he’s asking why. And he’s not liking the answers he isn’t getting. In that sort of a total vacuum of professionalism he won’t be a fake journalist long, because if he’s the only one talking about it, he’s a real one. I’m sure that prospect horrifies him as much as it does us, but it isn’t his, or our, fault.


22 posted on 09/15/2009 9:53:37 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: goodnesswins
You could be right!

Jon Stewart wants his ratings. He is a ho. (but unlike Mahr, he can upon occasion be amusing.)

23 posted on 09/15/2009 9:53:41 PM PDT by berdie (Hey, Bill Mahr...That's Mrs. Cracker to you.)
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To: aynrandfreak

Call me petty, but since the liberals love him then I’ll continue to despise him. When Jon Stewart ticks off the liberals then maybe I’ll take some interest in what he says.


24 posted on 09/15/2009 9:54:00 PM PDT by Ballygrl
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To: freespirited
that we should not call “them” the MSM because there is nothing mainstream about them

Good point Bernie made...from now on we call them Lame (or Left) Stream Media....LSM. That's not an original from my mind but will adopt it from here on out.

25 posted on 09/15/2009 9:54:26 PM PDT by tflabo (Truth or Tyranny)
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To: aynrandfreak
He'll still vote for Obama and Senator Gillibrand again, if he's even registered.

Or even if he's not.

26 posted on 09/15/2009 9:54:35 PM PDT by dead (I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
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To: Frantzie
Obama *IS* ACORN. SEIU is ACORN.

Yes! This must be shouted from the rooftops so it resonates with at least some of the sheeple.

ACORN --> SEIU --> OBAMA

27 posted on 09/15/2009 9:55:24 PM PDT by nutmeg (Obamunism is destroying America)
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To: Ballygrl

I agree with you. Jon is the left’s useful tool.


28 posted on 09/15/2009 9:56:11 PM PDT by antceecee (Bless us Father.. have m ercy on us and protect us from evil.)
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To: swheats

I am waiting for SNl to do a skit on this. Maxine Waters could be the guest host and play the part of ACORN Exec.
Denzel Washington Obama and Eddie Murphy the pimp. Can’t decide on the Ho..there’s too many candidates.


29 posted on 09/15/2009 9:57:30 PM PDT by Oldexpat
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To: Oldexpat

names in a hat


30 posted on 09/15/2009 10:00:06 PM PDT by swheats (Time is the greatest equalizer. Seek God in America Again.)
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To: Oldexpat

“I am waiting for SNl to do a skit on this”

I think they’ll definitely come out with a hard-hitting scathing , sarcastic sketch..........ridiculing Sarah Palin.


31 posted on 09/15/2009 10:00:16 PM PDT by Carl LaFong (Experts say experts should be ignored.)
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To: aynrandfreak

Are the libs throwing ACORN under the bus?


32 posted on 09/15/2009 10:00:31 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: aynrandfreak

Read on another thread that Gibson (he has a nightly news “show” on some network channel - I watch local news only) said that he didn’t know of the Acorn story and felt it worthy of ‘cable’.

I presumed that he believed that ONLY network/over the air (also carried over cable) news broadcasts to be worthy.

I’ll wager that an equal number of his viewers also lament “My Mother The Car” being canceled.


33 posted on 09/15/2009 10:01:50 PM PDT by This_far (Mandatory health insurance? I thought it was about health care!)
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To: freespirited

I say just call them the “American pravda” and be done with it.


34 posted on 09/15/2009 10:02:18 PM PDT by Rca2000 ( "They all got what they wanted...but NO ONE seems very happy".)
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To: aynrandfreak
Wow, John Stewart has heard of ACORN?

That's great! Now all the kiddie-brains at Cartoon News are finding out.

35 posted on 09/15/2009 10:02:24 PM PDT by cookcounty (President Barack ACORN has no comment.)
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“I’m a fake journalist, and I’m embarrassed these guys scooped me.”

At least he admits to being a fake journalist, unlike the anchors and reporters of the state-run media.


