5:40 pm update - New video below: "Fox News: The New Liberals." Thanks kgmadman!This week's theme for Friday Free-for-All is one of my favorite shows - The Daily Show with Jon Stewart. The first clip actually aired back in 2005, but seems even more timely now considering the way the puppet minions of Glenn Beck and Fox News recently stooped to "Hitler" references as a substitute for intelligent public discouse. It has to be one of my all-time favorite editorials.
This one is from earlier this week. The fun really starts when Glenn Beck pops up around the 3:30 mark, protesting the "indocrination" of our children by unpatriotic Democrats. Note how a particular news network tries to stoke the flames of outrage.
And no tribute to Stewart and TDS would be complete without this series of videos he did last March taking on CNBC and Jim Cramer. Again, brilliant editorial writing and a very effective use of impeaching someone with their own words - something TDS does artfully on a regular basis.
UPDATE - Kgmadman reminded me of this wonderful one from August. If you take your political cues from Fox News coverage, take a look at this before-and-after.
Jon Stewart is a tiny, Jewish miracle. His show pretty much single-handedly enabled me to maintain my sanity during the '08 election. (Ok, maybe Colbert and Tina Fey helped a bit too.) My love for this man knows no bounds.
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Their segment "Have Republicans Become Liberals" was brilliant. I love when they do "that was what Fox News said THEN, this is what Fox News says NOW" montages...though lot of good it does.
ReplyDeleteKgmadman, thanks for jogging my memory! How could I have forgotten that one? I've added that clip accordingly because it deserves to be seen.
ReplyDeleteWow I'm so glad the Smallville Podcast (@SHoEPodcast) retweeted that someone loved your article on Christopher Reeve. Because now I've now discovered how AMAZING and wonderful your blog is. This post always was GREAT, I love The Daily Show but don't watch it often enough and these clips were all so good. :D I'll definitely read more on this blog of yours later. :D (I'm luvtheheaven on twitter and YouTube by the way.)
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