Jon Stewart on Thursday dismissed questions over whether or not the Federal Communications Fee — chaired by Undertaking 2025 contributor Brendan Carr — would “go after” reveals with a “conservative bias.”
The feedback from Stewart arrived on the newest episode of his “Weekly Present” podcast after producer Brittany Mehmedovic referred to Fox Information’ protection of alleged left-wing bias on tv.
“That is them making an attempt to police and create guidelines that they might by no means observe,” Stewart mentioned.
“The concept that by having what could also be a extra left-leaning or progressive bent or simply bringing in — that’s how Fox is common!”
Stewart turned his consideration to Fox Information’ Greg Gutfeld, who — whereas benefiting from an earlier 10 p.m. EST slot in comparison with different late-night hosts — has continued to dominate in the ratings department.
“He’s not common as a result of he’s a both-sides man… He’s relentless, and after a day of watching Fox Information and being bathed of their very purposeful propaganda, it’s a good way to prime off the night time,” Stewart mentioned.
He proceeded to mock former “Tonight Present” host Jay Leno, who just lately criticized comics for getting too political.
“The entire thing is fucking ridiculous,” he mentioned.
Stewart’s remarks arrive simply weeks after CBS introduced its resolution to cancel “The Late Present with Stephen Colbert.”
Whereas CBS claimed the transfer was “purely a monetary resolution in opposition to a difficult backdrop in late night time,” critics questioned if the community did so for political causes, as its dad or mum firm Paramount International appeared for FCC approval on a multibillion-dollar merger with SkyDance Media.
Earlier within the month, Paramount agreed to a $16 million settlement with Trump over his broadly criticized “60 Minutes” lawsuit.
Carr, who has notably sought to make use of the company to punish broadcasters deemed unfair to the president and conservatives, just lately mocked Democrats “wailing” over the “Late Present” cancellation.
He’s gone on to dodge questions over whether or not Trump had “something to do” with the transfer.
Stewart slammed Carr’s “shitposting” and predicted that he gained’t be going after conservative-leaning applications.
“He’s in all probability proper now on a seek for extra right-wing billionaires that may purchase up some extra of those properties as a result of there’s going to be an acquisition and merger spree for these sorts of issues,” he mentioned.