36 posted on 09/15/2009 10:02:41 PM PDT by TBP (Obama lies, Granny dies.)
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To: aynrandfreak
Whenever a leftist reveals that he's open-minded and a genuine liberal, we should be happy. It's means there's a chance for him. A real liberal is supposed to consider all the alternatives.

It's close-minded leftists that can't be helped. They've already made up their minds. They're anti-capitalist, big government control freaks and always will be. They think they have the answer for everyone.

37 posted on 09/15/2009 10:06:20 PM PDT by mc6809e
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To: TBP

One thing about The Daily Show, they love to make fun of clips on Fox. To do that, they have to watch it all the time. Maybe a little is rubbing off on them.


38 posted on 09/15/2009 10:07:08 PM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: Rca2000
I say just call them the “American pravda” and be done with it.

GMTA. I've called the Washington Post "Pravda on the Potomac" for years.

39 posted on 09/15/2009 10:11:13 PM PDT by freespirited (Liberals are only liberal about sex & drugs. Otherwise, they want to control your life. --DHorowitz)
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To: aynrandfreak

I’m going to call this the Fake Media’s Johnson / Cronkite moment. If the “Mainstream” Propagandists have lost the Comedy Channel, they’ve lost America.


40 posted on 09/15/2009 10:12:01 PM PDT by Humble Servant ( See y'all in the gulag.)
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41 posted on 09/15/2009 10:13:29 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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I actually consider this a failure for Stewart’s team of fringe liberal writers.

You know they tried like hell to turn this into a “but they’re still evil/stoopid too” bit about Fox or conservatives. It’s an admission that they couldn’t pull it off, if they actually had to end up talking about the DBM/ACORN instead.


42 posted on 09/15/2009 10:14:07 PM PDT by MitchellC
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“That’s great! Now all the kiddie-brains at Cartoon News are finding out. “

Absolutely. Stewart just informed a million viewers of something they had no clue even existed. This is hugh!


43 posted on 09/15/2009 10:15:04 PM PDT by Rebelbase
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To: Carl LaFong

If SNL did do a skit about this, it would go out of its way to whitewash Obama’s connection to the group.


44 posted on 09/15/2009 10:15:28 PM PDT by MitchellC
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To: aynrandfreak

Not that I doubt your word, but it seemed so out of place that I went to the website—and I couldn’t find the video posted there.

Just something stupid about him getting fat eating Philly Cheesesteaks.


45 posted on 09/15/2009 10:18:46 PM PDT by wildbill (You're just jealous because the Voices talk only to me.)
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To: freespirited

SNEWS....because they seem to be asleep.


46 posted on 09/15/2009 10:20:07 PM PDT by Anima Mundi
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To: This_far
I truly believe GIBSON IS a LIAR
47 posted on 09/15/2009 10:22:06 PM PDT by goodnesswins (George Orwell would be proud. Truth are lies, Slavery is Freedom, Oppression is Feminism.)
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To: freespirited
Goldberg is asking that we come up with a new acronym. I know Rush has several. I like the YLM (You Lie Media).

How about the SOBs (State Operated Broadcasters) because they certainly are lying SOBs.

48 posted on 09/15/2009 10:23:22 PM PDT by eggman (Obama's Spread the Wealth will work just as well as Spread the Liabilities (sub-prime mortgages))
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To: Rebelbase

hell does freeze over? Proof in da PIC


49 posted on 09/15/2009 10:23:53 PM PDT by TomasUSMC ( FIGHT LIKE WW2, FINISH LIKE WW2. FIGHT LIKE NAM, FINISH LIKE NAM)
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To: Rebelbase; aynrandfreak
“That’s great! Now all the kiddie-brains at Cartoon News are finding out. “

Absolutely. Stewart just informed a million viewers of something they had no clue even existed. This is hugh!

I agree hope that Stewart continues to discuss ACORN. It is an entirely different audience.

50 posted on 09/15/2009 10:24:45 PM PDT by Irish Eyes
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