Huh? You're trying to impugn him for something for something he doesn't do, but that the people he mocks do do, because you think he would do it, if only he were to actually do it?

not an accident

That's not what he said was "insane". You'd probably know that if you bothered to watch the interview. Literally you have no idea what's going on, you're just seeing some libruls talking and reflexively disagreeing with them for some reason.

no, i am saying that there is bias in Stewart's commentary. He bashes on conservatives way too much and often times he would lampoon conservative positions without even considering that there might be merit behind them. I am sorry I haven't seen his show in some time and can't give you anything more specific, than the general impression i got from his show. Yes Fox news is worse, but just because they are a "news network" and he is a "comedian", doesn't mean they are all that different.

i don't feel like watching the interview and if it was not what he said was insane, you could have corrected me the first time I brought it up. I said from the beginning that I took issue with something I read in the article.

Correlation doesn't imply causation. Maybe Stewart covers conservatives more often for other reasons than him being liberal.

By the way, Stewart mocks the president on a regular basis.

Again were back to someone complaining about steward and the best they can come up with is he isn't impartial? Sigh.

Here's Stewart's response to Polifact, it's pretty standard from him, in that it is amazing:

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/tu...lse-statements

what's wrong with that complaint

How do you measure that Stewart bashes conservatives "too much?" Why shouldn't he bash them as much as he does?

Does Glenn Beck bash liberals "too much?"

OK, but this is based on your "general impression" you get without watching the show, right? Sort of like how you formed impressions of the Wallace interview from, I dunno, auras or tarot cards.

Besides that, you still don't have a point. As best I can figure, your core and only point is that while Fox News is conservative, Jon Stewart is liberal, and thus both have some element of bias, so they are the same and... I dunno. You haven't fleshed out the ending.

Jon Stewart doesn't run a news network with the tagline "Fair and Balanced". When he mocks Fox viciously for not practicing good journalism, it kind of seems like you're impyling that means he has some sort of obligation to himself practice good journalism or else it's not fair that he was so mean. Should people on ESPN not be able to say a football player is playing poorly unless they themselves can do better?

Are you Donald Trump? Because your posting here is just like he was at the Correspondent's Dinner. Grand at lobbing shots, pitiful on the receiving end, with zero factual information to add to the discussion.

wrong... i watched it regularly for some years. I do acknowledge that some of my perceptions could be formed by the fact that a lot of what I saw was when Bush was in office and Stewart would mock him at every opportunity, but i think his coverage of 08 election was pretty uneven as well.

Again, i did not post any impressions about the interview, just a couple of quotes I read in article that was linked here.

I stated my point numerous times. When Stewart is addressing whatever criticisms presented at him, the fact that he is a "comedian" and his show is on "comedy central" is not too relevant.


sure, that is another point as well.

because the things he bashes them for, could be easily applied to both sides

yes, glenn beck is a joke

Also, if MSNBC says something incorrect and/or slanted in favor of liberalism, does Stewart have an obligation to make fun of it?

if he wants to avoid the criticisms that people throw at him, then yes

hotdogfallacy- When you say that Stewart is "addressing criticisms", could you give an example of such a criticism? I mean, we've gotten that you think he's liberal, but he admits he is liberal. Like in that interview, in the part that you quoted! What criticisms are people throwing at him? Doesn't even have to be one you personally believe.

Wait, what? I was unfairly strawmanning you! At least I thought I was. You legitimately think Stewart cannot criticize Fox for being dishonest and terrible at, say, reporting on Obamacare unless he himself devotes his half hour comedy show to effective reporting on the same subject? I'm pretty sure he'd get fired if he started airing "Newshalfhour with Jim Lehrer Jon Stewart" after repeats of Tosh.0.

Like, this is the gold standard in Daily Show vs. Fox, imo:
http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mo...t-company-trap

Could you watch that and identify what parts of it are
A) "Liberal bias"
B) Wrong?

What should he have done differently there?

Well, then, that criticism is stupid, and he shouldn't bother to avoid it.

Should Chris Rock do a sketch in favor of the drug war?

Should Louis CK do a sketch opposing gay marriage?

Stewart has absolutely no ethical obligation to present all sides of all issues, no obligation to lampoon liberals, or anything of the sort. He doesn't purport to be presenting all sides of all issues. You're talking about trying to introduce the Fairness Doctrine into comedy, which is ridiculous on its face.

that he displays bias in his show that focuses on political commentary, much like people he criticizes

no, just that his criticisms lose their effect, when he frequently displays bias




neither do the people he criticizes


i'm done for a little while ITT

Except, if you watched The Daily Show, or even if you just watched the one clip that Fly so conveniently linked for you, you'd see that Stewart isn't criticizing Fox for merely "being conservative." Nor is Stewart engaging in tactics similar to the ones he lampooned in that clip. But yeah, take your ball and go home, I guess, and weep bitter tears that there is actually someone out there good at pointing out tons of hypocrisy, deceit, and disinformation coming from the right.

HUH?

The Seinfeld writers were miles ahead for this one too. Jon Stewart actually wants people to criticize him. He not only learns more about the issue, but it gains him more material for his comedy show. Of course a thick skin is needed, something a majority of your fellow conservatives lack. You want comedy that is parceled to an acceptable little segment, a blue blood non-laugh at the club crowd, jolly good stuff.

Steward may want people to criticize him, but there are an awful lot of thin-skinned pansies that get all defensive and uptight when it happens.

God last night's ripping of Faux was so funny I had to watch it again.

yeah, there are a lot of thin skinned pansies, here as well, who get uppity if their word isn't accepted on faith.

i never said that he did...