Topic: Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart Literally Loves Chuck Todd's 'Lite Rally'

Comedy Central

Jon Stewart mocked the media's eagerness to predict the 2016 presidential race last night, saying that it has the "attention span of a concussed goldfish," and caught one reporter in an embarrassing gaffe.  

By Erik Hayden

Oct 6, 2011

Jon Stewart Compares Occupy Wall Street with the Tea Party

The Daily Show host looks at the Occupy Wall Street movement through the lens of Fox News

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By Ray Gustini

Oct 5, 2011

The Seth MacFarlane-Jon Stewart Feud; Spielberg's Tintin Trailer

Plus: Seth MacFarlane recalls a four-year old fight with Jon Stewart

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 5, 2011

Jon Stewart Revisits Mitt Romney's Shapeshifting Career

The Daily Show swings media attention back to the GOP frontrunner

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By Erik Hayden

Oct 4, 2011

Jon Stewart Tours America's Other Racist Place Names

The Daily Show host wades into Rick Perry's hunting camp controversy

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 30, 2011

Jon Stewart Has Television Plans for the Pepper Spray Officer

The Daily Show reacts to demonstrators being sprayed at the Occupy Wall Street protests

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By Ray Gustini

Sep 29, 2011

The Red Sox Collapse as Explained by 'Good Morning America'

Plus: Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart had to talk on TV instead of watching baseball

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 29, 2011

Jon Stewart: Either Sarah Palin Is a Candidate or She's 'Crazy'

The Daily Show host tries to understand Sarah Palin's latest musings

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 28, 2011

The Difference Between Nancy Grace and Chaz Bono, According to Stewart

The Daily Show host sees a bit of hypocrisy in Fox & Friends outrage coverage

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 27, 2011

Jon Stewart to GOP: Your Candidates Aren't the Problem, It's You

The Daily Show host delivers a message to the GOP base

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 23, 2011

Palestine Should Think of the U.N. as a Really Tough Co-Op Board

The Daily Show host imagines the United Nations as a selective co-op

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 22, 2011

Jon Stewart: Only You Can Save Helpless Millionaires

The Daily Show host films a satirical infomercial for the endangered species

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 21, 2011

Jon Stewart on Just How Ridiculous 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' Was

The Daily Show host marked the end of the policy barring gays from openly serving

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 16, 2011

Jon Stewart Thinks the Solyndra Mess Is a Big Deal

The Daily Show host delves into the scandal of the bankrupt solar company

Comments | 7,387 Views

By John Hudson

Sep 15, 2011

How Jon Stewart Is and Isn't Like Fox News

Two new magazine pieces on Stewart compare the comedian with his cable news pincushion

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 15, 2011

Jon Stewart Says Farewell to Weinergate

The Daily Show host weighs in on New York's special election

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 13, 2011

Jon Stewart: Why Not Try a 'Campaign-Based' Economy?

The Daily Show host realizes he misses "campaign Obama"

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By Erik Hayden

Sep 7, 2011

Jon Stewart Chides Cable News Over 'Speechgate' Mania

Back from vacation, Jon Stewart gets back to skewering the media

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 19, 2011

Jon Stewart Has Had It with How Fox Talks About Class Warfare

The Daily Show host delivers a lecture on income inequality

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 16, 2011

Jon Stewart: Why is Everyone Still Ignoring Ron Paul?

The Daily Show host weighs in on the media's habit of discounting Paul

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 12, 2011

Jon Stewart Sees Something Different About Fox's Megyn Kelly

Kelly's defense of maternity leave strikes The Daily Show host as inconsistent

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 10, 2011

Jon Stewart Defends Michele Bachmann Against Newsweek

He becomes the latest to criticize the magazine's bizarre cover

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 5, 2011

Jon Stewart Doesn't Get Why Atheists Oppose '9/11 Cross'

People view the cross beam as "a symbol of comfort," he remarked

Comments | 8,266 Views

By Erik Hayden

Aug 4, 2011

Jon Stewart's Nominees for the Debt Deal's Super Committee

The twelve member congressional committee gets heroes like Senator Drone

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By Erik Hayden

Aug 2, 2011

Jon Stewart on Debt Deal: What Happened to Increasing Revenues?

"You're not pinning this turd on us," The Daily Show host figured

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 29, 2011

Let's Celebrate the Dodd-Frank Act's Miserable First Birthday

The demise of financial regulation in a Schoolhouse Rock routine

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 28, 2011

Jon Stewart Gives Up on Twitter Punditry

The Daily Show levels the playing field between random Twitter users and TV pundits

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 27, 2011

Jon Stewart: 'Did the President Just Quit?'

