Jon Stewart on Monday did his due diligence poking fun at NBC anchor Brian Williams for his bogus story about taking fire in Iraq, but “The Daily Show” host focused most of his ire on the media at large for its hypocrisy.
“I see the problem,” he began. “We got us a case here of Infotainment Confusion Syndrome.”
“Like most cases of masturbation, being caught is punishment enough!” Stewart said of Williams’ flights of fancy, now being investigated by NBC. “I’m sure his colleagues would agree?”
Cut to relentless coverage of the Williams affair at Fox News, CNN and ABC.
“Finally, someone is being held to account about misleading America about the Iraq War,” Stewart said.
“Never again will Brian Williams mislead this great nation about being shot at in a war we probably wouldn’t have ended up in if the media had applied this level of scrutiny to the actual fucking war,” he added.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
This is the non-stories of non-stories. You can hear worse every day at every VFW hall in America. Given the way the human memory works I am not sure Williams didn’t believe what he said each of he three interviews.
If the American media had done their “jobs” maybe there would have been no “wars” for Mr. Williams to “report” from.
The media often reserve their most breathless, intensive coverage for stories about… wait for it… the media. In their minds, this kind of inside baseball is of paramount importance. Wars, famine, disease? Who cares? It’s the way it’s covered that’s most important.
It’s odd, though. Some they cover for, some they go after like rabid weasels. Makes one think a certain level of accumulated animosity or jealousy is involved.
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