Jon Stewart

Politfact Gets It Wrong On Fox

The past few days, I’ve been writing at Greg's place about the validity of Jon Stewart’s criticisms of Fox News. The fact-checking website Politfact weighed in yesterday, citing a series of public-knowledge surveys showing that on questions of basic knowledge, Fox News viewers scored well within the average.

In the Future, Everyone will be Rick Sanchez.

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I thought Paul Campos had a fine response to Rick Sanchez's self-pitying rant about himself, CNN and the Jews:

Funny Women.

Yesterday, Jezebel published a piece criticizing The Daily Show -- and Jon Stewart in particular -- for being sexist. The allegation is based on a few quotes from ex-employees, the paucity of female correspondents, and the fact that the newest female hire, Olivia Munn, has a certain frat-boy appeal.

When Jon Stewart Fails.

There is an unexpected silence in the liberal blogosphere after last night's highly anticipated Daily Show episode, in which Jon Stewart hosted John Yoo, the author of many of the Bush administration's torture memos and one of the people most responsible for giving legal sanction to the practice of torture. That's probably because Stewart found himself completely outmatched by a charming, tactful Yoo who seemed far better prepared to defend granting virtually unlimited powers to the executive branch than ever before. Put simply, Stewart failed to make Yoo look like he had done anything wrong.