Baracknophobia

Baracknophobia

Jon Stewart mocks the media’s willingness to peddle insane rumors about Barack Obama–and their tendency to place the blame on the internet.

Copy Link
Facebook
X (Twitter)
Bluesky
Pocket
Email

On a recent episode of The Daily Show, Jon Stewart brilliantly ripped mainstream media for peddling vicious and often incredibly, blatantly false internet rumors about Sen. Barack Obama on the air, only to turn around and condemn the internet for originating the rumors in the first place. Stewart calls this new campaign to turn genial, inoffensive Sen. Obama into the scariest man on the planet, “Baracknophobia”. Check out the video above for more.

Check out more great Nation videos on our YouTube channel.

Ad Policy
x