Comedian Tougher on Brock Than CNN & NBC

Media Research Center ^ | 2/04/2001 | MRC

[Timesink]

The most amazing thing about this is that Jon Stewart himself is an unabashed liberal. Maybe I've been wrong to ignore The Daily Show for so long. (I gave up on it after Craig Kilborn left.)

[hillsborofox]

Bump for later enjoyment.

[Nitro]

I caught the tail end of that interview with Stewart and I'm thinking maybe he should go for a real news show...

I might just be getting too old but he doesn't cut it as a comedian for me!!

Also I see Brock is using the old "I am telling you I am a liar so you should beleive me now" excuse!!!

[Xenalyte]

It's utterly worth watching, because it's an equal-opportunity basher. No one gets out unscathed.

[D-fendr]

Brock's Book's Real Title:

"I'm a liar and here's my story."

[SunStar]

Maybe I've been wrong to ignore The Daily Show for so long.

I watch it on a daily basis. Jon Stewart is hardly conservative, but hardly liberal either. I'd say he is an everyday joe, one who makes fun of both sides.

[JURB]

Stewart can be funny sometimes. It can be hard to come up with good jokes on a daily basis. He is never as lame as Jay Leno.

[Risky Schemer]

It's utterly worth watching, because it's an equal-opportunity basher. No one gets out unscathed.

Funny, that's how I remember Politically Incorrect was during its Comedy Central days before the move to ABC.

[gcruse]

I like Stewart. He smells like pie.

[Phantom Lord]

I rarely catch any of The Daily Show. But I did catch an episode a few weeks ago and they did the greatest satire/parody/mocking or the Fighting Whites that I have ever seen. You would think FReepers were writing the skit. It was one of the funniest things I have ever seen. It went so far as to come up with the most insulting Indian name a sports team could have. I cant remember it, but it involved scalping.

[vbmoneyspender]

It's utterly worth watching, because it's an equal-opportunity basher. No one gets out unscathed.

Can the network slogan "Fair and Balanced Comedy" be far behind?

[Nitro]

I'll agree that Stewart has his moments but he often seems to be embarassed or uncomfortable with his material, I know every show has writers but the host usually has some imput.

I also think his timing needs some major work, aside from that he is well suited to a niche cable show!!

[balrog666]

The most amazing thing about this is that Jon Stewart himself is an unabashed liberal. Maybe I've been wrong to ignore The Daily Show for so long. (I gave up on it after Craig Kilborn left.)

Yeah, you've missed a very witty, funny, and entertaining show.
Kilborn sure became a complete jerk over at CBS and, in my opinion, killed the "Late, Late Show".

[Phantom Lord]

Lewis Black is probably the best thing about The Daily Show. His bit about why Christmas is better than Channaku (i know, its spelled wrong) was hillarious. Black is a jew, just so you know. I am catholic and my wife is jewish. I made her watch the rerun.

The comparrison of christmas carols and santa songs vs. The Dradel Song had me on the floor.

"All the little christian kids get to play with their X-Box and Playstations. Jewish kids get a Dradel. Whats a Dradel? I'll tell you what a Dradel is. Its a top! Its something you give to a child to see if he's... damaged."

[summer]

FYI.

[summer]

FYI, re our original discussion -- Brock on The Daily Show

[ravingnutter]

The "Headlines" portion of the show is hilarious, but I usually change the channel when it comes to his guests.

[marron]

Brock has loudly proclaimed that "everything" he said about the Clintons was false.

The problem is that he has never specifically denied any of his accusations against them. The troopers have not recanted, nor have any other of the witnesses he quoted. Nor has any of the documentary evidence he cited disappeared. Its just his word, now, against his word, then, and the word of all of his sources who still stand by their statements, some of them, sworn statements.

Furthermore, some of his accusations later turned out to be undeniably true, such that even Clinton's own supporters no longer deny them. It is truly bizarre that now that Clinton's supporters now admit most of the charges against him, that Brock would now be denying what has sadly become very public knowledge.

And the sexual charges, though salacious, are only the most trivial tip of a very serious ice-berg. Brock did some good reporting in his day, but the real credit belongs to Judicial Watch, Infowar, and some of the others who investigated Clinton's financial dealings.

A little light reading from their investigations shows what real investigative reporting is.

And the charges against Judge Thomas, in the aftermath of all we know about Clinton, now seem positively childish, even if true. As, really, they did even then.

[contessa machiaveli]

never underestimate jon stewart, i think he's one of the brightest and funniest guys on TV. the show is a parody of the self-righteous, pompous news programs. i assume jon is a liberal but he's an equal opportunity basher, he's been unmerciful to democrats as well as republicans. if you have the comedy channel, you've got to watch.