Jon Stewart Blasts Fox News for Its Nitpicky Criticism of the Arizona Shooting Memorial

[Swede]

As we learned earlier, everyone wasn't happy with last night's memorial service for the victims of the Arizona shooting. And by "everyone," I mean Fox News. Tonight, Jon Stewart knocked down the network's ridiculous criticism of the event.

http://tv.gawker.com/5733301/jon-stewart-blasts-fox-news-for-its-nitpicky-criticism-of-the-arizona-shooting-memorial?skyline=true&s=i

[OHdem10]

1. I am glad. A good WASP would have been embarassed

by their "chewing on nothing".

[impik]

2. Wow, only watching this clip i saw some of those Fox' morons comments

These people are not even nasty, they're plain stupid.

[ProSense]

3. One has to assume that conservatives

have never attended a Pentecostal service or a New Orleans funeral march.

Not only have they taken it upon themselves to define what the event was supposed to be, a "solemn memorial," they're defining how an event like that should be carried out. The self-appointed judges are nothing but judgmental assholes.

The entire discussion is absurd.

[Bluenorthwest]

5. Most Pentcostals are Republicans, Pro. Very conservative.

One has to assume that they have seen all of that. Stewart put it very well. Many here also whined about the 'atmosphere' in an arena they were not in. TV viewers are not used to seeing an event which has not been tailored as a TV show, but rather is a live event being shown on TV. It is insipid to claim TV views could 'feel' or even understand the reactions at all. It is like watching a film of the desert and declaring that it was not really that hot there, as you did not feel that atmosphere of heat.
A thing and a picture of a thing are not the same thing.
But a pentacostal and a conservative pretty much are the same thing.

[ProSense]

7. It was a rhetorical statement, and the political affiliation of Pentecostal patrons is irrelevant.

Ignorance is not an excuse. I'm sure a lot of people have seen New Orleans-style furnerals on TV and in movies.

"It is insipid to claim TV views could 'feel' or even understand the reactions at all. "

What I do know is that it's not unsual for non-issues to be blown up as controversial.

Obama's Tucson speech: pep rally or memorial service?

Check the poll/results at the end of the article.

Yes, people are judgmental and some of them have ulterior motives. This type of controversy feeds both.

[bulloney]

9. Consider the source of most of the criticism: Faux Snooze.

Obama could have said the sun rose in the east this morning, and the Faux Snooze panel of idiots would have gone around and dispute the statement...with a bimbo blonde sitting in the middle wearing a skirt short enough to give the mouth-breathing viewers enough of a tease to get them going for the day. That in itself should make Faux Snooze subject to ridicule, but there are way too many idiots who cling to every word they hear on that nitwit network.

[japple]

4. It's not a SHOW!!!! It was mourning with a "u"...not a morning show

Excellent, excellent.

[wryter2000]

6. Gee, Jon

Don't both sides do it? :sarcasm:

[Enthusiast]

13. That's what I was thinking.

Where is that false equivalency now? Just a cursory glace at Fox News reveals them for what they are. When someone watches all the time apparently they can no longer distinguish the forest for the trees.

[ProSense]

14. Here is the other half of the team

Video via Daily Kos: Stephen Colbert on Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Angriness

This is Palin's "I am not a witch" moment, would be worse if not for the backing she has from prominent conservatives in the media and Republican Party.

Still, they will try to defend her, but in doing so, they will have to defend violent rhetoric.

[Yavin4]

15. Hey, Can You Explain Beck's Sister in Law Metaphor?

I'm still trying to understand it.

[ProSense]

17. There's only one explanation:

he's nuts.

[Demoiselle]

8. Yes, it was a rally:

Webster's Dictionary (online) definition of "rally"....

....to muster for a common purpose/ to recall to order/ to arouse for action/ to rouse from depression or weakness/ to come together again to renew an effort/
to join in a common cause/ recover, rebound <rallied briefly from his illness>.

It was perfectly appropriate for those in the arena to cheer and applaud. To be able to rally in the face of terrible pain and injury is an admirable human quality.
Gabrielle Giffords is rallying as we speak.

[gort]

10. SOP: Fox and the Punditocracy said the the same thing about Wellstone's Memorial

Seems like they don't like seeing how people choose to mourn or memorialize a sudden death or tragedy.

Many conservatives blasted the Wellstone family's memorial as a cheerleading rally that bashed republicans.

They are so self-centered. It's all about them and none of it is their fault.

[mwb970]

11. Oh, for goodness sake.

What idiots these people are.

[William769]

12. These people make me sick.

:puke:

[1776Forever]

16. Is Jon like my 79 year old sister waking up to the fact that the GOP & the Dems aren't alike? n/t

[4lbs]

18. You wouldn't know that by some of the comments on DU.

Some people have posted that the Democratic Party and the Repukes are just two sides of the same coin.

Hardly.

[11 Bravo]

22. OK, New Rule: Any post containing a picture of Virginia Foxx requires a barf-bag advisory.

It must have been hard as Hell for that woman to even approach her inner ugliness with her physical appearance, but I'll be fucked if she didn't manage!

[sam kane]

19. He'll have to make fun of Code Pink for week to make up for the Fox bash.

Especially because they look like your 79 year old sister!

[Kolesar]

20. Krauthammer affirmed Brit Hume's slam against the blessing

...with a hurrah and a nod. I saw that bigoted broadcast live on Fox Noose.

[tomp]

21. so where is john's fair and balanced critique of the left.

because, you know, both sides do it, right john?