Jon Stewart to media on ACORN: “Where the hell were you?”
posted at 1:36 pm on September 16, 2009 by Ed Morrissey
Kudos to Jon Stewart, who doesn’t sugar-coat the embarrassment at all — to the apparent delight of his audience, who get kudos of their own. How can the national news media ignore the many allegations of corruption at ACORN, which gets millions of dollars in federal funding, and allow a couple of independents with $3,000 and a bad wardrobe scoop them on the undercover story of the year? It’s easy when newsrooms are more concerned with political direction than truth. Stick around to the end, when Stewart zings Michelle Malkin haters:
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Even leftist radicals like Stewart were embarrassed.
faraway on September 16, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Kudos to Stewart. I wonder what he’ll say today about the video released yesterday.
cubachi on September 16, 2009 at 2:09 PM
As I recall Stewart was very recently, a matter of days ago mocking Glenn Beck who gets some credit for you know putting the whole ACORN thing out there. Perhaps if he pointed that out maybe then he would break through the shell of some his viewers but I doubt he ever would acknowledge Beck’s work in bringing this to the public eye.
Sharr on September 16, 2009 at 2:09 PM
Kudos to JS… would have been nice tho if he had mentioned Obagby’s more than passing acquaintance with the group.
max1 on September 16, 2009 at 2:10 PM
Welp, that story just reached a couple more million people who don’t watch FNC.
forest on September 16, 2009 at 2:11 PM
Reposting:
Enoxo on September 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM
In case anyone’s interested, I’m offering this logo to Acorn- free of charge.
BKeyser on September 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM
… so we ensure that no more racist crackers take videos of us scamming the government”
faraway on September 16, 2009 at 2:12 PM
That is the first time Leibowitz ever made me laugh.
ObamatheMessiah on September 16, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Maybe Stewart will do a followup piece, asking why Nancy Pelosi is blocking the House vote to defund ACORN.
RushBaby on September 16, 2009 at 2:13 PM
Zero kudos to Stewart. He just didn’t want to be seen sitting there as a MSM member intentionally ignoring the joke.
Hell, the hack can’t even riff off Scooby-Doo properly, unlike, say, every three-year-old on the entire planet.
Christien on September 16, 2009 at 2:14 PM
when you’ve lost Jon Stewart, you’ve lost the war
faraway on September 16, 2009 at 2:14 PM
A prediction:
No Lefty troll will waddle into this thread.
Doorgunner on September 16, 2009 at 2:16 PM
It’s going to be great to watch him as this continues to unfold; will Charlie find he has to cover noise?
And how will be play it? Using the standard media “smear” meme? Or will he go all out and use a bizzaro world Dan Rather-esque, “Real but inaccurate”? I kind of hope he leaps before he looks and does the latter, ’cause later as the multitude of investigations bear fruit and people are prosecuted, he’ll look not only like the partisan he is, but an idiot.
I bet he wishes now that he had retired last week.
Dusty on September 16, 2009 at 2:18 PM
Excellent. LBJ is chuckling somewhere… and making Ted throw some more water on those hot rocks.
Doorgunner on September 16, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Why’d they blur the faces for New York?
But a couple wonderful lines…
“…two kids from the cast of High School Musical 3…”
“I’m a fake journalist and I’m embarrassed these guys scooped me.”
Chris of Rights on September 16, 2009 at 2:19 PM
Oh my. CNN has an ACORN video up. Hell froze over… A pig just flew by…
mimi1220 on September 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Breaking News: ACORN is going to check itself.
Suure…
newton on September 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM
AWESOME
milwife88 on September 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM
Jon Stewart (or was it Liebowitz?) knows which way the wind is blowing. Could even the Comedy Central audience be turning sour on Hopenchange?
joe_doufu on September 16, 2009 at 2:20 PM
OT: Fox is showing live news conference – House republicans presenting Bills to “Sack the Czars” – if they are all not fully vetted by 12/31/09 they are gone…SA-WEET! And about darn time!
SouperConservative on September 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM
This is interesting, but I have a question.
