Jon Stewart Confronts His ‘Daily Show’ Critics: ‘It’s One F--king Show!’

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‘It was never my intention to say out loud what I saw with my eyes and then brain,’ the host said of accusations that he’s a ‘bothsidesist fraud.’

“The response to the first show last Monday was universally glowing—okay, maybe not universal,” Stewart joked before showing multiple critical tweets. Still—“Everything on Twitter gets a backlash,” he added. “I’ve seen Twitter tell labradoodles to go fuck themselves.

Those who blasted Stewart included former MSNBC host Keith Olbermann, who tweeted, “Well after nine years away, there’s nothing else to say to the bothsidesist fraud Jon Stewart bashing Biden, except: Please make it another nine years.” Mary Trump, an outspoken detractor of her uncle, wrote on X: “Not only is Stewart’s ‘both sides are the same’ rhetoric not funny, it’s a potential disaster for democracy.

 

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