Jon Stewart Mocks Media For Peddling Insane Obama Rumors

On Monday night's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart mocked the media's willingness to peddle insane rumors about Barack Obama — and their tendency to blame the rumor-mongering on internet sites. Calling it "Baracknophobia," Stewart showed clips of anchor and pundits from all three cable networks repeating baseless rumors (Muslim, plagiarist, sexist, etc.) about Barack Obama (and his wife Michelle).

The highlight of the clip comes about 2:25 in, when Stewart says, "Oh, this is interesting. SomeguyI'veneverheardof.com is reporting presumptive Democratic nominee Barack Obama has lady parts. Obviously scurrilous and unfounded, we'll examine it tonight in our special, 'Barack Obama's Vagina: The October Surprise In His Pants.'"

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Comments

[el8usa]

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Most respondents believe that the next president will represent a positive change.

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The survey also reveals the good image enjoyed by the Democratic senator from Illinois abroad. With the exception of Jordanians, respondents said they had more confidence in Barack Obama that his Republican rival, John McCain. The first obtains 84% of favourable opinions in France, 72% in Spain, and 58% in Brazil.

The candidacy of Barack Obama and the strong interest in this election seem to have forgotten the negative attitudes towards the USA "in the world after three years of degradation, Pew said.

In France, opinion favorable to the USA won three points in one year to settle at 42%. It rose from 51% to 53% in Britain, jumped 7 points in Poland (68%), 6 in Argentina (22%), 5 in Russia (46%) and 12 in South Korea ( 70%, the highest rate).

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[Scratch01]

I suggest that we take a stand against Fox News.

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Perhaps we, along with their sponsors, can convince Fox News do the right thing and live up to their "fair and balanced" tag line.

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[TERRYKEITH4]

Boycotting FOX news sponsors will work better than that. All the petitionsite.com would have to do is say that they are boycotting FOX sponsors. Even a rumor of it would work just fine. All networks have fears of losing sponsors. What? Hit the pocket book!

[wjb0965]

Let's be real. The sponsors know exactly what audience is watching FOX and the only people who would be so offended that they would "boycott" the network, are the ones who don't watch it anyway. The sponsors don't care what YOU think.

You should be more upset by the networks that YOU watch and sites like this who report the crap that is being said on FOX. That's the real problem. FOX doesn't say outrageous nonsense to sway their own viewers. Those people aren't going to vote for Obama anyway. As soon as the other networks and internet sites report something that has come from FOX, they legitimize them. Get mad at the so-called "normal" news for that reason. Don't get mad at the idiot's for acting like idiot's. What do you expect from FOX? Fair and Balanced reporting?

[WKR]

Very, very funny - brilliant! The only clip he forgot to include, though, was his own 'Barack HUSSEIN Obama' monologue at the Oscars. I mean that was supposed to be funny wasn't it???

[longislandlol]

The Oscar thing was a no-no on his part-- back then- the writer's had just returned from the long strike- and that whole SNL crowd was very pro-Hillary

[Peteyman]

This provided me with a light of humor considering I had to watch the Lakers roll over in game 6, and study for my math final.

[Richardini]

I look forward to listening to John Stewart every night and am always disappointed when I get a repeat. His lampooning all the right wing nut jobs with bugs up their fannies is beyond funny. I know he is probably not appealing to the Hannities and O'Reillies of the world but I almost care. In all the confusion around us, John steers us back toward clarity with his humor. He is the best at what he does and God forbid that he should go into politics, although he has more talent in his little finger than most of the blowhards running for office. The only time that McCain lightens up is on John's program and he actually has a sense of humor. Too bad his politics is so unbending.
I wish John's program were an hour long.

[ThirdSection]

Well, here's the link Jon Stewart referenced, it's real:

http://icantbelievethatibarackobamahavetodealwiththisshit.com/

[justhope]

I looked up the link, I can't believe it really is ...That is sooooooooo funny!!

[pinkyboo]

LOL

[youknowwhat]

What's bad is that we pretty much have to look at a comedy show to get the news and go to Fox to get the comedy.

[ThirdSection]

Nowadays, news is comedy.

[egal]

Except that real comedy makes you laugh about the stupidity of most, while so-called "real news" just makes you angry about it.

[KarateKid]

The sad thing this campaign will bring out is the sheer number of morons that inhabit this country that watch that Fox palaver. The fact is, many white people just cannot get over the thought of a BLACK man in the WHITE House, and figuring, well, there goes that neighborhood.

The attack ads are the most vicious I've ever seen, but it only will harden our resolve further and will backfire on the perpetrators. And I'm only speaking of what I've seen on Fox TV.

