No bias. No bull. That is truly what Jon Stewart and the Daily Show are when there is media that is left leaning or right leaning is today's media market. Stewart rips both sides if they deserve it. He usually brings things to light in a comical setting that makes generally serious topics fairly funny. Last night, Stewart did what he does on each show: find a current event/media fumble to satire. But yesterday was truly one that was deserved. I am not the biggest fan of the way certain things operate in the 24/7 media world we live in. Fox News, in particular, is not very high on my list of "credible news sources." I will say this much; I firmly believe that there are certain individuals on the networks that try to give the stories they tell on a daily the proper objectivity. However, some in my opinion are essentially opinion shows that often get too much power in terms of being projected as truth instead of the opinions they are. One such show is Hannity's America hosted by Sean Hannity. I know that Hannity has mentioned more than once that he is a huge fan of President Ronald Reagan. Often times, when certain political minded individuals get truly inspired by politics; their passion is usually linked to a person or persons.
He clearly is strongly conservative minded. He generally has many conservatives voices on his show as well as the occasional opposing opinion and "random celebrity." But, when Fox News likes to talk about how "they are the best news source today", they need to avoid blunders like the one they blatantly knew about and thought they could get away with. AHA! Jon Stewart catches all! Last week, there was a rally against the Health Care Bill, which generated a healthy amount of people for a weekday. I will avoid any talk about whether they were grassroots oriented or disciples of Fox News. However, as Sean Hannity ran the segment on it, which featured an interview with two Republican Congress members; there was a BIG discrepancy. The trees and sky looked very different in one part of the clips then in other clips. The sky was clear and the trees had an autumn feel to them that November day, but there were clips of a cloudy day featuring trees full of green and lacking characteristics of trees in the middle of the Fall. Know why? One set of clips were from November 5th while the other ones were from the 9/12 rally about two months ago. SURPRISE! BUSTED! FALSE FOOTAGE!
The rally was certainly good enough to display as is, but Fox News couldn't resist trying to give the crowd some "steroids" and "beefed it up." Way to take something possibly good for "you" and destroy it in my opinion. Once again I find myself laughing at Fox News and questioning their credibility. There are mistakes and miscues and then there are blunders and LIES. This is certainly the latter. Just like Jon Stewart did last night, I can't help but laugh and wonder.
For your viewing pleasure and enjoyment, the link to the clip is at the end of this short article:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/deadlineusa/2009/nov/11/usa-comedy
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