Stewart tells O ' Reilly he ' s voice of sanity on Fox
Stewart
Stewart tells O ' Reilly he ' s voice of sanity on Fox
The host of "The Daily Show" and Fox's kingpin exchanged some good-natured shots Wednesday during Stewart's appearance on a network he relishes mocking. Stewart tossed off jokes but also criticized Fox for being a "cyclonic perpetual motion machine" opposing President Barack Obama.
"They have taken reasonable concerns about this president and this economy and turned it into a full-fledged panic attack about the next coming of Chairman Mao " Stewart said.
Both men have appeared on each other's show before  but it was Stewart's first time back since 2004. O'Reilly annoyed Comedy Central by calling Stewart's audience primarily "stoned slackers"; on Wednesday  he amended it to "stoned slackers who love Obama."
There was even a dispute over who initiated the return visit. O'Reilly said on Fox earlier Wednesday that Stewart's representatives had asked for him to come on the show. Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said an O'Reilly producer requested the appearance.
Fox "is the most passionate and sells the clearest narrative of all the news networks  if ... you're still referring to it in that manner " Stewart said.
O'Reilly pointed out that Fox is like a newspaper with news and opinion pages  an idea Stewart poked fun at.
Stewart was asked about a Washington Post column that suggested he was becoming disenchanted with Obama. "I don't take any of that seriously " he said.
But he did criticize Obama for not taking control of his agenda.
"It allows too much room for different narratives to take hold  for instance  a narrative that might emanate from a news organization of this ilk " he said.
[TGT] tells O ' Reilly he ' s voice of sanity on Fox
The host of "The Daily Show" and Fox's kingpin exchanged some good-natured shots Wednesday during [TGT]'s appearance on a network he relishes mocking. [TGT] tossed off jokes but also criticized Fox for being a "cyclonic perpetual motion machine" opposing President Barack Obama.
"They have taken reasonable concerns about this president and this economy and turned it into a full-fledged panic attack about the next coming of Chairman Mao [TGT] said.
Both men have appeared on each other's show before  but it was [TGT]'s first time back since 2004. O'Reilly annoyed Comedy Central by calling [TGT]'s audience primarily "stoned slackers"; on Wednesday  he amended it to "stoned slackers who love Obama."
There was even a dispute over who initiated the return visit. O'Reilly said on Fox earlier Wednesday that [TGT]'s representatives had asked for him to come on the show. Comedy Central spokesman Tony Fox said an O'Reilly producer requested the appearance.
Fox "is the most passionate and sells the clearest narrative of all the news networks  if ... you're still referring to it in that manner " [TGT] said.
O'Reilly pointed out that Fox is like a newspaper with news and opinion pages  an idea [TGT] poked fun at.
[TGT] was asked about a Washington Post column that suggested [TGT] was becoming disenchanted with Obama. "I don't take any of that seriously " he said.
But he did criticize Obama for not taking control of his agenda.
"It allows too much room for different narratives to take hold  for instance  a narrative that might emanate from a news organization of this ilk " he said.