[VSamuels]

Your first point also drives at the rarely unspoken nature of why so many white men find the republican party a place where they feel comfortable, even when they must be in a very narrow and lofty place at the top 1% of income to actually benefit from their policies. The question can be answered by the behavior of some of these same folks who accuse non-whites of being motivated to support Obama because of his race; they see themselves as white souls first, well ahead of being Americans, as they believe that the republican party is an organization which symbolizes the 'ethos' of being white. The republicans over the past 40 years have been able to successfully infer, imply and manifest this notion in the manner and tone in which they demonize the Democrats for being a place for 'those' folks, the folks in other words who are not white.

The reality of the republicans is while they are structurally a predominately white party, their goal is to consolidate wealth for the wealthy; and although they may hold racist views; it is money which drives their political philosophy, not race. Race is but the outer layer used to convince the many white masses to join them in hate, while the very 'few' reap the benefits.

It is the same game the 'planter' society used to establish slavery, as the average white gained little or nothing from the system, except the feeling of 'superiority' over blacks.

[TERRYKEITH4]

True that! And well said.

[KaluMa]

That's cute.

[Gmoney1]

FOX COMEDY SHOW WITH RACISM AS THEIR THEME - I stopped watching FOX long ago - many more should also stop - get them off the air -

[xmw]

Here, here, I refuse to ever turn to Fox for anything reason. My sis ter called a f coiple of months ago and said Fox was saying somethin ridiculous about the new Pastor at Obamas old church. I said why bother. I'm shocked that more people have not informed Fox of their outrage over their behavior. If we watch Fox tv we are still supporting Fox. I have a slogan in my house. "NO BOX ON MY BOX"

[eden4barack08]

Awesome Jon! Thanks for the laugh!

Now if only we could get the idiots at Fox to take the "News", label out of their name, maybe their audience will understand how stupid they've been to fall for that garbage!

[Knowledgeseeker]

good job Jon Stewart.. Fox News republicans are just a bunch of haters....

[Kalima]

My first laugh of the day. It shows these people and their idiocy for what it is. Well done
Jon Stewart. Nail on the head!

[KOisGod]

Brilliant as usual Jon.

Anyone who watches Fox, must have an IQ of 8

[wbateman]

I don't think this is an accurate reflection of the intelligence and mental accumen of those watching Fox. I think you would have better captured the total essence of those watching Fox News had you stated...

"Those watching Fox must have a COLLECTIVE IQ APPROACHING 8."

lol...

[TERRYKEITH4]

Yeah! H8 B4 8 B4 it's 2 L8!

[Waitaminute]

Recently, i listened to rightwing radio and tv. Its 24/7 dogging Obama out with hateful lies and name calling, hour after hour host after host. These people are creating an atmosphere that i believe, increases the possiblity of something bad happening to Barack Obama. I think they are doing it on purpose. I think they should be held responsible, if something BAD does happen to him. Take a listen, see if you agree with me.

mike medved
mike galliger
mike reagan
mike savage
bill bennett

all of their commentators: doyle, cal thomas etc

[VSamuels]

Good points.

If we here in America had truly educated our youth to study racism and race in a constructive manner, the lesson learned would be clear: the wealthy 1% of society manifested the horrible system of racism to build weath for the planter society. Racism, then was a means to an end; as a vehicle to establish and suppress 'wages' and to permanently create an underclass to serve the needs of the 'owners' whose wealth was and is dependent on controlling labor. The evil genius of the system of slavery was that it offered 'poor whites' a crutch to lean on when their own earning capacity was dulled by 'free labor' of blacks, and helped to build the cultural divide of their own poverty and lack of earning capacity by giving them an outlet to vent.

This playbook is now being used on Obama, as the republicans are hiding behind their narrow agenda, while inviting the masses of white folks to hate Obama for his skin color and what they can fear he will do to them. This is the critical lesson that history should have taught us, but didn't.

And why the republicans have been so successful in maintaining power as they sew fear and hate among the masses of poor whites and poor non-whites, while they benefit handsomely from the endresults.

[TERRYKEITH4]

What?!?!?! American history is written and edited by this same class of people!

[calichic]

Yeah, split labor market was the old term. God and it still works.

[AryanMjolnir]

Mike Savage is particularly savage.

[Lerk4]

LMAO! Classic Stewart. Man I love that guy.

[synthfiend]

One of the funniest and most brilliant pieces of reporting ever. Thank God we have Jon Stewart and his crew to point out just how asinine the media and politics and celebrities and the world in general can be

[klandish]

Daily's writers can harpoon hours of "legitimate' news in 5mins. or less.