Jon Stewart Rips Media’s ‘Whiplash’ Coverage of Trump and Kamala
Jon Stewart has made a career out of mocking the sensationalist, fast-paced landscape of modern news media, but in his latest podcast episode of The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart, he seems to think journalism’s reached a new low.
“I’m just gonna give you some of the examples of the whiplash that people were going through,” Stewart said, focusing on the weeks of coverage between Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance and him dropping out of his presidential campaign. “So the articles were ‘the Democrats who believe Biden should drop out are insane. They are walking into a death trap. These are idiots… it’s too late. It’s too late for Biden to drop out. Biden is your only chance, you are idiots.’”
“Two days later they are saying, ‘Excitement around Kamala Harris are the Democrats’ only chance, thank God they finally pulled the plug on this death trap of a candidacy that was Joseph Biden.’”