Stewart Slams Beck, Tea Party Protesters

Stewart Slams Beck, Tea Party Protesters

Stewart Slams Beck, Tea Party Protesters

Jon Stewart reveals the not-so-subtle hypocrisy of Fox News’ laudatory coverage of the so-called ‘9-12 movement’ and tea party events held in the nation’s capital.

Copy Link
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Bluesky
Pocket
Email

In a triumphant return from his three-week hiatus, Jon Stewart digs into
the outrageous behavior of the tea party protesters this past Saturday
in Washington DC, and of course, Fox News’ biased coverage of the event.
Stewart begins with clips of Michelle Malkin and Sean Hannity’s harsh
comments on past anti-war protests during the Bush era, in which Malkin
even goes so far as to say that “temper tantrums are all the left has to
offer.” This irony of this remark is not lost when Stewart cuts to their network’s congratulatory coverage of the tea baggers, in which Hannity emphatically says “god bless all of you.” Stewart ends the segment with his clever criticism of Glenn Beck, “everyone’s favorite bi-polar TV host,” and his 9/12 project which as evidenced, does little but incite rage from the already angry right-wing.

Alana Levinson

Check out more great Nation videos on our YouTube channel.

Support The Nation’s June Fundraising Campaign

With the midterm elections now firmly upon us, the question is whether Democratic candidates will do more than merely occupy ballot lines as mild alternatives to the red-hot crisis that is Donald Trump.

As Trump spends over $1 billion a day on a globally destabilizing war on Iran and admits that he doesn’t “think about Americans’ financial situation,” millions across the country are struggling with the surging costs of essentials. Democrats must seize this moment and advance bold, small-“d” populist ideas—not settle for cynical caution that once again snatches defeat from the jaws of victory.

The Nation elevates progressive ideas, movements, and elected officials achieving real change across the country into the national conversation. At the same time, our journalists are exposing how crypto and AI-funded super PACs are spending hundreds of millions of dollars to knock out candidates they oppose, reporting on the devastating impact of the Supreme Court’s evisceration of the Voting Rights Act, and sounding the alarm on attempts by red states to quickly redraw electoral maps, disenfranchising Southern Black voters.

We can play this critical role because of support from readers like you. This June, we’re raising $20,000 to power The Nation’s independent journalism in the run-up to November’s immensely consequential elections.

It’s in our power to build a more just society, and your support at this critical moment brings us closer to that bold vision. I hope you’ll donate today.

Onward,

Katrina vanden Heuvel
Editor and Publisher, The Nation

Ad Policy
x