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Jon Stewart Not Exactly Impressed By Hannity's Apology For Phony Footage

Sorry, Sean. Your apology for "inadvertently" showing footage of the 9/12 protest crowd for Michele Bachmann's Superbowl of Freedom crowd (which had a much smaller attendance) didn't quite fly with Jon Stewart. That's an understatement. As Mark Karlin, of Buzzflash, notes, "What's central to the importance of Stewart's continuing witty skewering of FOX is that Stewart is one of the few television personalities who has the influence to put FOX on the defensive." Video after the jump.

Fox Opinion News Get Caught Using Wrong Footage - Whoopsie!

Fox Opinion News, as America's Tea Party news room, seemed to be on board with the teabagger mythology that hundreds of thousands of proud pitchforkers attended the 9-12 march in September. And it also seems that they have no problem with the latest iteration of the mythology which claims that Saturday's astro turfed insane clown posse gathering on the steps of the Capitol brought in 20,000 to 40,000 teabaggers when the actual number seems to be smaller. So it was no suprise that Fox fave and conspiratorialist Congresswomen Michele Bachmann promoted the propaganda while being interviewed on Fox Opinion News. Problem was that the film footage, which purportedly showed vast hordes of pissed off populists, was taken at the September rally which drew far greater numbers than Saturday's party. But who cares about such silly details when you've got propaganda to peddle?! Jon Stewart explains it all.

Update: Media Matters has a piece on Fox's "use" of audio and video. In their summary, they forgot to mention the Planned Parenthood in the crosshairs graphic used during a Laura Ingraham segment.

Update: Hannity apologized for the "screw up" on his 11/11/09 show. He did not explain how someone could have "inadvertently" mixed up video from a much larger event with video of a much smaller event and nobody at Fox noticed or cared until Jon Stewart mocked them. Video after the jump.

Jon Stewart Digs For The Truth Behind Glenn Beck's Appendectomy!

Things are not what they seem! Jon Stewart reveals the 11/3 Project and asks the questions nobody else will ask about the connections between Glenn Beck's appendix and the elections on Tuesday. He's got the chalkboard to prove it, too! Video after the jump... perfect for a Friday afternoon.

Jon Stewart Nails Fox News' Fiction About Its "News Division"

I just wish Stewart had not perpetuated the false myth that MSNBC is the left-wing equivalent of Fox. MSNBC has nothing like the parade of Becks, Coulters, Malkins, et al. for the left the way FNC has for the right. Also, MSNBC's news reporting is not in synch with Olbermann, Maddow and Schultz the way Stewart showed Fox News' reporting synchronizes with its opinion shows. Still, Stewart hits more than one bullseye about Fox. Video after the jump.

Queer And Loathing In D.C. - The Daily Show's Take On Fox News' Coverage Of Gay Rights March

Jon Stewart does it again. This time he skewers the "fair and balanced" network for their double standard in covering protests. Video after the jump. (H/T Steve P.)