Daily Show ‘documentary’ rips Fox News.
By on Apr 11th, 2008 at 2:06 pm
Daily Show ‘documentary’ rips Fox News.
On The Daily Show last night, correspondent John Oliver debuted a “documentary” on Fox News that was a “stunning smackdown” of the right-wing network’s irrational evolution from it’s beginnings during the Clinton White House through its coverage during President Bush’s tenure. Noting the flip-flopping stances Fox has taken over the years, Oliver dismantles Fox’s claim to being “fair and balanced.” Watch a snippet:
You can see the full Daily Show smackdown of Fox News here and here.
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I’m going to buy red, white and blue dogshit bags so I can show my patriotism while poop-scooping…
April 11th, 2008 at 2:08 pmI WAS HOPING THAT THEY WOULD CONTINUE ON THEIR CNN EXPOSE.
I CAN’T STAND THE BEARDED STUPIDITY OF 2 HOURS OF OLYMPIC TORCH COVERAGE.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:09 pmSean Hannity is the classic “chicken-hawk” Go enlist Sean … get out of your private plane … enlist and volunteer to go to Iraq … or STFU.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:11 pmHahaha, Faux Noise is such a bunch of crap, glad I have it blocked at my house, keeps the relatives from tuning it in. They don’t seem to get the door matte I have that says, “Republicans are not welcome here.”
April 11th, 2008 at 2:13 pmIf there was ANY news on Faux Snooze, it would be amazing. They should rename it
Fox Propaganda Trebuchet
April 11th, 2008 at 2:15 pmhandtuchkopf Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Almost time for your third troll name today! Or will it be the fourth?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:17 pmhandtuchkopf Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
DieNowForPeace Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 2:08 pm
I’m going to get Red White & Blue bullets so I can shoot republicans. Also I might get a couple of Red White & Blue republican Baby’s to burn in my fireplace. Sweet smell of burning baby!!
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April 11th, 2008 at 2:17 pmHi handtuchkopf:
How ya doing? Wanna talk silly talk? Seems you may have started without us….
#6 Fox Propaganda Trebuchet?
It’s only acceptable to ‘catapult’ the propaganda.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:19 pmYou know, from here you couldn’t tell from what country those news are being broadcasted.
What a circus!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:19 pmWhat? Flip-flopping on the use of executive privilege? I think Fox News has always been pretty consistent — IOKIYAR, but not if you’re a Democrat. Same goes for signing statements, ignoring other government branches, running roughshod over the constitution, bombing the crap out of somebody whenever one feels like it, and lying lying lying.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:22 pm“Flaggots,” eh?
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!
I’m stealing that!!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:23 pmhandtuchkopf Says: FLAGGED This is trajan in the “hood” right? Life was tough on the streets for him and his cus. Don’t make him pop a cap in yo azzz!
April 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pmhandtuchkopf:
April 11th, 2008 at 2:28 pmDo you hang out with that crazy cat lady and that weird befuddled dude that wanders around talking to himself?
Yet trojan doesn’t even have AN elementery grasp of english or grammar skills.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pmAttention-starved troll:
“You have a elementary level web site!”
And you have an elementary level of maturity, intelligence and social skills.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:31 pmThanks for the heads up TP – I hope to catch the episode on re-run tonight.
Thank the powers that be for The Daily Show and The Colbert Report! They’ve helped me survive the last eight years and I’m very grateful to them.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pmis it h@ndjob or pen!s that’s the problem?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:33 pmDoc, that trajan is a pathetic loser had already been established beyond reasonable doubt.
I think the breakthrough represented in the above referenced post is that trajan may actually recognize it himself. That means self-knowledge. That puts trajan on an developmental level with other apes and with elephants. This is great news for his potential for further development.
Of course, he is a right-winger, so that bodes ill for this potential.
April 11th, 2008 at 2:34 pmhandtuchkopf Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Does it matter? I don’t understand the point of flagging? I just rotate my e-mail address with my server. You have a elementary level web site!
