Jon Stewart’s Appearance on O’Reilly Factor
Feb 04, 2010 - By Krystal Clark
Jon Stewart recently made an appearance on the Fox News Channel series, “The O’Reilly Factor” and went toe to toe with its controversial host, Bill O’Reilly. This was Stewart’s second appearance on the show and he covered every topic under the sun, including the lopsided coverage of President Obama that Fox News is known for.
We’re not at Comedy Central anymore Jon Stewart, so in the words of Stanley Tucci in The Devil Wears Prada, “gird your loins.” When Stewart sat down in the hot seat with O’Reilly, audiences at home thought World War 3 would erupt, but he held his own in a verbal battle with one of the most feared men on television.
This was not a knock down, drag out fight, so if that’s what you were looking for it didn’t happen. Stewart did throw out some of his usual snarky comments, but they were a lot more subtle than what we’re used to seeing. When addressing the criticism of our nation’s president, Stewart chose his words carefully while defending his views on Fox’s coverage.
“Here’s what Fox has done, through their cyclonic perpetual emotional machine that is 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: They have taken reasonable concerns about this president and this economy and turned it into full-fledged panic attack about the next coming of Chairman Mao.”
Check out some of the Stewart-O’Reilly banter here…
What did you think about Stewart’s appearance on The O’Reilly Factor? Did you watch? Did you expect more?
Friday, February 5, 2010 4:41PM
Actually, the line from "The Devil Wears Prada" was "gird your loins", not "guard your loins". Gird means to encircle as in a belt.
As for Stewart's appearance, I would not have expected him to pull a FOX news anchor stunt and berate or scream at anyone. That isn't Stewart's style. I do believe he is correct in that FOX and many other organizations (loosely define as news outlets
have gone way over the edge with their frenzied, panic stricken reporting, designed to get ratings. If the media recognized it's responsibility to report logically and objectively and to stop editorializing or expressing personal opinion, perhaps the American public would calm down a bit and learn to think rationally. It is equally disturbing however that the public can no longer think for itself or form its own opinions. We see it every day in the news and on reality TV. Sad to say…the world ain't what it used to be!
Sunday, February 7, 2010 3:42AM
I only hope more Americans WAKE UP before we loose this great country to sociolist ideals