Jon Stewart Slams Fox News, Sean Hannity For Hypocritical 'Common' Outrage [Video]



The subject of Wednesday night's "Daily Show" brought out an interesting new talent in Jon Stewart, aside from his already impeccable talent for finding hypocrisy on Fox News. The network's outrage (particularly Sean Hannity's) over Chicago rapper Common visiting the White House to read poetry Tuesday got Stewart so fired up, he ended his segment with a freestyle rap about it.

To back up, Hannity and company on Fox News expressed their extreme displeasure this week with vegetarian, Grammy-winning Common going to the event because of his "misogynist" and "violent" lyrics. Too bad they didn't read all the lyrics to the songs they were criticizing, or they would have seen how he talks about those things as a way of calling for peace. For this Stewart also became outraged, but for all the right reasons:

"Are we really doing this again? For this guy, Common? The guy from the Gap ads? The guy from the Queen Latifah rom-coms? Elmo's friend?"

Stewart then got down to business, finding all the right clips to display Fox News' utter hypocrisy in many forms. First, a clip of FoxNews.com having a pleasant interview with the same "dangerous" rapper they don't want in the White House. Next, a clip of Hannity saying Common's lyrics sound like they're about cop-killing followed by a Fox News on-air birthday wish to "Cop Killer" lyricist Ice-T.

Now what about Sarah Palin's "Don't retreat, reload" comment? If you remember, Fox had few negative things to say about that. And if the Right is really only outraged by violent song lyrics, Stewart wants to know why George W. Bush honored Johnny Cash, whose lyrics talk about murder and misogyny in a much more clear-cut fashion than Common.

"Seriously Hannity, what's the difference?" Stewart asked, wondering if it was just because Common rapped about violence toward George W. Bush in one of his songs that he didn't want him around. "Would you feel that way about people using violent rhetoric about President Obama?"
Naturally, Stewart produced a clip of just that: singer Ted Nugent cursing out Obama and Hillary Clinton during the election, followed by Hannity saying he had no qualms about the hateful speech.

"This isn't even fun anymore," Stewart admitted. "It took longer to play that clip than it did to find it." What follows in the second part below is an epic moment in "Daily Show" history. Finding it impossible to express how ridiculous Fox News' "Common" outrage really is, Stewart decided to express himself in the same medium that was being discriminated against. You have to see Stewart's "freestyle" rap to truly believe it. Tell us what you think in the comments.

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Comment by Godfrey 'CL' Matale on May 14, 2011 at 7:51am
all th fox pipo nid em to find a penis or a d**** to suck on_______y they always hav to talk outta they r***** oll the time___!!!!!
Comment by SK on May 13, 2011 at 4:35pm
yo f*** fox .. forreal u sayin glenn b on some real s*** .. get the f*** outa here .
Comment by NotoriousRambo on May 13, 2011 at 4:00pm
JON STEWART IS TOP 5

FU_CK FAUX NEWS
Comment by michael rafael on May 13, 2011 at 12:38pm
Hilarious...Sean Hannity retarted...but i do watch fox news...Glenn Beck b on sum real sh!t...Geraldo is good...and Megyn Kelly smart as hell..They kept showing clips of Karl Rove, but he dont work for fox..he was president Bushes advisor, and he a old fukc..alot of these clips they showed was people being interviewed by fox, and their opionion...but Sean Hannity, he a numbskull!!
Comment by Rudeboyroc45 on May 13, 2011 at 11:51am
John stewart that dude!
Comment by Rob on May 13, 2011 at 5:09am
F*** HANNITY AND FOX NEWS
Comment by Ms.Unaware Book "UnAware" Coming on May 13, 2011 at 3:34am
Hahaha.....pretty cool.....
Comment by melage on May 13, 2011 at 2:43am
@1Thug i fill u homez thats some reall s*** u said right there
Comment by dj chalie robinson on May 13, 2011 at 1:50am
COMMON IS NO POET HE STINKKS LIKE AIRWICK AND RESOLVE HOOOOOORIBLE
Comment by Infinite on May 13, 2011 at 1:44am
DAAAAAAANNNNMMMM real realness to the realest in the illest form of the pure realness lol

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