Daily Show’s Jon Stewart Accuses Fox News of Ferguson Racial Hypocrisy
"Daily Show" host Jon Stewart had expressed his opinion about the Fox news personalities and Ferguson back in August.
During his program Monday night, Stewart surveyed the Fox News opinions offered since last Monday's announcement that Officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted for the Aug. 9 fatal shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown, reports the Washington Post.
Stewart found a particular conspiracy theory. "Ferguson burns because of, in part, a mindset that was created by Al Sharpton, by Eric Holder and the president," said Fox News host Sean Hannity. Stewart fired back: "Be honest, my friend. Are those the three people responsible or did you just name the only three black guys you could think of?"
The "Daily Show" host provided this analysis of the Fox News argument: "A gentleman on Fox News said that black people have been convinced by a network of shrewd propagandists that they are somehow victims, and that is wrong -- to agitate a population, to scare them utilizing all the tools of modern communication -- graphics, music, etc. -- to stoke these people into a resentful frenzy. Fox News feels that's just damaging to this great nation and tears at our very fabric. I can't imagine anyone would do such a thing -- just roll the [expletive] tape."
At that moment, a mashup of Fox News clips aired featuring Fox News people doing exactly what they are accusing Ferguson inciters of doing. Quotes from the supercut include: "The president is selling class warfare. ... Is there a growing anti-white people movement in America? ... The feds and many state governments are working hard to take away your guns ... We have terrorists crossing the Mexican border. ... We are under tyranny now."
Stewart closed the segment hoping to show that Fox News personalities know incitement well: "It almost makes you think that the crime that they're really upset about over there isn't race pimping or race arson. It is race plagiarism," Stewart concluded.
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