Jon Stewart gave Fox News a slow clap Monday after the network accused the New York Times of cropping former President George W. Bush out of a photo of Saturday’s march in Selma, Alabama.
After ribbing CNN for focusing a bit too much on its new drone cameras used to tape footage of the bridge, “The Daily Show” host turned to his favorite channel’s take on the commemoration.
“Could Fox take this commemoration of courageous civil rights marches, and somehow turn it into white, conservative victimization?” he asked.
He rolled clips of Fox hosts declaring that the New York Times had deliberately cropped Bush out of its front page photo.
“The paper cropped President George W. Bush and his wife Laura out of the front page picture from the Selma, Alabama anniversary march!” Fox host Harris Faulkner exclaimed.
Stewart began a slow clap. “You are amazing.”
The Comedy Central host may not have known it, but the New York Times responded to a wave of conservative criticism earlier on Monday, explaining that Bush was in fact not cropped out of the photo.
“CNN may have flying robot cameras, but Fox has drones,” Stewart said.
Watch the clip, courtesy of Comedy Central:
All politics aside … George W. Bush left office MORE THAN SIX YEARS AGO! - On what planet does the person who left office over a half a decade ago, & was only a minor participant, warrant being ‘showcased’ in the reporting of a news item - when the current President is present & a central participant in the event.
Most of the bit was about CNN and its protracted breathless reporting on the breaking news about the way CNN was reporting the story. It was as powerful an indictment of the idiocy that CNN had degenerated into since they made the dumbest fucking ass in the whole stable the anchor as any he’s done. The Fox jab was obligatory.
CROPPED??? It’s not the same picture!
Hush. You’re stealing their outrage.
I was watching Steve Kornacki (sp?) filling in for Rachel Maddow last night and he was discussing the Hillary e-mail non-story with some pundits. And their discussion was about the media reporting and Clinton’s need for a direct response and there was so little information, as in facts, it was obvious the media had become the story. All I want to know is if Hillary broke any laws. If not then move on. If so, then let justice be served. Also while we are at it, please make sure Bush and his acolytes are tried for their crimes. You know the crimes that lead to 100s of thousands of unnecessary deaths? So much of the news is this self-perpetuated distraction, where there is no story, but the media itself becomes the story. So nauseating to watch.