Jon Stewart to Fox News: Your hypocrisy isn’t a bug in the Fox model, it’s the feature! (video)

They called him a ‘tool’ and accused him of being an unofficial mouthpiece for the Obama administration, pointing out their similar ideologies and Stewart’s criticism of anything Obama’s opponents say or do. But Stewart hit back, saying he has regularly criticised the actions of the President and would continue to do so regardless of any meetings between the two.

“One thing I saw in that whole report there is they didn’t seem to support their assertions with, uh – evidence,” he quipped.

Stewart pointed out that Fox News President Roger Ailes advised Bush on how to ‘present’ the war on terror to the American public. He also pointed out that Fox News’ Washington managing editor, Bill Sammons, told his team to call Obamacare the GOP-approved ‘government option’ instead of the ‘public option’.

“Your hypocrisy isn’t a bug in the Fox model; it’s the feature,” he said. “Your job is to discredit any source of criticism that might hurt the conservative brand by angrily holding them to standards you yourselves jettisoned in your news network’s mission statement,” he said.

He added that his show had arguably been harder on the administration than Fox had during Bush’s eight-year presidency.

Jon Stewart calls out ‘hypocritical’ Fox news in scathing Daily Show segment following claims he was cosying up to Obama in secret meetings – The Independent 5 August 2015.