Panel Comments On Bill O'Reilly-Jon Stewart Feud

On "Reliable Sources," the Washington Post's Anne Kornblut, the Chicago Tribune's Clarence Page and New Majority's David Frum comment on the back-and-forth between Bill O'Reilly and Jon Stewart over health care protesters being "loons"

"I'm glad he has a new target besides Olbermann," Kornblut jokes.

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[DarkPrince0fWGTN]

Hold the fuck on, stewart didnt take O'reily's comment out of context

[pokerista17]

Every time I see rivalries between Jon Stewart and these news anchors, I always revel in the fact that a comedian, whose job is to NOT be serious, is being compared to a JOURNALIST, who has an actual duty to be straight. 

[cjms08]

his video store clerk is an idiot thats why he works there

[Jermbot15]

@bannor99 And Nixon would have been branded a socialist by today's standards.

EPA my foot, why do you hate the free market Dick?

[pchtermino1]

The program that is on Comedy Central before The Daily Show is muppets making prank phone calls.

That put it in perspective for ya?

I have finally come full circle. I watch Fox News for comedy and Comedy Central for news.

[DannyHiggs]

It seems that no one addressed the point, because O'Reilly very successfully deflected. O'Reilly claimed that Stewart took the clip out of context, and the entire discussion became about context. The point Stewart originally made was that O'Reilly blatantly lied. He said he never called protesters loons, even though there was video of him doing just that. Regardless of the context, Bill O'Reilly still said exactly what he claimed not to have said.

[Gunman610]

@ignbtd Set passive-aggressive statements like 'despite your trying to draw one' to the side for a moment, what is your definition of the political left?  Isn't it liberalism, with the extreme being communism? And isn't the political right conservatism, with the extreme being fascism? And don't liberals generally favor Democrats and the conservatives generally favor GOPs? (For now, I understand that Lincoln was a GOP and Thurmond was a Democrat at one point)

[bannor99]

@zieben64 He's not. It's only because the right wing has been so successful at shifting the political discourse further to the extreme right since the latter Reagan years that he appears that way. If you look at the policies and beliefs of past republican presidents, even the hardliners would look centrist by current standards.

Rachel Maddow has stated that she's almost fully aligned with Eisenhower.

[Gunman610]

@zieben64 'Left-wing' implies that he actively stumps for liberals/Democrats. Rachel Maddow, Chris Matthews, and Keith Olbermann would definitely qualify as 'left-wing'. Stewart's clearly a liberal, but while he certainly learns to the left, he doesn't sail that way. Bill O'Reilly is right wing because he constantly rails against 'liberal agendas', the 'liberal media', and 'the far left'. That Stewart feels no obligation to defend 'my side' is why he beats O'Reilly every time.

[zieben64]

SIMULTANEOUSLY EVERYONE takes Stewert's side on the O'Reilly/Stewert thing, a HUGE battlefront for the liberals. ..and YES it was used wayyyy out of context. why on earth does CNN think they can and more importantly, SHOULD defend this?

[zieben64]

Does anyone else see the complete snobbery of CNN here?? They stick their noses up as if they are the "correct" media, the unbiased media. The sick part about this is the last guy."How much of our audience out there understand the distinction [of news bias]"...he is explaining to the audience how news (by news, he means Fox News) is so bias while