Jon Stewart Slams Newsweek’s Use Of Intentionally ‘S#@tty’ Bachmann Photo (VIDEO)

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Newsweek should be ashamed of its cover photo of Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN), Jon Stewart said Tuesday night, which shows the congresswoman in a, well, not-so-flattering light.

“Look, Newsweek, that’s a shitty picture of Michele Bachmann,” Stewart said. “And clearly not an accidentally shitty picture of Michele Bachmann. Because you can say a lot of things about Michele Bachmann. A lot of things. But here’s what you can’t say about Michele Bachmann: that she is not photogenic.”

Newsweek editor in chief Tina Brown defended the image, saying Bachmann’s “intensity is galvanizing voters in Iowa right now and Newsweek‘s cover captures that.”

“No, it doesn’t,” Stewart responded. “Be honest, Newsweek, you used that photo in a petty attempt to make Michele Bachmann seem crazy. And that’s what her words are for.”

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