Yesterday Jon Stewart took down both Fox News and Bernard Goldberg with humor, reasoning, intelligence and most importantly truth.
After receiving some relatively harsh criticism from Fox News analyst Bernie Goldberg earlier this week, Jon Stewart returned the favor. And how! In an epic retort that was equal parts comedy, reasoned argument, and song (with a dash of monocled flatulence for good measure), Stewart tore apart Goldberg’s critique. Jon’s rejoinder is best summed up "you can’t criticize me for not being ‘fair and balanced,’ that’s your slogan. Which by the way, you never follow."
Not much needs to be said about Stewart's take-down; The clip speaks for itself. On a personal note, I would just say this is some of the BEST Jon I have seen in years. The evisceration of both FOX NEWS and Bernie Goldberg is beyond epic.
Background on What Happened (Mediaite):
After receiving some relatively harsh criticism from Fox News analyst Bernie Goldberg earlier this week, Jon Stewart returned the favor. And how! In an epic retort that was equal parts comedy, reasoned argument, and song (with a dash of monocled flatulence for good measure), Stewart tore apart Goldberg’s critique. Jon’s rejoinder is best summed up "you can’t criticize me for not being ‘fair and balanced,’ that’s your slogan. Which by the way, you never follow."
Jon Stewart F*ck Yourself Video(Original Video)-
NEW VIDEO OF JON STEWART TAKE-DOWN
(trouble embedding)
The Greatest Point I believe Jon makes is this:
You like to pretend, Bernie Goldberg, that the relentless conservative activism Fox News is the equivalent of the disorganized liberal influence you find on NBC, ABC and CBS. Fox News, you may be able to detect a liberal pathogen in their blood stream, however faint. But Fox News is such a crazed overreaction to that threat. You’re like an auto-immune disorder. I’m not saying that the virus doesn’t exist in some small quantity. But you’re producing way too many antibodies.