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Is this the thanks I get for saving your life?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:35 pmShouldn’t someone point out to the Foxholes that they’re violating the U.S. Code?
April 11th, 2008 at 2:44 pm
handtuchkopf Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 2:45 pm
hussein toasterhead Says:
April 11th, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Do you have kids Monkey Boy?
Ask your wife , sister and cousin ……………
April 11th, 2008 at 2:46 pmAh, someone cleaned up all the shit-spray from the troll…
April 11th, 2008 at 2:47 pmBart Simpson already covered this, when talking to his shrink:
April 11th, 2008 at 3:07 pm
It must be hard for Oliver to parody a parody of the news. Maybe that is what makes The Daily Show so much fun to watch…. and what makes all the righties so easy to fool with Faux NoNooz paid political announcements.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:31 pm#10 deedatabaser
A trebuchet (pronounced /?tr?bj????t/)[1] (sometimes spelled trebucket and pronounced ?tr?b??k?t)[1] is a siege engine that was employed in the Middle Ages either to smash masonry walls or to throw projectiles over them. It is sometimes called a “counterweight trebuchet” or “counterpoise trebuchet” in order to distinguish it from an earlier weapon that has come to be called the “traction trebuchet”, though this is redundant.
The counterweight trebuchet appeared in both Christian and Muslim lands around the Mediterranean in the twelfth century. It could fling three-hundred-pound (140 kg) projectiles at high speeds into enemy fortifications. On occasion, disease-infected corpses were flung into cities in an attempt to infect the people under siege—a medieval variant of biological warfare. Trebuchets were invented in China in about the 4th century BCE, came to Europe in the 6th century CE, and did not become obsolete until the 16th century, well after the introduction of gunpowder. Trebuchets were far more accurate than other medieval catapults.
The image of Faux Propaganda Trebuchet hurling repuglycan infected corpses at us through the TV screen is perfect.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:34 pmKilo,
I agree, he may be the best thing about the show at the moment. When I was in Europe last year, he was on one of the tv stations in London, and almost made me wet myself, in the middle of a pub.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:43 pmOnly Jon Stewart with his warped sense of humor, gotta love the guy. Love the flags, very patroitic.
Now Jon, all you need to do is make another one with Tim Russert, Glenn Beck and Chris Wallace. These guys have given you so much material that you can use. They bury themselves on a daily basis.
April 11th, 2008 at 3:53 pmBrilliant…Daily show is the best thing going these days, newswise, at least in america.. how sad is it, when a humour show is more informative than anything advertisting itself as serious “news”
April 11th, 2008 at 4:23 pm>Oliver’s actually a lot funnier than the Daily Show is
although im guessing people of your political persuasion probably arent the target audience.
April 11th, 2008 at 4:24 pm.
FOXPRAVDA = Flaming Flaggarts
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April 11th, 2008 at 4:27 pm.
Show your flaggart pride and whear your flag pin.
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April 11th, 2008 at 4:28 pmOooh! That’s flagalicious! ;o)
April 11th, 2008 at 4:50 pmAh Kilo. Don’t you realize the irony in citing your “liberal publications”? Frontline? Come on. If there has ever been a more wide-ranging, even-handed, T.V. magazine; I haven’t seen it.
Can you name one show/publication, which has criticized Bushco, which isn’t “liberal” in your view?
April 11th, 2008 at 4:54 pmMy political persuasion being the stereotype you’ve decided I should slot into based on something other than what I write.
Maybe you could construct a COMPLETE SENTENCE next time?
April 11th, 2008 at 5:00 pmJohn Oliver’s mockumentary on Fox was brilliant. He is right on target, pointing out their hypocrisy.
April 11th, 2008 at 7:25 pmthe daily show are Spin Doctors too. its sad when you cant even trust “the most trusted name in Fake news”
April 12th, 2008 at 1:01 pm