Jon Stewart Takes On Media, Obama For Overreacting To New Yorker Cover: "It's Just A F***ing Cartoon!"

On Tuesday's "Daily Show," Jon Stewart took on the media and Barack Obama for overreacting to, and thus validating, the New Yorker cover controversy.

"It's a trifle, it's nothing," Stewart said. "There's so many other things to talk about: Iraq, the collapse of some of our most prestigious financial institutions...right?" he continued, before showing a montage of the media firestorm over the cover.

Stewart also took the Obama camp to task for calling the cartoon "tasteless and offensive":

"Really? You know what your response should've been? It's very easy here, let me put the statement out for you: Barack Obama is in no way upset about the cartoon that depicts him as a Muslim extremist. Because you know who gets upset about cartoons? Muslim extremists! Of which Barack Obama is not. It's just a fucking cartoon!"

Watch below, and look for the special treatment Stewart gives Wolf Blitzer around 2:30 in:

Bonus: John Oliver, Rob Riggle and Wyatt Cenac hit the streets to explain the impenetrable satire that's almost everywhere:

Comments

[Charmed]

Didn't Obama say "it's just a cartoon, I've heard and seen worst" last night on Larry King?

[HopeGirl]

Yes he did. His 1st reaction was he had no reaction.

Jon has become unwatchable.

[AbbieXHoffman]

The first reaction was from the campaign who said it was tasteless and offensive, ultimately igniting the fire of outrage.

[SeanGardner]

"Jon has become unwatchable"

I second that.

[BenWex]

LOL. unwatchable because he said something about Obama? please. You realize that the Daily Show is taped at 4 in the afternoon so they cant do anything about Obama being on Larry King right? They wouldnt have known what he said Stewart.

[strifeknot]

Boo hoo.