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Comedy Central’s Jon Stewart Attacks MSNBC Again: 'Honestly, that is Double-A Ball' (Video)
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| November 4, 2010
| Jeff Poor
Posted on 11/04/2010 12:10:17 PM PDT by Rufus2007
There seems to be a schism between two of the media giants that lefties hold in high regard the entire MSNBC network and Comedy Centrals The Daily Show host Jon Stewart.
After Stewart took a few jabs at MSNBC during his Oct. 30 Washington, D.C. rally, MSNBC host Keith Olbermann took umbrage at the equivalency Stewart drew between his network and the Fox News Channel. In Olbermanns view, Fox News Channel is a source of evil in the world, while MSNBC is a source of good. However, Stewart, who admittedly sees things from a liberal worldview, questioned MSNBCs role in damaging political discourse.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: chriswallace; jonstewart; mediabias; msnbc
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Get your popcorn -- Olbermann vs. Stewart.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:10:23 PM PDT
by
Rufus2007
To: Rufus2007
Jon Stewart is a hard core lefty who will stop at nothing to do damage America.
Just my opinion of course.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:15:05 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: Rufus2007
They are all terrified of Stewart.
To: BenLurkin
You know, I really can't help but like Jon Stewrt. I think he's hilarious. Do I hate it when he picks on "our" side? Absolutely. But when he skewers the left it is absolutely delicious.
I actually have hopes of him coming around. Seriesly.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:20:27 PM PDT
by
AnnaZ
(I keep 2 magnums in my desk.One's a gun and I keep it loaded.Other's a bottle and it keeps me loaded)
To: Retired Greyhound
Afraid of Jon Stewart? That’s like being afraid of Howdy Doody.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:20:36 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
To: Rufus2007
the question is:
Is this a popcorn show, or is it a puppet show?
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:22:34 PM PDT
by
GraceG
To: BenLurkin
At least Stewart is funny while he does it. He was also the first mainstream comic to take jabs at Obama after he got elected.
To: Rufus2007
To: Retired Greyhound
They are all terrified of Stewart. Sounds that way...
I don't have cable - so I've seen perhaps one clip from his show in the past 2 years (someone once posted a Youtube clip here)...
Yet it seems like he's treated as some grand poobah or sage...
He's a comedian - right?
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:23:16 PM PDT
by
El Cid
(Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and thou shalt be saved, and thy house...)
To: AnnaZ
He doesn't really skewer the left. If he wanted to skewer the losers at MSNBC for instance he wouldn’t dignify them with a false comparison to the wildly popular Fox news.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:24:21 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(This post is not a statement of fact. It is merely a personal opinion -- or humor -- or both)
To: Retired Greyhound
Afraid of Jon Stewart? That’s like being afraid of Howdy Doody.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:24:37 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
To: RexBeach
Oops. Double post. Regrets.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:25:48 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
To: BenLurkin
Jon Stewart is a hard core lefty who will stop at nothing to do damage America. Just my opinion of course.
I think that's an accurate opinion...or was.
In the last few months, he makes me wonder if he is suffering an internal debate with truth and reality. Just some of things he says sometimes.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:26:26 PM PDT
by
ZX12R
(IMPEACH OBAMA NOW!)
To: Rufus2007
You could tell in that clip that Stewart has tremendous respect for Wallace and really danced around what he wanted to say. Which was MSNBC was failing because they were trying to be the leftist equivalent to Fox when they should just try to report the news. He then went on to damn Fox with feint praise by saying they are very good at being a right wing mouthpiece. They are polished at it. However, there was this fear of coming right at Wallace in his approach. Wallace really held his own in that exchange and even the leftist audience did not turn against Wallace during the exchange.
To: RexBeach
He is the most powerful liberal in the media right now.
Even Obama ran to him and cowered.
To: antiRepublicrat
Agreed! Sort of like my feelings about Berke Breathed: I agreed with about 0.01% of what he said, but at least he was funny (most of the time) with Bloom County... as opposed to Doonesbury, which is about as funny as a sinus infection.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:30:50 PM PDT
by
paladinan
(Rule #1: There is a God. Rule #2: It isn't you.)
To: Retired Greyhound
My family is larger than Mr. Stewart’s audience.
Going on Stewart was a bad idea. The White House Communications Office is not very bright.
Young adults do not vote in mid-terms.
Mr. Obama made the same mistake when he went on Ryan Seacrest’s radio show.
Ignorance.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:31:54 PM PDT
by
RexBeach
("There is no such thing as a good tax." Winston Churchill)
To: Rufus2007
Wallace alluded to an Election Night kerfuffle between Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., and Hardball host Chris Wallace.Chris Wallace hosts Hardball?
I believe they meant Chris Matthews.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:33:13 PM PDT
by
South40
(My computer beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing!)
To: BenLurkin
My impression is that Stewart is an old school democrat. He longs for LBJ’s Democrat party, not the counterculture neo-marxist democrat party that emerged from the late 60s and early 70s.
To: Rufus2007
Jon Stewart is funny and has telegenic gifts. But he’s not as influential as he thinks he is.
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posted on
11/04/2010 12:38:25 PM PDT
by
Snake65
(Gentlemen may cry, Peace, Peace-- but there is no peace. The war is actually begun!)
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