“Our show is obviously at a disadvantage with any of the other news shows we're competing against. For one thing, we are fake. They are not. So in terms of credibility, we are ... well, oddly enough we're about even.” WellsEnoughShowsTermOne ThingNewsFakeCompetingCredibilityDisadvantages Author:Jon Stewart
“The beautiful thing about faking a news show is the topicality is delayed.” ShowsBeautifulNewsBeautiful ThingsDelayed Author:Jon Stewart
“I visit Fox News every now and again, and it's nice, because the Eye of Mordor is above the building.” EyeNiceBuildingNewsFoxesFox NewsMordor Author:Jon Stewart
“I'm a little bit too obsessed with the news. I find the news easier to follow than narrative entertainment programs.” LittlesBitsEasierLittle BitNewsProgramEntertainmentNarrativeObsessed Author:Jon Stewart
“To me, that's where a lot of satire lies. News used to hold itself to a higher plane and slowly it has dissolved into, well, me.” WellsUsedLyingHigherNewsPlanesSatire Author:Jon Stewart
“At first the difference will be in whatever atmosphere I bring into it. It's not going to be like, 'I really want to do The Daily Show and I'd love to turn it into an abstract musical.' I like the format and the chance to satirize the news.” WantFirstsShowsTurnsDifferencesChanceNewsMusicalAtmosphereAbstractFormatDaily Show Author:Jon Stewart
“Everybody wrings their hands about Fox News. You know, "fair and balanced? Why, that's snide!" Yeah, okay, maybe they're not fair and balanced, but CNN used to have the slogan "You Can Depend on CNN". Guess what? I watch it, no you can't. So what's the difference?” KnowsHandsUsedDifferencesWatchesDependsNewsFairsOkayYeahBalancedFoxesSlogansNot FairCnnFox News Author:Jon Stewart
“My life is a series of Hollywood orgies and Kabbalah center brunches with the cast of Friends. At least that's what my handlers tell me. I'm actually too valuable to live my own life and spend most of my days in a vegetable crisper to remain fake news anchor fresh.” Life IsMy OwnNewsHollywoodSeriesCastsValuableFakeVegetablesAnchorsMy Own LifeKabbalahBrunchNews Anchors Author:Jon Stewart
“For me it was just exciting to see fake news catching on like that. We don't you know, it's interesting. I think we don't make things up. We just distill it to, hopefully, its most humorous nugget. And in that sense it seems faked and skewed just because we don't have to be subjective or pretend to be objective. We can just put it out there.” ThinkingKnowsSeemsInterestingNewsHumorousExcitingObjectivesHopefullyFakeSubjectiveCatchingNuggetsCatching On Author:Jon Stewart
“The real challenge is when I'm at work, I'm at work. I'm locked in, I'm ready to go, I'm focused. When I'm at home, I'm locked in and I'm ready to go and I'm focused on home. We don't watch the show. We don't watch the news. We don't do any of that stuff. I sit down, I play Barbies. And sometimes the kids will come home and play with me.” RealSometimesPlayShowsHomeKidsStuffChallengesWatchesReadyNewsFocusedComing HomeLockedBarbie Author:Jon Stewart
“I think it's just about the machine is about reporting the news, and then reporting the news about the news, and then having those moments where they sit around and go, "Are we reporting the news correctly? I think we are." And then they go back to the and the cycle just sort of continues.” ThinkingMomentsNewsMachinesCycles Author:Jon Stewart
“We feel no obligation to follow the news cycle. In other words, I felt no obligation to cover story in anyway, because we're not like I said, we're not journalists. And at that point, there's nothing sort of funny or absurd or to say about it.” FeelsSaidStoriesFeltNewsObligationAbsurdJournalistCycles Author:Jon Stewart
“If you watch the news and don't like it, then this is your counter program to the news.” IfsWatchesNewsProgramTerrorism Author:Jon Stewart
“If you're going to give people 20 minutes of news satire, you've also got to give them Tiffani-Amber Thiessen or you're going to have rioting in the streets.” PeopleIfsGivingStreetsMinutesNewsSatireAmberRioting Author:Jon Stewart
“Happy Valentine's Day! And if this is news to you, my guess is you're probably alone. Valentine's Day is often times a, well, it's a manufactured day that really doesn't mean anything.” IfsWellsMeanFunnyNewsValentineValentine's DayFunny Valentines DayFunny ValentineHappy ValentinesHappy Valentines Day FunnyAnti ValentineFunny Single Valentines DayAnti Valentines DayFunny Anti Valentines DayFunny Being Single Author:Jon Stewart
“So Fox News is the voice of America and Obama is Stalin? Oh my God! I guess that makes me Yakov Smirnoff.” AmericaVoiceNewsFoxesFox News Author:Jon Stewart
“I have not moved out of the comedian's box into the news box. The news box is moving towards me.” MovingNewsMovedBoxesComedian Author:Jon Stewart
“On an average day 7 minutes of news happens. Yet there are currently three full-time, 24-hour news networks.” HappensThreeHoursSocietyMinutesNewsAverage Author:Jon Stewart
