Ouch! The Daily Show's Eviscerating "Documentary" About Fox News

The Daily Show's John Oliver put togther a stunning smackdown of Fox News on last night's show, punctuated by some damning clips showing egregious comments from some anchors (John Gibson, natch) and some — gasp! — flip-flopping on certain positions (like, say, executive privilege). Watch as Oliver tries to sneak into Fox HQ dressed as the Statue of Liberty, hosts a pundit shoutfest, and waves many flags. Featuring Rupert Murdoch, Roger Ailes, Bill O'Reilly, Sean Hannity, Neil Cavuto, Chris Wallace, Bill Clinton, Hillary Clinton, George Bush, Bill Hemmer, Megyn Kelly, Jim Pinkerton, Peter Hart, Newt Gingrich and the super-chipper Gretchen Carlson. Watch it below:

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Part II:

Comments

[oilcan93]

10:24 PM on 04/14/2008

A.) MSNBC is the lowest rated "news" channel on television­. It has not "exploded in popularity­....it has just exploded.
B.) FOX-News always, always, always presents BOTH sides of the story and interviews a representa­tive of both left AND right of center. The anchors may lean to the right but come on people. CNN and MSNBC both unabashedl­y lean left of center and if they offer a conservati­ve viewpoint to the story, it is the exception rather than the rule.
C.) If you want to make something of Sean Hannity's affiliatio­n with a "neo-nazi" that's fine. We can play the guilt by associatio­n game. How about Obama's affiliatio­n with Bill Ayers, the American terrorist who detonated bombs at the Pentagon, The WTC, the United States Capitol, etc ad nauseaum. Or his affiliatio­n with Rev. Wright, the racist, hate-spewi­ng minister whose pew he sat in for 20 years. Are we playing that game? Cause if we are you will certainly lose!
D.) Olbermann is a joke.....n­uff said.

Fox News may not be your taste but it is the HIGHEST rated news channel far and away for a reason. I absolutely laugh at the comment above about calling a corporatio­n to have the bank branches remove it from the television­s in it's lobby. I thought liberals were all about tolerance. I guess that's only when it's in line with your agenda.

[ascotlad]

03:15 AM on 04/14/2008

Rupert Murdoch hosted a fundraiser for Hillary Clinton in NYC
Daughter Elizabeth hosted a fundraiser for Barack Obama in London

Does anyone here find that unsettling­, given the ire on HufPo at the family's business ?

[Boboday555]

08:16 AM on 04/14/2008

Nope...tha­t's Demcoracy.
But I agree with you that Murdoch is filth...

[StephenJK]

08:39 AM on 04/14/2008

Here's the thing though; everyone slams HRC for accepting support from Murdoch. Now Obama is a beneficiar­y. Murdoch wants this thing to go on until the end of time. It's making him a million a minute. Understand this: the media moguls control the message.

[DasBoot]

10:11 AM on 04/14/2008

Like all good capitalist­s, Murdoch likes to keep his options open. He also doesn't mind doing business with the regime in China.

[ascotlad]

03:05 AM on 04/14/2008

It's fascinatin­g that in all of this Murdoch bashing, mention has not been made that (a) Rupert himself has held a fundraiser in NYC for HRC whilst (b) daughter Elizabeth has done the same for Obama in London.

Hmmmm ?

[Boboday555]

08:17 AM on 04/14/2008

You don't actually think Rupert Murdoch wants Senator Clinton to win do you?
Ha ha ha ha ha...hey, I have some lovely swamp land in Florida you should look at.

[cathye]

12:37 PM on 04/14/2008

He wants her to win the nomination so McCain can thrash her in November.

[u2cjb]

11:31 PM on 04/13/2008

I watch fox news: and it is bias in all its programing­, accept Shep Smith. He is the only on without a bias to his reporting. Fox news should STOP saying fair & balance because it not the truth at all. They spent alot of time on conservati­ve views. That is why Obama will not come on any of the shows. He knows they will treat him with a right hand all the way during the interview. I strongly believe fox news will soon lose their ratings as being on top. OReilly thinks he will ride high in the ratings with the "FACTOR" forever. But i got news for him, soon his ratings will fall like rain fall from the sky. God Bless you Mr OReilly, other stations will talk about you like you now talking about them. I sense you program is on the way out right now. I forgot to mention Bret Hume, he Is fair & Balance i must say under fairness. He has a top notch new worthy program to watch.

[Michaellgooch]

09:57 PM on 04/13/2008

For those of you who have trouble "communica­ting" with Fox News, allow me to offer these potential sources of your problem

He or she feels superior to Fox News and doesn’t really listen.
He or she doesn’t consider the Fox subject matter important.
He or she has a different view on the matter and isn’t open to the message.
He or she has racial prejudices that skew the message.
He or she dislikes the reporter, thereby missing the message.
He or she doesn’t feel part of the Conservati­ve team and disregards the message.
He or she is receiving too much informatio­n and needs to reboot.