Yesterday on both the Glenn Beck and Sean Hannity radio shows people from Breitbart said that there would be another video today and more after that.
There was no comment on Beck’s radio show today (that I heard). And Biggovernment.com hasn’t even posted the second half of yesterday’s video.
Does anyone know what is going on?
Ordinary American on September 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM
I also noticed a lack of enthusiasm from his audience.
watson007 on September 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM
SouperConservative on September 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM
It’s about DAMN time. Once again thanks to Glenn Beck.
milwife88 on September 16, 2009 at 2:22 PM
That line had me too.
shick on September 16, 2009 at 2:22 PM
Great work, but consider this for the acronym (from a fellow poster whose name escapes me at the moment:
Adult
Child
Organizing
Rape
Network
TXUS on September 16, 2009 at 2:23 PM
Ordinary American:
Hannity is going to air the newest tape tonight according to his show last night. I’ll be watching biggovernment.com to see if anything breaks.
milwife88 on September 16, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Boom boom boom boom, hey hey…….
Lets hope this is the camels nose under the tent, and the whole liberal democratic enterprise comes tumbling down.
saiga on September 16, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Lets hope.
saiga on September 16, 2009 at 2:25 PM
Classic!
truetexan on September 16, 2009 at 2:26 PM
S/b QoD
Schadenfreude on September 16, 2009 at 2:27 PM
I usually have litle respect for Stewart, but this might partially redeem him…
Wish he has used the clip of Charlie Gibson saying he had never heard of ACORN.
sultanp on September 16, 2009 at 2:28 PM
Maybe I just run with a smarter band of 18-29 year olds — maybe I just did a better job of raising my kid — but I tend to find them intelligent, involved and well-educated. Course, I hang with the elitists and we tend to encourage this sort of thing, and if you know my son’s political views you’d quibble with the “better job” bit. But, to the point, not a single one of them confuses the Daily Show with real news. Not one. They think he’s funny, they love his ability to capture hypocrisy and to skewer the media and its herd mentality and they like that he general wages war against the right (but are pissed off at the D’s enough that they enjoy the shots he takes at them).
But they know that he’s not really news.
Which puts them far ahead of people who take Glenn Beck seriously.
Bleeds Blue on September 16, 2009 at 2:29 PM
This could be his Dan Rather moment.
saiga on September 16, 2009 at 2:30 PM
The latest installment of “as the acorn crumbles” is to be posted on Hannity tonight at 9pm. F.Y.I.
Ris4victory on September 16, 2009 at 2:31 PM
Needs to be a Jackass not a bunny.
barnone on September 16, 2009 at 2:32 PM
I actually don’t blame the other media outlets besides News Corp affiliated ones for lack of reporting… I actually think they did a decent job…
ninjapirate on September 16, 2009 at 2:33 PM
I thought it was $1,300? Either way, the DIY ethic is inspiring.
Jim Treacher on September 16, 2009 at 2:33 PM
Thanks for the info.
Ordinary American on September 16, 2009 at 2:34 PM
ACORN is going to “check itself”…
excuse me.
How about 4500 FBI agents pick up that one?
ted c on September 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Seems to me this is the second Stewart Hot Air post in a row that I actually agree with him! Maybe he’s starting to wake up — Hey Jon, join the waking Giant!
Christian Conservative on September 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM
One of the groups in DC I stopped and talked with/listened to was interesting…. two people with blue hair. One was a “geezer lady” from Florida with “blue-white” hair, the other was a kid (15-17 or so) with a spike-mohawk hairdo that was colored blue (like you see at the mall…). They were expressing common complaints… concern about socialism and government spending. The kid was upset because he had no say in the matter but was going to have to pay for it…. sorta like my favorite signe… No Taxation Without Lubrication
CC
CapedConservative on September 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM
I’d wager that every single swinging ‘richard’ in the White House is takin Glenn Beck pretty f’ing seriously these days, Sparky.
