"Daily Show" Mocks MSNBC Infighting: "It's Lord Of The Flies On The NBC Roof!"

Wednesday night on "The Daily Show" — broadcasting from Denver during the DNC — Jon Stewart, Samantha Bee, and Wyatt Cenac mocked the infighting at MSNBC.

"It's Lord of the Flies on the NBC roof!" Stewart declared after showing video of the Olbermann-Matthews squabble.

And in response to Joe Scarborough's David Shuster smackdown, Stewart said, "Looks like the weather in Scarborough Country is partly bitchy with a chance of reer [hand gesture]!"

Bee and Cenac then engaged in some "Daily Show" infighting of their own.

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Comments

[Diogenis]

Neva thought politics could be.....such fun! Move over SNL !

[politicky]

I can't believe people are baffled regarding bias at NBC (parent company GE)

China looked just hunky dory during the Olympic coverage.

http://news.google.com/news?hl=en&um=1&tab=wn&nolr=1&q=GE+contracts+China&btnG=Search+News

[mikey683]

Keith Olbermann is hilarious but rarely when he intends to be.

[ViciousKitty]

Hooray for C-SPAN!! I didn't have to put up with any of this.

[colquittbrett]

I really like Keith, but there is no question he has a bias. I like Rachel too, but ya know... likewise on the bias issue. I like them both because they are smart, informed, and quite witty and entertaining. Do I wish sometimes they were a bit more neutral in their reporting? Of course. Does any of that matter? Murdoch doesn't seem to think so, and there's gotta be a balance somewhere. Logically, that would be CNN... but I just can't bring myself to switch. There's just something about CNN that makes me get all queasy and apathetic.

Joe Scarborough reminds me of the people he used to represent... the wonderful panhandle of Florida. It's a lot like the Mississippi, but with an air of sun-bleached tourist trap superiority. I also get the vibe that's probably a really terrible tipper.

[mightyaphrodite00]

I love Keith and Rachel too. I could not believe how obnoxious Scarborough was, he wasn't about to let David Shuster get a word in, typical Joe response, yell louder and longer and don't let the anyone with a different opinion get a word in, he's more like Billo everyday.

[foxfan]

Joe is a Republican and Shuster is clearly liberal. It figures these two would butt heads eventually.

[InofTouch]

I love the bias that people don't blame Olbermann

[JAsonMA]

They need Tim back!

Hes the only one they ALL respected

[foxfan]

Like him or hate him, he was respected. Hard to believe the same network had Tim and Keith.

[iamamerican2]

I think msnbc should do like a teacher does when students start causing a ruckus just separate them.

[Trittydi]

Put them each in different corners - give them each a dunce hat to wear - and call their parents.
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[lissak]

Alcohol and altitude.....a deadly combination.

[Trittydi]

Alcohol, altitude and attitude - a deadly combination.
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[DanOregon]

MSNBC has literally become a national joke. Great job guys. And these folks were talking about Denver being another Chicago. Maybe on their set.

The situation is ripe for parody but I guarantee Saturday Night Live won't touch this with a 10-foot pole.

[Sassafras63]

I knew I'd miss Big Tim this election cycle...but I had no idea that MSNBC would devolve into to this nonsense without his adult supervision. Such a shame...too many ego's!

[Awash]

The best news on TV "The Daily Show"!!!!!!! nuff said

[RonNYC]

I didn't think that the Matthews/Olbermann "fight" the other night was a big deal at all. Chris rambled on a little longer than he should have. How would anyone like to be sitting outside a noisy train station all night. What a stupid place to put the anchors. No wonder they are on each other's nerves.

[furryone]

Jon Stewart is my GOD! :-)