Stewart has made media criticism fun. Here he uses clips from the past to highlight the hypocrisy of commentators on controversy surrounding Sarah Palin.

I trust Jon Stewart as a comedian AND as a journalist because he often lets his subjects speak for themselves. When his subjects speak for themselves, they cannot deny what they've said. When clips from "The Daily Show" feature subjects caught contradicting themselves, this is the ultimate expose; what is said is real and cannot be refuted. Stewart's work is fair in that he often simply features and juxtaposes different clips, and biased in that he asserts his own opinions when ... More »

A really funny presentation of how people's views and opinions based on the point they're trying to support. It lacks fairness in the sense that I'm sure equally blatant backtracking could be found from the other side.

Stewart brilliantly and humorously compares and contrasts recent hypocritical statements made by Rove on Democratic Governor Tim Kaine's lack of experience which is greater than Palin; O'Reilly’s statement that teen pregnancy is a family issue then shows O'Reilly blasting the parents of another teen who is pregnant; Dick Morris claiming questioning Palin is sexist then showing Morris indicate that Hillary Clinton has to answer the tough questions and cannot hide behind her ... More »

Stewart is in top form skewering various media figures and their highly flexible criteria for judging public figures. As Stewart himself often asks, "Don't they realize we keep these tapes?" And nobody loves better than he to go back and play them side by side. His credibility and viewer numbers are so high because nobody does it better either. FUNNY stuff!

I'm disturbed that a comedy show seems to be one of the best sources of journalism on television. There is no real bias or refuting anything in the story, because the entire story is one person making a claim that politically benefits them, then making the exact opposite claim when it doesn't, then repeat with another person. All captured on video. Three different people making the same deceitful remarks indicate these aren't individual faux pas, they are an agenda.

It seems odd that exposing contradictory statements by politcos is now almost entirely the province of cable and internet sources--but since the MSM won't do it, others must. I wonder (wink, wink) if Bill-O the clown will admit that by his measure the Palin's are as much to blame for their daughter's pregnancy as the Spear's are for Jamie Lynn's?

Trust: supported directly by video evidence. Information: researched coverage by corporate press. Fairness: both sides of every story, from exactly the same source. Sources: quoted directly. Context: shows the big picture of right wing hypocrisy. Evidence: video, video, video. Importance: Talking heads and candidates talking from both sides of their mouths helps fix the credibility and character of witnesses. Balance: see fairness. Style: coy rip-and-read humor at its best. ... More »

As always, Stewart hits the nail right on the head!

John Stewart is today's true purveyor of journalism.

You can't refute video evidence. Stuart shows Rove and O'Reilly contradicting themselves in different videos. But the coolest thing was Stuart's summation of all these guys in one word. Pinheads!

It really is sad that a TV show on Comedy Central is doing the best journalism in the US right now.

This opinion piece has no journalistic content. It comes from a promoter of the Democratic Party who runs a comedy show. No effort at journalism is evident, there are just the standard party-line talking points. For real comedy about politics, Iowahawk at typepad is infinitely superior.

Although housed in the comedy news frame, it simply puts the speakers on versus themselves. The clips without the commentary say everything. It's the pulling together of the video clips that is the journalistic work.

Jon Stewart at his best. Showing damning political clips showing flip-flopping. It matters not who the subject matter is, always a big hit. Keep 'em coming, Jon!

It calls out the hypocrisy of Bill O'Reilly and three working for McCain's campaign, including Palin.