Last night on Comedy Central’s “The Daily Show,” Jon Stewart went after California liberals as well as presumptive GOP presidential candidates Sen. Rand Paul and Gov. Chris Christie over vaccinations and the current measles outbreak:
Watch Jon Stewart rip GOPers and "California liberals" for vaccination denial http://t.co/63z7NlRC5H pic.twitter.com/UtXRRk44Ke
— Talking Points Memo (@TPM) February 4, 2015
Jon Stewart uses zombies to mock the 'mindful stupidity' of rich, liberal anti-vaxxers:http://t.co/cFMjsSPnrS pic.twitter.com/efZ12mzL1b
— SpeedReads (@SpeedReads) February 4, 2015
Jon Stewart blasts Republicans and rich anti-vaccine liberals: 'There's just a needlessly sick America' http://t.co/HJcJ0iLX0a
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 4, 2015
But Jon Stewart, of course, ripped everyone but himself and his role in pushing an anti-vax narrative with this interview of vaccine-truther Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. back in 2005. Whoops:
Daily Show should totally skewer anti-vaxxer nutbag Jon Stewart.http://t.co/o84A4EgzAa
— Phil Kerpen (@kerpen) February 4, 2015
Hey @feldmaniac, since you're working the Jon Stewart clickbait desk, here's a classic segment you may have missed. http://t.co/O1AccDh3W1
— Jimmy (@JimmyPrinceton) February 4, 2015
As he might put it himself, Jon Stewart is the douchebag of vaccination. http://t.co/MtdymXc2oz
— David Freddoso (@freddoso) February 4, 2015
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And here’s the full clip:
Unmentioned on the Daily Show last night: back in 2005, Jon Stewart did a little anti-vax pandering himself http://t.co/tQy47YOxvu
— David Frum (@davidfrum) February 4, 2015
Typical Jon Stewart.
And here’s the clip from last night. Jon Stewart does briefly mention the RFJ Jr. segment at about the 8:20 mark, but he doesn’t mention Kennedy by name and he quickly brushes over it by calling him “a guy on the show who was talking about vaccines and all that.” Sorry, Jon. It was way more than that and an honest segment would have included it.
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