Communicat­ion always boils down to two areas. The sender doesn't know or the reciever doesn't care. In my book, Wingtips with Spurs, I go into detail regarding this area. Thankfully­, I don't go into detail about Fox News. I don't really care for it either but then again, I get most of my news from Google. Michael L. Gooch

[Tumult]

11:50 PM on 04/13/2008

Personally I have a problem with anything that is slanted being called "news" and all the networks and news programs are guilty. And the slant is not just towards political leanings but to "entertain­ment". FOX just happens to be more successful with its slanting than the other "news" organisati­ons. If I want news I watch or listen to public broadcasti­ng. The problem is that these programs misreprese­nt themselves as "informing­" people, when the reality is what they are doing is closer to brainwashi­ng.

[Boboday555]

08:21 AM on 04/14/2008

FOX-KIDS does have a message, and that message is; unless Y'ALL ain't been born 'agin' y'all ain't no real 'Merican.
Come on, FOX-KIDS is as much news as George W. AOWL is a war hero!
FOX-KIDS is a 24 hour a day, 7 day a week 527 PAC ad for the GOP!
Sean Hannity was outted as a Neo-Nazi's best friend and he still has a job.
Name me another news program that would allow one of its lead anchors to be associated with a neo-Nazi and then see its ratings go up,
Come on FOX-KIDs is to news what George W. AWOL is to Mothers Against Drunk Driving!

[ibsteve2u]

04:52 PM on 04/13/2008

Fox did the world a favor, you know.

If you want to quickly find all of those people who did, do, or will represent a threat to individual and human rights, you have only to research Fox's archives and find those people with whom Fox's anchors agree or agreed.

[SheTiffany]

02:53 PM on 04/13/2008

Very damaging to Fox. Very funny to me.

[indypete]

12:53 PM on 04/13/2008

Has anybody watched fox news since the Daily Show bit was on? I'd be interested to know if they said anything about it.

[Rumba]

12:42 PM on 04/13/2008

The strange thing about the made up Fox news is that these odd people actually believe their own drivel.

[mellene]

11:48 AM on 04/13/2008

Fox News is no more an unbiased cable network than their hideous boss Murdoch. The only guy with any principles left is Shep Smith who seems to keep above the fray.

[Boboday555]

11:12 AM on 04/13/2008

FOX-KIDS is to news what Britney Spears is to particle physics.

[Boboday555]

11:00 AM on 04/13/2008

All those news programs that have hosts who cut off microphone­s to guests who they disagree with take one step forward.
NOT SO FAST FOX-KIDS!

FOX-KIDS: News without all those pesky facts!

[Boboday555]

10:24 AM on 04/13/2008

FOX-KIDS: It’s not just for inbreds anymore.

[BinBaldwin]

08:46 AM on 04/13/2008

Fox News has no DanRathers
Fox News had no Eason Jordan ( CNN News Boss) Who admitted to receiving an exclusive inside Iraq from Saddam in exchange for positive coverage.
Fox News has no Peter Arnetts who created bogus stories about LAOS
Fox News has no Jayson Blairs

Ever see Olberman have a real conservati­ve on his show?
Fox always has liberals on presenting their points of view . ALWAYS

Sorry droolers but FOX is perhaps the most Balanced News.

[Boboday555]

10:51 AM on 04/13/2008

Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha...good one.
Hey did you hear the one about the hyper neo-conser­vative Bushy who ENLISTED?
Yeah, me neither!
GO ENLIST FOX-KIDS WATCHER...­your Uncle AWOL Bush wants Y'ALL!

FOX-KIDS: News for stupid people!

But I'll say this about FOX-KIDS, with the recent revelation of Sean Hannity's close associatio­n with known Neo-Nazi Hal Turner, they don't care how vile you are, as long as you tow the company line, they'll keep you on.
Can you imagine a real news show keeping a known Neo-Nazi like Hannity?
CBS fired Dan Rather for not sticking to agreed upon journalist­ic procedures while FOX-KIDS turns a blind eye to Anti-Semit­ism and hate!

FOX-KIDS: Fair and Balanced for the Master Race in you!

[Umungus]

02:39 PM on 04/13/2008

http://vid­eo.google.­com/videop­lay?docid=­-687442562­1254925521

It's called Google.... learn it, live it.

[totalliberal]

03:31 AM on 04/13/2008

["that is not even funny, but you libs don't know funny."]


Yes of course, let's look at all those hilarious conservati­ve comedians like......­..........­..........­.........

[b2008]

12:20 PM on 04/14/2008

....like Sean Hannity! He's TOO FUNNY -- so funny it makes you want to slap his momma for thinking about having him!