Doorgunner on September 16, 2009 at 2:35 PM
Unfortunately, you lose:
Count to 10 on September 16, 2009 at 2:36 PM
I’m laughing so hard I’m crying! LMAO!
skatz51 on September 16, 2009 at 2:37 PM
Acorn today stopped taking new walk in pimps and toots, are they afraid that more independent activist will video tape them in additional compromising positions.
This organizations should be disolved. Period.
One office, ok, two offices not good, three are you kidding, four and counting = culture of corruption.
Is Charles Rangel in charge of this organization?
SFTech on September 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Good on Jon.
What was his take on Van Jones, I wonder. . .
RedNewEnglander on September 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM
Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.
hburns on September 16, 2009 at 2:38 PM
When my husband switched the channel to The Daily Show last night – I crabbed at him and proceeded to talk over the intro. Stewart used to be a nightly watch for us during the Bush years and even though he was harsh, I thought he would be equally harsh on Obama and the Dems when the seas changed over. The kiss-ass fest was intolerable. Not only did he not hold Obama’s feet to the fire, he threw himself prone and invited Obama to walk all over him. Sickening. And then this piece played.
Is Stewart back? Or is that just wishful thinking?
BrideOfRove on September 16, 2009 at 2:39 PM
Despite his pronouncement of “hanging with the elitists”, his defense amounted to shooting the messenger. Not an elite or novel tactic. Hope he sticks around to eat some more.
Doorgunner on September 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Last night was just weird all around. Levin was – well – he sounded like he was offering an olive branch to Beck and O’Reilly. Is it a full moon?
BrideOfRove on September 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM
Which puts them far ahead of people who take Glenn Beck seriously.Bleeds Blue on September 16, 2009 at 2:29 PMYes it’s quite obvious you hang out with the elitists.
shick on September 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM
But note well, when losing the argument, BB changes the subject.
BuckeyeSam on September 16, 2009 at 2:42 PM
Fixed it.
Yes it’s quite obvious you hang out with the elitists.
shick on September 16, 2009 at 2:41 PM
shick on September 16, 2009 at 2:42 PM
I think the next tape will be aired on Hannity tonight, he said he had an exclusive…
reshas1 on September 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Well done, Mr. Stewart. I’m glad to see some libs that still draw the line at pimps, hooker, tax evasion and under-aged Honduran sex slaves.
Claypigeon on September 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM
Didn’t Breitbart say that they only had the one they are going to release today left?
I hope they have more.
reshas1 on September 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM
People like Michelle Malkin and Glenn Beck are the main stream
media now and ratings prove it.
The rest are just Entertainment Tonight type shows.
elderberry on September 16, 2009 at 2:43 PM
There was no comment on Beck’s radio show today (that I heard). And Biggovernment.com hasn’t even posted the second half of yesterday’s video.
Does anyone know what is going on?
Ordinary American on September 16, 2009 at 2:21 PM
Second part posted…
barnone on September 16, 2009 at 2:44 PM
I’m glad Stewart was finally razzing the media, but I still feel dirty for it.
Iblis on September 16, 2009 at 2:45 PM
You probably aren’t aware of this, since I doubt you watch Beck’s show, but although he is partisan, he actually investigates and reports on news. His reports are backed up with research, and are accurate. He certainly puts on a show, and he doesn’t pretend to be non-partisan, but he’s also investigating and reporting.
mbs on September 16, 2009 at 2:46 PM
When they probably tried the same in Chicago they got run out of town……because the reporters were trying to hustle in on their business.
shick on September 16, 2009 at 2:47 PM
Well Jon, like you they’ve probably been spending a little too much time gluing their lips to Obama’s ass since last year. You know, those people Stewart demonizes like Limbaugh and Beck have been talking about ACORN since last year and before.
You know the line now will probably be “ACORN is so totally like, uncool…but Obama’s dreammmmmy!” ACORN is Obama, morons.
ddrintn on September 16, 2009 at 2:51 PM
Good Lord, Ed, you are the most gracious and forgiving blogger in the short history of blogging. Yeah, Stewart did what he did, but to suggest that his audience was on board is almost laughable. I didn’t know there even was an audience until the third segment. “Stunned silence” anyone?
