Once upon a time Jon Stewart regularly schooled CNN.
“The Daily Show” host even appeared on the channel to say its partisan slugfest, “Crossfire,” was bad for the country.
Now, he spends most of his time mimicking his fellow, far-Left comedians in roasting President Donald Trump.
Most.
On Monday, Stewart took a moment to taunt media outlets like CNN and MSNBC for their over-the-top coverage of a decal affixed to the back of a pickup truck.
Yes, a decal.
The sticker in question features President Joe Biden lying on his side, hogtied. It’s an unpleasant visual given his Commander in Chief status. On an Outrage Scale of 1-10 it’s about a three. Maybe four.
A certain former president shared the clip of the pickup truck on Truth Social. Take three guesses, and the first two don’t count.
Yet Stewart noted how several media outlets said it was so hurtful, so violent that they couldn’t in fair conscience show it to their viewers. (Hat Tip: Ace of Spades)
Jon Stewart reacts to MSNBC for not airing the footage of a 'violent and disturbing' decal on a truck showing Joe Biden hog-tied
"This weekend, there was one story that was so disturbing, so dark even the news couldn’t handle it."
"This has gotta be devastating. News channels… pic.twitter.com/8UY10KAVQE
— Unlimited L's (@unlimited_ls) April 2, 2024
Stewart did his standard slow-burn take to set things in motion.
“That’s what was so disturbing and dehumanizing you wouldn’t show it on television,” he said in a comically deliberate tone. “Aren’t you the same networks that show reruns of 9/11 every year?”
Left unsaid? This image made the rounds for weeks after Kathy Griffin shared it back in 2017.
We’ve seen worse:https://t.co/b5dxWzheTZ
— bratNvet (@bratNvet) March 30, 2024
The View says they're not going to show Trump's "violent image" he shared from someone else depicting Biden tied up in the bed of a truck. Whoopi compares it to the image of Kathy Griffin holding Trump's severed head but defends her, arguing "She did what she does as a comic." pic.twitter.com/iafhJk2Foj
— Nicholas Fondacaro (@NickFondacaro) April 2, 2024
The very same “View” panel happily invited Griffin onto its show following the bloody head image.
Kathy Griffin is livid she was out of work for 6 years as a result of the controversial photo of her holding a bloody fake replica of Trump's head—blaming him for her lack of employment and claiming she's "been through hell and back!!!" pic.twitter.com/qDWT9Xe3Mk
— Julia
(@Jules31415) March 29, 2024
Stewart then mocked an anchor for suggesting nearby drivers may have thought President Biden was actually in the truck featuring the garish decal.
“If you think that’s really Joe Biden tied up on the back of the pickup truck I don’t know if you have the mental acuity to be operating a motor vehicle,” Stewart cracked.
It’s funny ‘cuz it’s true. Here’s the larger truth.
Stewart could tee off on the media and its Trump Derangement Syndrome every week from now until Election Day. The material is that outrageous, that commonplace. MSNBC is the worst offender, but a quick look back at BloodbathGate shows it’s not just that cartoonishly far-Left outlet.
They all do it. Remember the Russian collusion hoax?
“The Daily Show” doesn’t have to fixate on media bias, of course. Still, the program might draw a larger crowd if, instead of catering to progressives 98 percent of the time, it reached across the aisle more often.
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