Jon Stewart Rips Fox News For Defending Herman Cain (VIDEO)

If there's one thing Jon Stewart knows best, it's how to point out Fox News' follies. He played another round of "find the hypocritical reporting" with the conservative network on Monday night's "Daily Show," this time focusing on their defense of GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain.

As Stewart points out, the "big get" of the Politico story that first highlighted Cain's past sexual harassment allegations is that they appear to be true. With more women coming forward and Cain himself admitting he knew about a settlement (after a brief bit of amnesia), there is a wealth of evidence mounting against him.

So why is he blaming the media for the story? Stewart found that odd, especially since the first place 24-hour cable news network, Fox News, has been trying to help him. The problem is, Stewart found a few holes in their defense.

Watch the segment above to see Stewart have a field day after finding clips of Megyn Kelly both deriding the Politico article because of anonymous sources and then using anonymous sources to fuel speculation about union corruption. And it just gets better from there -- make sure you watch until the end to see the clip Stewart refers to as "The Holy Grail."

Comments

[Activist Annie]

08:24 AM on 11/14/2011

Right on Jon, right on! The Cain situation is sick and sickening. As the saying goes, "chi si scusa s'accusa." Translated " he who excuses himself accuses himself."

The victims of the sexual harrassment situation are justified to remain anonymous. Could you imagine what would happen if they did reveal their names publicly?

It's bad enough for men to criticize, make fun of, minimize, deny the very existence of sexual harrassment or to plead "innocent." But, it's even worse when women criticize other women. They need to either "ferme le bouche" or speak out in support of their sisters.

Hmm. I wonder how they would feel if the shoe was on the other foot?

[TrollHunter365]

12:19 PM on 11/10/2011

Fox and its supporters live in their own bubble. theres no getting through to any of them.

[nitwitsRus]

08:07 AM on 11/10/2011

BUT
B4s ya getts all HIGH&mighty
look at THIS chart Jon!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slave_state#Northern_slave_states

[Michiel Ter Ellen]

07:58 AM on 11/10/2011

Hulu really sucks.

[bert1016]

08:45 PM on 11/09/2011

Once again Jon is right on point!!

[alumcreek]

04:55 PM on 11/09/2011

Our problems can be traced to not allowing the right wing to be aborted early enough.

[signgrrl]

04:50 PM on 11/09/2011

YAY !! i finally have audio ! i can HEAR jon stewart !

[dimaizumi]

04:11 PM on 11/09/2011

And Fox News are aware of their hypocrisy. They're also aware that it works.

If the only way to hold them accountable is by turning away from their channel, then we won't get anywhere.

Doesn't mean I don't love hearing about Fox News hypocrisy - the exposure continues to be very satisfying. TGFJS.

[Amy Purpura]

03:10 PM on 11/09/2011

I wonder if Cain would ever harass the women of Faux News. They seem to be his type, and it's about time for their hypocrisy to come back and bite them.

Justice should be served!

[HellBank]

03:40 PM on 11/09/2011

How do you think they got their jobs with Faux in the first place? These are the women that said, 'yes'.

[nitwitsRus]

02:46 PM on 11/09/2011

Hay Jon!
know my NEW
Twitter username?
(Stephe probably does)

[ywcachieve]

02:47 PM on 11/09/2011

Kelly is obsessed with slandering Raim Emanuel.

I wonder what she looks like under all that Spackle on her face.

http://obamaachievements.org/list

[jsa750k]

10:22 AM on 11/18/2011

Megyn Kelly is smokin. We all know that Fox is not a news station,its just entertainment,like TMZ or one of those . She's making bank, reading what they tell her,and she is a lawyer so she's not stupid.Making the money while she has the looks.Jon Stewart is the smartest and most truthful reporter on the air.

[ontheman]

01:54 PM on 11/09/2011

How did these Fox people get jobs? My aunt can't find work, and she's three times as smart as those slags sitting on that sofa. Pathetic.

[ywcachieve]

02:33 PM on 11/09/2011

You have to be mean-spirited and nasty to qualify for Fox employment.

http://obamaachievements.org/list

[GrandmaG]

02:33 PM on 11/09/2011

What does she look like and what lying drivel is she willing to spew daily? I understand that is what they hire based on. : )

[memull]

01:46 PM on 11/09/2011

The most frightening thing about Fox News is that people depend upon it as their only source of so-called "news". Fair and balanced? How can they even utter those words with a straight face? And some of those news announcers? That worthless trio on Fox and Friends?

[snoopjohnny]

05:04 PM on 11/09/2011

Yes...terms like "fair and balanced" or "anonymous sources" sound like important news-ish lingo, but at Fox the actual meanings can get a little foggy. They sound great though, and sponsors probably encourage them to use these words here and there to enhance credibility.....hey "enhanced credibility"!....how does that sound?

[CA Alex]

11:39 PM on 11/09/2011

Woah, woah, hey now. "Fox and Friends" falls outside Fox News's stated "news hours" of 9AM-4PM and 6PM-8PM, so don't be calling them "news announcers."

Of course, by "stated" I mean "in an interview somewhere that none of their viewers are actually aware of," and in practice all that really means is that their "straight news" people tell the same lies but they have to say "some people say" before them. There was actually a segment once where Jon Stewart broke down the interactions between the "news" and "opinion" sides of Fox very accurately - google "For Fox Sake" if you want to see it.

[dave1111]

01:23 PM on 11/09/2011

The Simpsons has more news content than fauxnoise.

[Mike A]

01:14 PM on 11/09/2011

Thank you Jon. You are doing a better job exposing these actors on Faux than Media Matters.

[ThermoChemist]

08:05 PM on 11/09/2011

"Thank you Jon. You are doing a better job exposing these actors on Faux than Media Matters."
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Their tagline is:
"We watch FOX so you don't have to"

: )

[Jessica Refsnider]

11:24 PM on 11/09/2011

One of my favorite websites! F&F