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In reply to the discussion: Jon Stewart carrying water for the GOP yet again. [View all]wickerwoman
(5,662 posts)69. Except it involves misunderstanding the nuance of what Obama was saying
which was that it can be both. Many of the protestors were there because of the video and then a small group of militants used that as cover for an attack.
He wasn't actually saying anything different from Rice or Clinton, he was just emphasising another aspect of the attacks.
I love the Daily Show, but Jon usually does a better job of understanding complex issues than this. The problem is every once in a while he feels the need to seem "fair and balanced" and it results in lame, unfunny bits like this.
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i dont mind when he gets it right. he had the other day, obama didnt have UN meeting cause he was
seabeyond
Oct 2012
#18
Well either they don't know what the hell is going on or they are not being forthcoming.
dkf
Oct 2012
#137
He brought up the point about terrorist attack vs attack due to anti-muslim video
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2012
#36
I took it that he was calling them out as kind of a "Wake up...don't blow this thing" by having
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2012
#76
see, I was only half watching. Yes, I totally agree with you. Stewart is a liberal. why
Laura PourMeADrink
Oct 2012
#182
"I wouldn't care if Stewart hits the Dems 10x as many times he hits the Rs."
NCTraveler
Oct 2012
#107
Please explain the journalistic editorial standards that a comedy show needs to meet...
TeamPooka
Oct 2012
#8
So you have no problem with anything Rush has said over the last 20 years
One of the 99
Oct 2012
#24
He may sometimes say things I disagree with. but at least he is comprehensible.
CBGLuthier
Oct 2012
#17
Do you know why there were no stand-up comics in the old Soviet Union?
Jeff In Milwaukee
Oct 2012
#19
There was a really good article on The Baffler about why Stewart and Colbert suck...
ghostsofgiants
Oct 2012
#21
Yeah, this "agree with me in every particular or you're my enemy" thing is ridiculous. (nt)
Posteritatis
Oct 2012
#80
Jon is uninformed at times. In his effort to paint both sides as equally reprehensible, he tends to
Liberal_Stalwart71
Oct 2012
#56
What he was wieghing in on was the inability of the admin to get on the same page.
Marrah_G
Oct 2012
#203
Jon Stewart is a comedian. Regardless where his political affinity lies, he is on tv
Arkansas Granny
Oct 2012
#86
And in the immortal words of Monty Python, I fart in your general direction
DainBramaged
Oct 2012
#159
R#13 & K for, the O.P. is absolutely correct. Jon lost me when he copied the BecKKK rally
UTUSN
Oct 2012
#184
the heady weight, the force of philosophy, the dubious inconsistencies...
LanternWaste
Oct 2012
#196
Relax, people. The election is almost over. Focus on voting and counting votes. n/t
porphyrian
Oct 2012
#197
I think he gets paid too much to carry his own water, let alone anyone else's.
porphyrian
Oct 2012
#231