In jest, he asks: "Did the president just quit?"

Comments | 23,975 Views

By Ray Gustini

Jul 20, 2011

Jon Stewart Summarizes a Big Day in the Phone Hacking Scandal

An American take on the key players leading up to yesterday's Parliament

Comments | 6,680 Views

By Connor Simpson

Jul 19, 2011

Jon Stewart Examines the March Towards 'Armadebtdon'

Comedian takes a look at the latest news in the White House negotiations

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By Connor Simpson

Jul 15, 2011

Stewart Weighs In on Debt Debacle

Judging Obama against Roosevelt, debating Eric, and Bachmann's blunders

Comments | 2,050 Views

By Connor Simpson

Jul 14, 2011

Jon Stewart Calls 'Out' Marcus Bachmann

Stewart compares Rep's husband to Cam from Modern Family

Comments | 12,587 Views

By Ray Gustini

Jul 13, 2011

Forget Peas: Jon Stewart Wants the GOP to Start Paying for Beer

In the debt ceiling talks, House Republicans are like a mooching party guest

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By Ray Gustini

Jul 12, 2011

How Jon Stewart Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love U.K. Hacking

It's enough to make you feel good about America's many troubles, explains John Oliver

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By Erik Hayden

Jul 1, 2011

Jon Stewart Thinks Mark Halperin's Gaffe Was Simply Amazing

He nominates MSNBC's Willie Geist as the nation's official apology chaperone

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 29, 2011

Jon Stewart Does a Lot of Goofy Voices on The Daily Show

He's willing to mock regardless of race, color, creed or national origin

Comments | 3,612 Views

By Ray Gustini

Jun 28, 2011

Jon Stewart Keeps Parsing Chris Wallace's Words

The never-ending media criticism debate between Stewart and Wallace rages on

Comments | 8,028 Views

By Erik Hayden

Jun 22, 2011

Jon Stewart Dares Fox News to Fact Check

The Daily Show host notes all the instances when Fox has been wrong

Comments | 6,897 Views

By Erik Hayden

Jun 21, 2011

Comment of the Day

Comment of the Day: About Those 'Misinformed' Fox News Viewers

Noting the "lousy job" that all networks are doing to educate viewers

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By Erik Hayden

Jun 21, 2011

Actually, Fox News Viewers Aren't 'Consistently Misinformed'

A fact-checking organization deems Jon Stewart's remark "false"

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By Erik Hayden

Jun 21, 2011

Jon Stewart Dissects Chris Wallace's Fox News Logic

The Daily Show host has a few more things to say after Sunday's substantive debate

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 15, 2011

Jon Stewart Also Perplexed by John King's GOP Debate Questions

Presidential debate or game show?

Comments | 17,183 Views

By Ray Gustini

Jun 9, 2011

Jon Stewart's Advice to Weiner: Stop Apologizing to Bill Clinton

A line that will stand out when historians look back at the first great political pun scandal

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 8, 2011

Jon Stewart Is Very Sorry for Monday's Daily Show

With adequate preparation, Jon Stewart gives Weinergate his all

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By Elspeth Reeve

Jun 7, 2011

Why The Daily Show Wasn't Very Funny Last Night

They had about an hour to write jokes on Monday, so expect a better segment tonight

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By Caitlin Dickson

Jun 6, 2011

Stat of the Day

The Daily Show Last Month Beat Every Fox Show But O'Reilly's

The Daily Show gained viewers as Fox lost them

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By Ray Gustini

Jun 3, 2011

Jon Stewart Understands Anthony Weiner Less Every Day

He spent nine minutes on last night's 'Daily Show' on the subject

Comments | 8,123 Views

By Ray Gustini

Jun 2, 2011

Anthony Weiner's Unconvincing Night of Damage Control

He's losing even friendly pundits like Joan Walsh and Jon Stewart

Comments | 3,591 Views

By Ray Gustini

Jun 1, 2011

Anthony Weiner Makes a Weird Scandal Worse

The Twitter hacking scandal flared up again, and it was largely his fault

Comments | 17,778 Views

By Erik Hayden

Jun 1, 2011

Jon Stewart: Roger Ailes Won't Let Palin Talk to Media

The Daily Show host aired his semi-sarcastic theory about Palin's bus tour

Comments | 6,396 Views

By Adam Martin

May 20, 2011

Jon Stewart on Strauss-Kahn: 'Redistribution of Rape'

The Daily Show host takes on Strauss-Kahn's apologists, in particular Ben Stein

Comments | 2,909 Views

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