And Stewart’s conclusion that the press just isn’t working hard enough? To quote him, are you effing kidding me? The press has actively covered for these cretins from day one. They aren’t investigating the story? They aren’t even covering the effing expose!
Jaibones on September 16, 2009 at 2:52 PM
Do not let them stop there. Excuse me she said working on health care? They are a 5013C tax exempt organization who blatently works for dems. That right there should get their exempt status.
Then take ALL OF THE FUNDING. Stimulus, pork, tax payer funding. Like Glenn says it is no good unless the Rathke brothers and Bertha, and others GO TO PRISON. Investigate congress, and senate, and white house for their ties to ACORN and SEIU, and the other 299 branches. Shut them down, and do it before they steal another election!
patriotparty1 on September 16, 2009 at 2:53 PM
For once in his miserable life, Jon Liebovitz was both funny and deadly accurate. Maybe the winds of change are upon us.
Percy_Peabody on September 16, 2009 at 2:54 PM
HEY ACORN! GIVE THE MONEY BACK!!!
max1 on September 16, 2009 at 2:55 PM
Can they manage to say, “Oh crap, this looks really bad for our guys” with uncomfortable, forced laughter? YES THEY CAN!
TheUnrepentantGeek on September 16, 2009 at 2:59 PM
Watching Jon Stewart beat the “gatekeepers” to this story reminds of that SNL skit in which fake Barry was asked questions such as “Would you like another pillow?”, while the faux Hillary got grilled. The MSM was pulled kicking and screaming -albeit for about 2 seconds- into asking Team Barry some tough questions. My guess is that they’ll do the same with this.
Physics Geek on September 16, 2009 at 2:59 PM
You mean the White House?
L.N. Smithee on September 16, 2009 at 3:01 PM
O’Keefe and Giles are the new Woodward and Bernstein.
Mutnodjmet on September 16, 2009 at 3:04 PM
The Young man was on Glenn Beck yesterday and said it only cost them $1300.00 not the $3000.00 Jon reported.
G. on September 16, 2009 at 3:06 PM
That was funny and I am amazed JS seems to actually be offended. He also called the SRM on it as well. That small amount of respect I had for him once has returned.
Did you notice how the trained seals in his audience were silent until he indicated it was OK to laugh? Very telling.
When Sarah Palin was mocking Barry during her convention speech she wondered aloud just what exactly does a community organizer do?
Now America has the answer. That is why the state run media has to avoid this at all costs. Barry’s favorite employer is a corrupt criminal organization. Add that to his twenty years with batsh!t crazy Rev Wright and what do you get?
A far left radical a$$clown.
DeweyWins on September 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM
The problem is, the people who watch “The Daily Show” don’t know its “not news” more so, the guy who is its face loves to play coy about exactly what it is.
From those I know who do watch this show and are Leftists they take Jon stewart pretty seriously. Though I do recall a time a very long ago when the show was clearly meant to be a farce but a different host was its “anchor”. Since then they added more “news” trappings to blur the line.
Sharr on September 16, 2009 at 3:07 PM
It may shock you to learn that 50% of all 18-29 year olds are of below average intelligence. Given the well known location of the center of ye olde standard distribution, the ability to distinguish political satire from hard news is indeed a rare and precious skill.
Truly, even your ability to properly compose a sentence speaks well of your intellect in our barely literate world. However, if we’re to precise in our criticism of you progressives, it’s not your intelligence we must question (though that happens too).
It’s the astonishing lack of wisdom exhibited by your judgments.
You’ve never given up the idea that if you could just be given control of people you could make them better. It’s that utterly vapid pollyanna utopianism propped up secular humanist pseudo-intellectual circle jerkery that will now and forever doom progressives and their ideological kin to the hopelessly corrupt, totalitarian bureaucracies that are their only answer to life’s problems.
You’ve never understood people, never will, and the ruinous squalor that follows your movement everywhere is the inevitable result.
TheUnrepentantGeek on September 16, 2009 at 3:11 PM
I wish I could see that but unfortunately 64bit Linux doesn’t play well with Youtube.
