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Daily Show uses deceptive editing in attempt to embarrass Fox News

Cody Williard, host of Fox Business News’ Happy Hour, is not your average business news reporter. Think of him as Rick Santelli’s geeky younger brother. But that genetic-ish link to Santelli means he speaks up when he thinks he’s been wronged.

Cody saw Jon Stewart use a little deceptive editing to make it appear that Williard had said something different than what he actually said. So Williard fought back:

“So I think you guys know I try to keep it pretty real with you around here on Happy Hour, continually calling out and calling on you to fight the Republican and Democrat fascists – yes fascist regime. Jon Stewart last night said I dropped the F-bomb on Obama. It wasn’t just on Obama, it was on Obama, Bush and everyone.”

Watch it for yourself to see just how deceptive Stewart’s editing was.

Source: Breitbart.tv

32% of younger Americans get their news from satirical sources. No joke.

More and more Americans are getting their news from satirical sources. This is the best news we’ve ever heard.

Here’s how Rasumussen Reports reports their report:

Nearly one-third of Americans under the age of 40 say satirical news-oriented television programs like The Colbert Report and The Daily Show with Jon Stewart are taking the place of traditional news outlets.

Thirty-two percent (32%) of adults ages 30-39 believe this to be true, while 42% disagree, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey.

Thirty percent (30%) of those ages 18-29 say programs like the two Comedy Central shows that feature news reports with a comic twist are replacing traditional news outlets, but 35% disagree and another 35% are not sure.

The only problem these days is trying to figure out if you’re watching news that’s news, news that’s satire, satire that’s news, or satire that’s satire.

It’s a complex world we live in.

Source: Rasmussen Reports via Media Bistro

Economy in the sh*tter,
Obama gets advice from Twitter

Here’s the oddest news item of the day.

Evan Williams, CEO of Twitter, is winging his way to Washington, DC today. President Obama has asked him to sit on a panel of “young business leaders” charged with coming up with ideas to solve the economic crisis.

Even Williams understands how silly this is. As he put it in a Twitter message, “Going to the White House tomorrow for a meeting about the economy (which must mean they’re *really* out of ideas). What should I tell them?”

Don’t get us wrong. We love Twitter. We tweet all the time. It’s a great way to keep in touch with friends and like-thinkers. But a lot of people don’t and its economic model is…well…a mystery.

For example, Jon Stewart offered his take on Twitter during a recent “Old Man Stewart Shakes His Fist at …” segment. “I have no idea,” Steward said, “how it works or why it is.”

That being said, we fear Obama is asking Williams for advice because Twitter is built on the same economic model that led to Obama’s “stimulus” plan:

Both have millions of people dependent on them, both are growing at astronomical rates, and neither care how much money they lose.

Link: Daily Show on Twitter

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