Ryan Gandy on September 16, 2009 at 3:12 PM
The alphabets are truly dead.
jukin on September 16, 2009 at 3:13 PM
Gosh, if Stewrat can do this, what’s next a Maher “New Rule”?
“New Rule! Criminal organizations that help elect presidents we like must keep their noses clean after the election for at least long enough to keep the taint off our man!”
Doorgunner on September 16, 2009 at 3:14 PM
The media must be incredibly embarrassed having been out, scooped, out maneuvered, by a couple of KIDS . They still are barely reporting this story. We are watching the fall of the OLD liberal tainted American journalism system before our very eyes. All it would take is a boycott of their network sponsors to bring them to a grinding halt/crash. All we need is a list of all three networks and cable sponsors and a boycott of their products until they cease sponsoring these loons.
G. on September 16, 2009 at 3:15 PM
Here’s a second version. Good idea.
BKeyser on September 16, 2009 at 3:16 PM
Stewart is only talking about it because its a classic “Gotcha!” moment. The Gotcha! would be against Obama is the MSM did it, and The One shall never be covered in a negative light.
That is also why the Kanya is a “Jackass” comment was put out, it was a “Gotcha!” for Obama, and of course everyone is in a fit over how it violated some journalistic standards (as if they actually had any) and respect for The One to make off-the-record off-color remarks about topics that WERE covered by the MSM. Also critically important: Kate Gosselin has a new hairdo!
Neo on September 16, 2009 at 3:19 PM
Good for Jon Stewart.
Now, please God, let there be MORE tapes.
Oink on September 16, 2009 at 3:21 PM
Stewart is obviously RACIST
PappaMac on September 16, 2009 at 3:24 PM
“The Audacity of Ho’s”
HAHAHa haa haa ha.
bitsy on September 16, 2009 at 3:25 PM
You mean the man who actually pursued this story and the Van Jones story, the man who’s actually driving real news these days, even without a network news audience and the general respect of his peers?
Beck may be a clown, and I understand the temptation to ignore him. I’m not a viewer myself. But this kind of condescension is inappropriate given what he’s achieved lately.
And to speak up for people my age, yes, most of us get that Stewart isn’t the news. We’re not all stupid and apathetic (and I do resent that some here throw that out so freely). Also, Stewart viewers are generally more intelligent on average.
However, while many realize he isn’t the news, many use him as their main news source, particularly for the reasons you mentioned, and that is a problem, especially for those who believe Stewart isn’t biased or at least keeps objectivity when “reporting” or doing interviews.
Esthier on September 16, 2009 at 3:28 PM
Great sketch Jon, keep up the good work, I may even look up the channel number of your show. Notice, I said may, need more confirmation you have relieved yourself of the kool-aid.
Wade on September 16, 2009 at 3:30 PM
Noticed that too. eh?
Stewart’s audience doesn’t seem to know how to react during those rare moments he’s not attacking Bush or the Republicans.
David2.0 on September 16, 2009 at 3:32 PM
Yeah Yeah. Stewart did his obligatory segment on how bad lefties are. Now he has to do a month of only “Fox News is teh evil” stories as penance.
Speedwagon82 on September 16, 2009 at 3:32 PM
This isn’t over until all federal funding is taken away and there is a Federal RICO investigation started. We need to take down all of these corrupt leftist organizations and hang them around Pelosi and Obama’s necks.
We also need to boycott the Census until the corrupt Obama moves it back out of the White House.
elduende on September 16, 2009 at 3:36 PM
I especially like the one where he said that health care reform is like the Nazi Eugenics T4 program where they put to death the mentally ill and retarded followed by a bunch of nazi march videos. TOTALLLY ALIKE AND TOTALLY ACCURATE.
Norvell on September 16, 2009 at 3:36 PM
what can you say;
sometimes the guy is funny.
jrab01 on September 16, 2009 at 3:37 PM
What, no mention of the 4.5 BILLION slipped into the Stimulus Package for ACORN???
jeffersonschild on September 16, 2009 at 3:39 PM
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